do your friends and family know about your love for comics?

or do you hide it away?

Anyone who knows me knows I love comics.

Depends how well the know me. If they know me decently, they know I love comics.

Anyone who knows me well enough knows I like comic books. It's not something I wear on my sleeve, but I don't hide it, either. It just doesn't come up in conversation very much.

Nobody knows that i like comics except 2 of my friends. My dad is glad that I like comics, he was a huge fan back in the 60's,70's, and 80's. But it seems that there's a problem. 20-30 years ago, every boy read comics it was the same thing as playing football or just going outside. Now the stereotypical comic book fan is a 40 year old guy who weighs 1,000 pounds living in his mom's basement and eating cheeto's he hides under his man breasts. I'm a sophomore right now, and i don't think it would be socailly accepted that i read comics. That's just the way it is. I mean when i drive to the comic book store, it's like I'm going in to some Porn library. I try to cover up my face, get in, and get out. I know I shouldn't be ashamed, but thats just how it works out.

Cosmic Sentinel says:

"chameleone says:

"Nobody knows that i like comics except 2 of my friends. My dad is glad that I like comics, he was a huge fan back in the 60's,70's, and 80's. But it seems that there's a problem. 20-30 years ago, every boy read comics it was the same thing as playing football or just going outside. Now the stereotypical comic book fan is a 40 year old guy who weighs 1,000 pounds living in his mom's basement and eating cheeto's he hides under his man breasts. I'm a sophomore right now, and i don't think it would be socailly accepted that i read comics. That's just the way it is. I mean when i drive to the comic book store, it's like I'm going in to some Porn library. I try to cover up my face, get in, and get out. I know I shouldn't be ashamed, but thats just how it works out."

Hey, thanks to Atkins I'm down to 950 pounds."

dude, keep it up.

My family, erll my parents hate that I read comics. They say its a waste of money and paper.

But most of my friends know that I like comics, even though they have never read one.

Considering I'm on here so often, I have an "office" at home which is basically a shrine to comics with original comic art on the walls, some comic statues and busts, the Green Lantern ring I wear (on the hand opposite of my wedding band), and finally the boxes and boxes of comics my family has had to help move around when we've moved (plus all the comics and trade paperbacks in the house). It's no secret. Even in my classroom I have comic posters and a stack sitting in the back of the room.

Buckshot says:

"Anyone who knows me knows I love comics."

That is the same thing i was going to say.

I've only told a few of my friends about this site. I don't really go around advertising that I like comic books to everyone I meet. It's not exactly the best ice breaker when trying to pick up girls either.

Methos says:

"Phorqe says:

"It's not exactly the best ice breaker when trying to pick up girls either."

thinks about the hot redhead he picked up in the comic store a few weeks back

nah, don't see a problem with it

grins

M

"

There aren't any hot redheads in comic stores where I am. Not that I've seen at least.

When my Dad got custody of my sister and I when I was in high school, he was so excited. He got his jock daughter. He got to brag that his 14 year old daughter could slam dunk a basketball and run a mile in under 5 minutes. When he found out, when I was in college, that I liked comics, he felt betrayed. Like I somehow did it on purpose just to ruin all the good memories. I finished graduate school in May, so my Dad drove down to surpise me. He came into my house, used the bathroom...then I heard the, "What the F*ck is this?" comment drift out into the living room. He had found the comics I keep in the bathroom. That weekend was horrible. That was 6 months ago; my dad can hardly talk to me. It is so screwed up. I mean, how is reading comic books the end of civilization?

Methos says:

"pity... there's tons of hot redheaded goths round the London comic stores :DM"

Mostly fat guys named Marv around the Boston area. The few girls who like comics in new england get plucked up rather fast.

Methos says:

"weird... i think theres more female comic readers than male comic readers in london... at least that i've seenM"

That's it. I'm moving.

i like to tell people i read comics, and they normally understand after a giggle... its my collection of action figures that freaks them out...

chameleone says:

"Nobody knows that i like comics except 2 of my friends. My dad is glad that I like comics, he was a huge fan back in the 60's,70's, and 80's. But it seems that there's a problem. 20-30 years ago, every boy read comics it was the same thing as playing football or just going outside. Now the stereotypical comic book fan is a 40 year old guy who weighs 1,000 pounds living in his mom's basement and eating cheeto's he hides under his man breasts. I'm a sophomore right now, and i don't think it would be socailly accepted that i read comics. That's just the way it is. I mean when i drive to the comic book store, it's like I'm going in to some Porn library. I try to cover up my face, get in, and get out. I know I shouldn't be ashamed, but thats just how it works out."

Is it really all that?

I dont wear alot of the clothing but when the movies are talked about I let everyone know I love the comics. I buy them and ask for some as gifts so I think its fairly out in the open as ppl said I love all the fantasy stuff