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This series of columns is devoted to books that have sat upon my shelf for years, decades in some cases, and I did not read them. I originally had every intention to read them, as they caught my eye in thrift stores and I picked them up, or as they were passed down to me by family and friends through the years. Some had striking covers or interesting descriptions on their backs: books such as Russian Psychoanalysis in the Soviet Union or Hungry as the Sea by Wilbur Smith. That last one, my grandfather gave to me back in the…

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What comics mean to me. I have been wondering to myself how I should kick off this series on comic books, for universal. There is a number of different reasons people follow comics and we each have our own. There are those who collect; there are fans, investors and readers. Kids and adults follow them and buy them and it seems that as the child gows into the adult, their reasons might change but there is something that the child and adult have in common: it might be wonder and the pleasure of a good story, the fantasy and escapism…

Johnny Smith, regular contributor to Universal Consulting Group, completes the Marcel Proust questionnaire. What is your idea of perfect happiness? Surrounded by family, in a warm home. What is your greatest fear? Not being able to care for my young son. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Impatience and arrogance. I am working on them always. What is the trait you most deplore in others? Insensitivity and selfishness. Which living person do you most admire? I have heard how Nelson Mandela spent decades in prison. Upon leaving he forgave his captors. What is your greatest extravagance? Books…