afo@pucc-k (sefton) (06/28/84)
Everybody who reads this newsgroup has at least a passing interest in comics, right? And a lot of us collect comics? How do you go about explaining comics to the uninitiated? Parents can be bad enough, they think that there may be 'something wrong with you' (:-)), or drop hints like 'when are you giving up comics' ( to be read 'when are you going to grow up?). However, what do you do when trying to impress a person of the appropriate sex, you get back to your abode, and there is Action #532 sitting on your coffee table (or worse, your bedstand).... do you... 1. make a maddened attempt to throw your coat over the comic? 2. start making remarks about how 'comics are a great investment' 3. figure if they think you're a mental case, that's their problem? 4. try to find a way to get them interested... Also, are there any ouple out there, where one reads/collects, and the other doesn't? How does the SO feel about your habit? Well? Laurie pucc-k:afo
crd55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Chuck Dobrovolny) (06/29/84)
I had ta laugh when I read your article! This happens to me quite often
and it's a rare individual who actually *understands*. I've gotten the
various sundry comments you mentioned plus a few scathing cracks about
the maturity of "anyone who still reads comics." I think I've run the
gamut from offering a plethora of terrific reasons for reading comics
to self-righteously NOT voluteering ANY reasons! My parents probably
consider it one of my least harmful eccentricities and a couple of my
friends have actually asked to borrow a few that I considered particularly
entertaining. Most people I know are apathetic about reading comics at
*our* age(s), but a couple more fervent individuals think I'm (we're) nuts!
As far as dates or other MOTAS are concerned, the responses I've gotten
have been comparatively mild and non-judgemental. Then again, one solitary
copy of Adventure on my nightstand isn't the case--I've got a special
bookcase next to my bed with about 30 regulars in neat little stacks.
I don't HIDE the fact that I read comics, but I don't dwell on it, either.
(except here--among friends-----safety in numbers and all that....)
...it's the rest of humanity
that's missing out!
Chuck
eric@aplvax.UUCP (07/03/84)
You asked if there were couples where one collects and the other doesn't. You bet. As to how she feels about it - she thinks I am crazy, of course. (Actually, I give her plenty of other of evidence to support that, so she has gotten used to my idiosyncracies). -- eric ...!seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!eric
eric@parallel.UUCP (07/06/84)
I started reading comics when I was 19, so there was no 'parental pressure'. I was independent by then. The person who started me reading comics was my girlfriend at the time -- her comment was "You mean you don't know who the X-Men are?"...No problem there. As to what REALLY got me hooked: Elfquest and The Rocketeer. parallel!eric