How I Betrayed Erik Larsen

I have this niece.  I may have mentioned her before.

At around a year old, she started giving people hi-fives.  As a doting uncle, I thought that this was, in fact, awesome, but I wanted to expand her education (read: teach her a new trick).  So I tried to get her to emulate the notorious Obama fist bump with me.

No dice.

However, last Wednesday, when Amazing Spider-Man #583 was released, Alana toddled up to me and, instead of waving or blowing a kiss or hi-fiving me, she giggled and extended her fist toward me.  I punched it, and she thought it was the most awesome thing.  So did I.

Now, I understand why Erik Larsen is so angry with me.  He did, after all, invent fist bumps.  And nieces.  Both in the pages of Savage Dragon.  I’ve infringed on his intellectual property, and that’s not right.  So, Mr. Larsen, I’ve prepared the following statement: “My bad. It won’t happen again.”

Now let’s stop all the grousing and move on.