Jonathan Coulton, musician.
You can download his ode to super-villainy, "Skullcrusher Mountain", here.

As for candy, fruit is lame, and luckily you have to throw it out in case it contains razor blades or pins. But I was always a big fan of your standard cookie- or wafer-based candy bars - your Twixxes, your Whatchamacallits, etc.




Larry Young, author and publisher.
Larry is the author of the ground-breaking science fiction series Astronauts in Trouble, the comic book industry allegory Planet of theCapes, the self-publishing how-to book True Facts, the online comics columns Loose Cannon and Proof of Concept, and the upcoming high-octane action-adventure The Black Diamond.

As far as my favorite candy, I have to say I liked Necco wafers and candy corn. Just mainline that sugar, you know? Why mess around with chocolate and nougat and caramel and all that fancy trying-too-hard candies when you can just get your SUGAR in the Necco wafers and your HONEY in the candy corn? Give it to me now and give it to me sweet.




Cameron Stewart, artist.
Be sure to check out his Vertigo book, The Other Side.

Unfortunately, while in the hospital my only sustenance was the saline drip. After returning home on Novermber 25th I was told that all my candy had been given to the other neighbourhood kids. Maybe you should ask them which was the best.




Jim Mahfood, writer/artist.
His graphic novel, The Further Adventures of One Page Filler Man, will be released by Image Comics in December.

Reeces Peanut Butter Cups.




MC Chris, rapper
Check out his most recent album, Dungeon Master of Ceremonies, and look for him in the upcoming Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie.

Sweettarts, bottle caps, razzles, a and w's have always been scores.




Geoff Johns, writer.
DC Comics recently released his opusInfinite Crisis in hardcover and Johns' is also an author on the weekly title, 52.

A regular size candy bar. You'd always race to the rich people's houses and stock up.




Chynna Clugston, writer/artist.
Current projects include Strangetown from Oni Press, an issue of Teen Titans Go! from DC this December, as well as Blue Monday (Oni Press), which should be returning next year. Also be sure to check out girlmod.livejournal.com/.

I really liked the Snickers with the razor blades, I'd fight with the
neighborhood kids over them (I'd win because a family member made 'em
so I had first dibs), but the rock-hard pink bubblegum that tasted
like fluffy chalk was a close second. I was all about Popcorn Balls,
actually.




Dan DiDio, executive editor.
DiDio is profiled on Wikipedia, here.

Favorite candy, the mystery bag, never know what you are getting until you open it.





David Baron, colorist.
Current highlights right now are 52 and Stormwatch for DC/WS. His main blog is myzombies.blogspot.com/ where he posts about life, love and work.

Bit-o-honey. So I was an odd kid...




Chip Zdarsky, writer/artist.
Chip Zdarsky's Monster Cops is in stores now and very halloweeny.

I used to take all the crappy candies and melt them down into one giant piece of candy, hoping that all the individual candy shitiness would be negated by the combination of them all. Typically I'd end up with a six-pound confection that tasted like tires and rancid steak.
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Tom Peyer, writer.
You can check out Tom Peyer's work in The Authority: Transfer of Power and in House of M: Spider-Man.

Little Snickers or Milky Ways. Note to candy-givers: if you're too cheap to give out chocolate, you're not getting away with anything. We notice.




Mike Carey, writer.
Vertigo's final Lucifer collection will be released next year and you can currently read Carey on Marvel's X-Men.

Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate - or CDM, for short. In those days it came in silver and purple foil wrappers and it tasted like... well, like it still does now, only back then I'd never experienced an orgasm so CDM was as good as it got.



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