Kazaleh

If you haven't heard of the Adventures of Captain Jack (no I'm not talking about Johnny Depp), and you're a comic book fan, you're missing something really special. tAoCJ is a 12 issue series published in the 80s about a crew of funny animals in space. I'm sure the series can be described a lot better than that, but I'm kind of sleepy at the moment.
The short story is that I cam across issue #5 two years ago or so and fell in love with the series. I spent the rest of the year finding every issue. I'm going to re-read them again. Then, little by little, I found out that the characters have appeared in other comics, besides tAoCJ. I'm on a quest for those now.
So I'm browsing Wikipedia on the subject, and come across Mike Kazaleh's page. He's the creator of said amazing comic. After checking out the external links, I found one that had an e-mail address, purported to be MK's. That page hasn't been updated in years, but I decided to give it a shot.
Shortly after writing a nice intro email, full of praise and the like, I got a reply back! I was very happy to read Mr. Kazaleh's words. We've been emailing back and forth now for about 2 weeks or so, and it's been very enjoyable. It's also pretty amazing to me: I'm actually writing to the guy that created one of my favorite comic books of all time. If you're a comic book fan, that's a big deal. Think about it: you pick up a comic, and at one point it started off in the artist/writer's head; then it's in your hands, and in *your* head. You don't know where the creator lives/works; how far the artwork traveled to the publisher, to the print shop, to the distributor, to the comic shop, to you. It, for all intents and purposes, have traveled across the galaxy. But then the gap is bridged through e-mail. Instantaneous e-mail.
So I'd just like to say to Mr. Kazaleh, thanks for replying, thanks for having those back issues I needed, and thanks so much for creating the characters and stories that will stay with me always.
Take care.