When Wendy and I can afford to pick up a few comic books, we buy them from B & D Comics. The lady who runs the shop knows what titles we enjoy and always holds a few things for us that she knows we'll like. She's a really nice lady.

We've been going there for years, but we've never learned her name. She's an instantly familiar face, and she knows us by name, but we've always just called her "The Comic Book Lady."

That's not intended to be disrespectful. If you know us, you know that we're such big dorks that, if we give you a title with the words "Comic Book" in it, it's an ultimate sign of respect.

Anyway, it turns out that "The Comic Book Lady" has a name. Her name is Terry Baucom. We know that now because she was interviewed in the local paper the other day. The paper did a piece about Christian comic books (like just about everything else written by the Roanoke Times, it's another example of the local paper publishing an article about a subject it doesn't really understand).

The article about Christian comics was complimented by an interview with Terry Baucom, "The Comic Book Lady" herself. There was a nice picture of her, too, in the article... but it's not included at the web version.

By the way, if you find yourself in Roanoke, VA, looking for comic books, be sure and stop by B & D Comics and say hi to "The Comic Book Lady." By day, she travels in the guise of mild-mannered Terry Baucom.