Fantom Comics

Position: Owner

Favorite Comics: The Boys, Civil War, Fables, Mouse Guard, Preacher, Pride of Baghdad, Pyongyang, Rising Stars, Superman Red Son, Wanted

The Deal: Matt attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, graduating in 1999. He worked in Orange County, CA at a private equity firm before joining a leading DC think tank in 2002. In 2005 Matt realized that he loved his job and got along great with his bosses, yet he still wanted to be his own boss. He figured it was now or never, so he decided to realize a long held dream of his and opened Fantom Comics in November of 2005.

Now Matt enjoys spreading the gospel of quality comics to those never exposed to the medium. Of course, he also loves debating the minutia of fandom with fellow nerds, and quoting esoteric lines from geeky movies and TV with like-minded individuals.

Matt can be reached at: fantomcomics@gmail.com

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Position: Employee

Favorite Comics: Buffy (Season 8), Runaways, Fables, League of Extraordinary Gentleman, Jack of Fables, The Freshmen

The Deal: Abby is a graduate of Walt Whitman High School (06') in Bethesda, MD. She is currently studying acting in Stratford-upon-avon, England, and in August is going on to do the same at Beloit College in Wisconsin. She wandered into Fantom sometime last June (2006) and basically never left. She is a secret geek, so shhh, don't tell anyone!

She loves - among other things - Buffy, Harry Potter, The Office, Scrubs, Doctor Who and musical theatre.

Abby can be reached at luvrsofsunydale@gmail.com

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Position: Web Commentator

Favorite Comics: 52, Brave and the Bold, Justice League of America, Justice Society of America, Marvel Zombies, Secret Wars, Sin City, Titans, Uncanny X-Men, What If…

The Deal: Ari attends the Edmund Burke School right here in DC. He has always had a love for comics, ever since he was six years old and his uncle gave him his collection of virtually every comic from 1968 – 1973. He has been a regular Fantom Comics customer for about a year now.

He resides in DC, loves movies, and even gets in to the occasional early screening.

Ari can be reached at Aman4232@yahoo.com

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Position: Employee

Favorite Comics: Amphigory, Fun Home, Fables, Gemma Bovery, Watchmen, It's A Bird..., anything by Jhonen Vasquez, Superman (in any and all cases), Percy Gloom, Left Bank Gang, Three Paradoxes, The Escapist, Anything by Darwyn Cooke, and Umbrella Academy.

The Deal: Cee-Cee is a Junior studying Literature and Theatre at American University. She doesn't know what she is going to do with her majors, so please stop asking. During her time at AU she has fallen back in love with comics and has used her connections to land the sweetest job. When she is not in rehearsals, studying, working on costumes, babysitting, or at work she can be found...sleeping, because there is no such thing as free time for college students. During her commute she likes to sing Barenaked Ladies songs and in class she can be seen doodling instead of taking notes. If she had free time she would probably spend it drawing, doing collages, or reading Christopher Moore or Jasper Forde novels.

Cee-Cee is originally from Alaska (but is NOT an Eskimo, does NOT live in an igloo, and does NOT have a pet polar bear named 'Binky'). She currently resides in a very nice house in NW DC.

When she is on a studying break you can reach her at: luvly.in.ak@gmail.com

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Position: Web Commentator

Favorite Comics: Fables, Ultimates, Watchmen, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, DMZ, New X-Men (Morrison's Run), Powers

The Deal: Brandon attended American University in Washington DC, earning his graduate degree in 2006. He currently works for an international organization in downtown, DC. Brandon has been a regular customer of Fantom Comics since it opened and a comic reader long before that.

He enjoys movies, books, video games, sci-fi shows, and of course, comics.

Brandon can be reached at: doubleb@gmail.com

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