Do comics play a role in you enjoying life a bit more?

[redmarvel]

Maximum Carnage was a huge advertisement gimmick. But how i miss those days.

I wouldn't call it an "advertising" gimmick, but it definitely was a gimmick to get you to buy all the different Spider-Man serieses. Thankfully I already was (but I don't think I have the entire Maximum Carnage series to this day).

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

to be serious for a fleeting second...

I always considered myself to be on a more intelligent level than those who don't read comics...

For example, it was said in that A&E documentary that no one could've imagine September 11th happening unless they read comics...

I think that the comics and movies and TV and music and video games and books that WE all personally enjoy, because they aren't set within the boundaries of reality means that our minds, unlike those who don't love all this stuff, aren't set within the boundaries of reality either.

Our preceptions are on a much grander scale because based on all the material we love, we've collectively seen just about everything there is to see.

I think our favorite comics, movies, TV, games, books and music make us all more aware of the world around us then those who can't be so clearly defined by their interests...

And besides...comic books are BAD ASS

CFE

puh

LEASE

I enjoy the older Marvel comics mostly.

YES

 

[ShaneHelms]

Thats a bunch of Rolling eyes.

 

[CFE]

Fine, not the best way of putting it...but you get my drift...

And don't tell me you've never thought the same thing about yourself when dealing with other people who aren't fans of what you're a fan of...

CFE

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Yeah, his powers of perception are such a honking butt-load grander than Stephen Hawking's. Yeah.

 

[CFE]

Yeah, his powers of perception are such a honking butt-load grander than Stephen Hawking's. Yeah.

I'm talking about the John Q Public, not Hawkings or Einstein or God or anyone else of that vein you want to list...

CFE

 

[redmarvel]

Yeah, his powers of perception are such a honking butt-load grander than Stephen Hawking's. Yeah.

How sure are you that Hawking doesn't read / hasn't read comic books? I haven't read the man's autobiography so I wouldn't place a bet on it either way.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

If only Bush and Cheney read "Thor vs. The Lava Men", maybe they'd've been able to formulate water-tight plans to cover all the contingencies in Iraq.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

How sure are you that Hawking doesn't read / hasn't read comic books? I haven't read the man's autobiography so I wouldn't place a bet on it either way.

Yeah, bad example. I think he's a Trekkie.
But I assure you, I've known many braindead comic fans and many hyper-intelligent people who can't tolerate them.

 

[redmarvel]

Bush read... umm... why do I have difficulty with that concept as a whole?

 

[Fran]

I read Electronic Gaming Monthly, I'm far more intelligent than the average joe.

 

[redmarvel]

Yeah, bad example. I think he's a Trekkie.
But I assure you, I've known many braindead comic fans and many hyper-intelligent people who can't tolerate them.

t: Granted. However many hyper-intelligent people do enjoy reading and writing Science Fiction and (believe it or not) Comic Books are often a subshoot of Science Fiction (not always, you won't find much of the way of Science in Archie comic books).

 

[CFE]

If only Bush and Cheney read "Thor vs. The Lava Men", maybe they'd've been able to formulate water-tight plans to cover all the contingencies in Iraq.

You're sooooo missing the point of what I'm saying...

Another example...would technology be as advanced from the 70s to now if "Star Wars" was never created?

The things we're fans of touch on topics those who don't read comics don't even THINK to think about...

It's up to the reader to do something about it though, I'll agree.

CFE

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Bush read... umm... why do I have difficulty with that concept as a whole?

Well merely seeing the pictures of the colossal mutants and space aliens and Greek Gods reincarnated in spandex garb would've really "opened his mind" right up.

 

[CFE]

The underlying subjects of comics are what I'm talking about, not the subject material itself.

For instance, on the surface, Batman's just a costumed super hero...but what're the themes and morals and what have you that he and his comics touch upon?

That's what I mean.

CFE

 

[Ghostvirus]

they obviously do goldenage otherwise they wouldn't participate in them or join a board devoted to the subject.

Actually I have picked up very few comics in my life.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

You're sooooo missing the point of what I'm saying...

Another example...would technology be as advanced from the 70s to now if "Star Wars" was never created?

The things we're fans of touch on topics those who don't read comics don't even THINK to think about...

It's up to the reader to do something about it though, I'll agree.

CFE

What I read was:

I always considered myself to be on a more intelligent level than those who don't read comics...

For example, it was said in that A&E documentary that no one could've imagine September 11th happening unless they read comics...

Tons of non-comicbook fans foresaw the possibility of a 9/11-like event....especially since...there had already been a bombing there.

My point is that your generalization seems to bespeak a contradictory narrow view on your part.
It could very well be that the "really" superior intellects out there are completely turned off by the customarily simplistic nature of comicbook story-telling and the formulaic scenarios that define the art form.
They may see Escapism as an almost criminal waste of mental energies.

 

[CFE]

Ok I've thought about it, and you're right Wilhelm...sort of...

I still think what I believe is true to an extent. But I think the better way to put it is that...

"Those who like Comics are more interesting than those who don't."

Just nipping this in the butt before a needless debate comes up

CFE

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Don't nip it's tender butt!

 

[CFE]

Don't nip it's tender butt!

haha your tiger's upside down



CFE

 

[ShaneHelms]

It's what makes him frightening.

 

[CFE]

It's what makes him frightening.

I suppose...Wilhelm's a BA anyhow

CFE

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

It's what makes him frightening.

Don't be frightened.

 

[Argyle of Sock]

^Ack! That was not a pleasant picture to scroll down on. I'm not even going to ask what it is...

 

[ShaneHelms]

Don't be frightened.

The Goggles do nothing!