Choose Your Own Adventure

Considering that I grew up to be the world's leading Batmanologist, it might be a surprise to learn that when I was kid, I never really wanted to be Batman. I always wanted to be Robin, because Robin gets to hang out all the time with Batman and sometimes he saves his life and also they're best friends and they hang out together all the time and drive cool cars and Batman probably buys Robin all

I think I will not be alone in saying that Choose Your Own Adventure books are freaking great, and that when I was a kid -- a time when you don't have so many choices in your life -- the idea of being able to personally steer the adventures of the hero or heroine was a particular thrill, even if most of the time those choices meant I ended up dead thanks to cobras, lasers, witches, or the razor-l

Ryan North is taking the week off, which means guest strips at "Dinosaur Comics." Far and away my favorite is the most recent addition by Andrew Hussie of MS Paint Adventures, which turns the comic into a dynamic Choose Your Own Adventure where the dialogue changes depending on how fast you read...