Believe it or not, I have other passions off the field. I love food, which shouldn't come as a big surprise, being that I am a 240LB man. I love to cook, talk food and of course eat! I can never turn down a good meal. Aside from my love for the art of food, I also have one secret hobby most people do not know about.

As a 7-year old child exploring different hobbies, I had been happy collecting baseball and other sports cards until the fateful day when my mother decided to take me to the local comic book store. I remember reading my first ever comic, the Original X-Men and thinking that it was the coolest thing ever. It was there that I became infatuated with the comic world phenomena and from that moment on I knew it would be one of my life's obsessions. Now fast-forward 21 years. One would think with the time and energy devoted in making it to the NFL my love for comics would diminish, well think again.

I currently purchase comics at least twice a month, and I recently got issues of The Darkness, New X-Men, and Xavier's house. As a kid, I was mostly into the artwork and character creations, but as I grew older, I had a deeper appreciation for the storylines with the human-like plots, different past histories of characters, love interests and it became more than just hero vs. villain. Reading a comic was like creating a movie in my mind.

And now I have launched a comic book social network. I hope you guys find it interesting! Enjoy!

Lance