Hello, my name is Cory and I am a comic book junkie. I thought it was controlled. I didn't think it was that bad. I'll have you know, I didn't collect all the issues while I was a kid, but I did have a Superman cape presented to me on my 6th birthday and my 16th. And, rumor had it, I was getting another one for my 26th birthday, but my girlfriend, at the time, got wind of the news and sadly, I had to dump her. She was cute, but she was no Lois Lane or Lana Lang. Not even a M J Watson. She just did not understand.

In honor of Spider Man 3, which is to be 3 times as intense with 3 times the bad guys...myself and a gang of crack pots will attend the premiere tomorrow night at midnight. We did it for the first 2 and we'll do it again. Tradition baby. The thing I like to spot in these Marvel movies is the cameos of Stan Lee. Just like Alfred Hitchcock did in many of his flicks, so does Stan.

It's amazing how many guys in their 30 somethings are still die hard Marvel mutants. While a lad, I followed the comics, and still keep up with them a bit, because I teach art to kids and I gotta stay up beat on these things. But each time we go to these features, there are always a pack of geeks who know every little detail about the comic book character. Like who cares what Peter Parker's confirmation name is and what shoe size the Hulk has before and after the mutation. But they are there. And I wish I had a can of Raid to rid them off.

At one of the Star Wars premieres, I recall a bunch of Jedi nerds having a light saber battle while standing in line for tickets, and one of them, dressed as a young Obi Won Kenobi, was defeated. Everyone gathered around to see what he would do next. Then, the lame brain stuck his hand out high, as in hopes that the force would do something bad to his opponent. There was a dead awkward silence, a cricket chirped, and some biker came up from behind and punched the young Padowon in head. Oh, man was it funny. Then the biker turned to all of us and said, "does anyone else wanna be a hero?" Oh, I soiled my shorts, I was laughing so hard.

About a month ago, one of my art students came into class and had a red balloon and a blue balloon. While I was teaching, he was twisting and turning these things and within about 10 minutes, he constructed a Spidey action figure. It was so cool. Then for the rest of the class, he made more and taught others how to do it. So, my gift to all you origami and balloon artists wannabes....here's how to make Spiderman out of a few balloons....within 10 minutes....betcha can't do it.

FYI If you run outta red and blue colors, orange and green work well, if you wanna construct The Fantastic 4's THING. The sequel to the F4 is coming out this summer. THE RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER