Mike Baron: C/D

The only thing of his I never really 'got' was Badger.

I really like his mainstream work (cf. Flash, Punisher), but never really got into Badger or Nexus, as characters or as books (tho Steve Rude's art was pretty nice). He's probably the closest Amurrica will come to Peter Milligan. I think he's doing some Image series now.

BARON: Yes, and I wrote a lot of crap which is why I'm not writing any major series today. I made bad decisions. I used coke to write stories. I have difficulty looking at some of those comics without cringing. I'm on a very steep learning curve right now. Comics are what you make them. I can't afford to write bad comics. Of course every writer must entertain himself. Why, I could recite to you from my latest etchings for hours... 'Twas a dark and stormy night! Decisions were made as the slithery eel plip-plopped down the on-ramp at wildly excessive speed...

him and Steve Rude on Nexus = some of the best comics ever imo

I really need to reread those, have been meaning to for like a decade.

I have all the Rude-illustrated issues up to #50, and then I have one of the miniseries - I'm eager to fill in the gaps but it's sort of hard to keep track of what's been collected where

It's pretty much all in print either in hardcover or tradepaper back. There might be some of the last stuff that hasn't been collected much yet, but most of the series is in print.

Judah the Hammer is one of my all time favorite comic characters. I always liked him and his dad Dave.

Badger and Nexus are underrated as hell