Do You Consider Yourself a 'Comic Geek'?

[Lord]

I'm not very open about my comic book love. I used to get mocked for it a few years ago so I don't really talk about it much apart from in front of a select few. It's seen as a supremely sad and childish thing over here, don't know about over in the US.

Though to be honest reading a book or watching a film that doesn't involve explosions is thought of as sad by most of my classmates so perhaps they aren't the greatest judges of taste.

Funny how here it works in a similar way (i'm not from the USA), they think reading comics is childish and dumb, but aren't most action flicks just as dumb, or even dumber?

 

[RootBeerMaster]

I am a comics geek, I am open about it, and where comic book t-shirts all the time, along with have lots of comic book collectables.

I am open in about it with most of my guy friends, I usually don't say nothing about it, to my friends who are girls unless they ask due to my t-shrits.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

I'm not very open about my comic book love. I used to get mocked for it a few years ago so I don't really talk about it much apart from in front of a select few. It's seen as a supremely sad and childish thing over here, don't know about over in the US.

Though to be honest reading a book or watching a film that doesn't involve explosions is thought of as sad by most of my classmates so perhaps they aren't the greatest judges of taste.

See, I'm over in the UK, and I think in my age group (early 20s) and especially among people who go to uni, it's not considered at all uncool. In fact, wearing Superhero logos on t-shirts, dressing up as Superheroes at fancy dress parties etc, are fashionable things to do.

But it all depends on how you are as a person I suppose.

I mean, I am in ad sales by day, barmaid by night. My friends are a bunch of wreckheads lol. They really couldn't give a stuff whether I'm a comic geek or a trainspotter, as long as I don't ramble on about it tooooo much.

A few of them join in. Some humour me. Most of them like to tease me about it. There's been a running joke/arguement now for years about Superman being lactose intolerant. Don't ask me where it came from, but it usually comes up at parties when people wanna get a rise out of me. 'Yeah well... Superman's lactose intolerant'

 

[the amazing fro]

See, I'm over in the UK, and I think in my age group (early 20s) and especially among people who go to uni, it's not considered at all uncool. In fact, wearing Superhero logos on t-shirts, dressing up as Superheroes at fancy dress parties etc, are fashionable things to do.

Really? It's seen as pretty uncool in my age group. I dressed up as Batman for a Halloween party once when I was 13 and got taken the piss out of and then kicked in the balls by a bunch of six year old's. I'm the only one in my entire year than I can think of that wears pop culture referencing t shirts.

But it all depends on how you are as a person I suppose.

I think it's more to do with who you hang round with. A lot of people I know are fairly ignorant to other people's taste's and will get out of their way to bash them (hmm reminds me of SHH ). And some people are fine with it. And a small minority even like comic books. Probably when I go to university, I'll meet more "like minded people" as they say.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

Where are you from, out of curiosity?

I'm from Somerset, and I went to uni in Cardiff. My uni (glamorgan) had the BEST library. They had all the DC and marvel chronology collections in special bound folders that you had to read in house. Spent HOURS in there

But yeah, I think it does depend on who you hang with. My housemate is a bit of a chav, and she gets very embarresed if I talk about comics and stuff in front of her 'ganster' friends.

 

[the amazing fro]

I'm from Birmingham

I think that pretty much sums it up....

That library sounds awesome

 

[darkseid26]

I wish I could consider myself a Comic geek. I stop reading comics and graphic novels about three or four years ago. The only real reason being, the only decent comic shop was was 30 miles away and my dad found it a hassle wasting gas on three or four comics every week.

I still hope to get back in to comics. I never even got around to reading Sandman.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

I'm from Birmingham

I think that pretty much sums it up....

That library sounds awesome

Lol, yeah that pretty much does explain everything. Birmingham doesn't seem like the most 'geek' embracing community

 

[SpideyVille]

I said this before, but my fandom for certain characters doesn't come from comics, but I think the fact that I tend to like certain characters at times tend to get confused with me being a comic nerd. Like Smallville and the Spider-Man films played a huge role in introducing me to the characters (hence my User Name), and sometimes I get a little obsessed when I find something I really like. But its usually a phase. Like I used to watch Spider-Man 2 everyday after I got the DVD and I was a big fan of the films, but once those were stopped, I find myself hardly interested about anything having to do with Spider-Man, including the new reboot film. But I think sometimes I get a little insecure when signs of my fandom show because I feel like it gives people the wrong impression about me, like I indicated in the first post.

But at the same time, I've met people who you'd never know that they were really into comics. Like a year ago i met this girl who was a big Green Lantern fan, and I never knew. And through her, I started talking to a friend of hers that I had had a crush on, and this girl is also a big comic book fan and is even going to dress up when she goes to NYCC with a bunch of her friends. And for some reason, I found the fact that she was a big comic fan to have made her more attractive because I feel like a girl like that would understand my casual appreciation for these characters better than someone who follow that stigma that has been placed on comic fan and believes that it is childish.

 

[Lord]

For those that don't have a comic book shop close (me included) can still read on the net

 

[hopefuldreamer]

I wish I could consider myself a Comic geek. I stop reading comics and graphic novels about three or four years ago. The only real reason being, the only decent comic shop was was 30 miles away and my dad found it a hassle wasting gas on three or four comics every week.

I still hope to get back in to comics. I never even got around to reading Sandman.

My nearest comic book shop is 20 miles away too. But that's what the internet is for. That's what random comic guy at 100 acre car boot sale is for.

Where there is a will, there is a way.

And in the meantime, just keeping up with storylines using online info is enough for me.

 

[ThDWgeek]

Yeah, I'd say I am. I used to be less open about it than I am now, but I read a letter in a British Spider-man anthology comic that raised the point that knowing all of the characters in a superhero team and all of their history is no more pathetic than knowing everyone on a sports team and all the transfer dates and stuff. After seeing this, the idea grew, and I decided to slowly be more open about it. But then I met my current girlfriend and I gave up caring about what people other than her thought of me.

That went a lot more sentimental than I imagined when I started this post.

 

[SpideyVille]

Yeah, I'd say I am. I used to be less open about it than I am now, but I read a letter in a British Spider-man anthology comic that raised the point that knowing all of the characters in a superhero team and all of their history is no more pathetic than knowing everyone on a sports team and all the transfer dates and stuff. After seeing this, the idea grew, and I decided to slowly be more open about it. But then I met my current girlfriend and I gave up caring about what people other than her thought of me.

That went a lot more sentimental than I imagined when I started this post.

I remember there was a thread a while ago posing a similar question, saying that Comic book fans are no different than sports fans. In some way I agree, but I think that even though it has become more socially acceptable, I think a lot of people still place more of a social stigma on comic book fans, in that they are usually represented as socially awkward people that wear glasses and have braces and only find pleasure in reading and discussing news about their favorites characters. And even though that grouping seems to have expanded to things like anime, manga, Harry Potter and Twilight, etc, I kinda wonder if people look at Star Wars fans in a similar light.

 

[darkseid26]

I don't think I could ever read a comic online, I have to feel it in my hands. lol

 

[Kevin]

Yup. Comic Geek.