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1) Are you guys completely open about collecting comics? (like if you're discussing hobbies)
2) If the topic does come up, do you have any embarassment whatsoever about admitting you read "funnybooks"?
3) Do you read them in public or just the privacy of home?
4) Many Legion World Forumites are involved in a relationship -Does your spouse/partner read also? If not, how do they feel about you reading?
5) Do you have many friends that read also?
I almost stopped reading because my last b/f kept teasing me about it. Comics weren't the only reason I dumped him but I did get tired of having to defend my hobby. Of course, I wasn't thrilled with his hobby of being a lying cheater, so maybe I shouldn't be too harsh.
quote:Originally posted by Caleb: 1) Are you guys completely open about collecting comics? (like if you're discussing hobbies)
I'm completely open about it. My friends even know I run two, soon to be three, websites devoted to a certain comic.
quote: 2) If the topic does come up, do you have any embarassment whatsoever about admitting you read dunnybooks?
Nope. Never have.
quote: 3) Do you read them in public or just the privacy of home?
I'll read them at work (or I used to, too busy lately). And when Caroline's mom had her surgery recently and we were spending a lot of time at the hospital I was reading the Essential Ant-Man and she was reading Essential Avengers.
quote: 4) Many Legion World Forumites are involved in a relationship -Does your spouse/partner read also? If not, how do they feel about you reading?
Caroline didn't mind me reading them when we first got married 11+ years ago and she knew I was a collector. She was not into reading them but over the years I've been able to convert her to our way of thinking.
quote: 5) Do you have many friends that read also?
Depends. None read like I do except for a couple of friends who work at the CBS I go to. The majority of my on-line friends do, that's how we mostly met. A couple other friends I work with read fantasy related books, like the DnD ones, and we all enjoy Dork Tower.
quote: I almost stopped reading because my last b/f kept teasing me about it. Comics weren't the only reason I dumped him but I did get tired of having to defend my hobby. Of course, I wasn't thrilled with his hobby of being a lying cheater, so maybe I shouldn't be too harsh.
Well I can sympathize with the later part about exes. My ex-wife was a cheating bitch too. But she didn't mind me reading comics and it gave me a connection to her girls. I'd sit and read books with them all the time when I wasn't working. In fact the kids are the only thing I ever missed about the relationship.
From: Utah | Registered: Jul 2003
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Caleb-- what you need is a boyfriend who doesn't mind launging around all day Sunday in his underwear while reading comics with you (and ordering pizza!)!
quote:Originally posted by Caleb: 1) Are you guys completely open about collecting comics? (like if you're discussing hobbies)
yeah !! i'll tell people about what they are, i usually have to explain a little more, though !!! because they won't have heard of The Legion so i tell them about Superman, Batman and the X-Men !!! they understand then !!!
2) If the topic does come up, do you have any embarassment whatsoever about admitting you read "funnybooks"?
no not really ....
3) Do you read them in public or just the privacy of home?
i'll read them anywhere !!! i actually like reading them in public, to see if people ask you about them !!!
i went to a managers meeting the other month, and we'd just boarded the plane, so i got my pile of comics out to read, and 2 of the other managers started to notice me reading them, we then chatted for the 2 hour flight about comics !!! they read them when they were younger !!!
one of them used to love The Legion !!! she hadn't read them since LSH v2 !!! but she could still recognise most of the current characters !!!
4) Many Legion World Forumites are involved in a relationship -Does your spouse/partner read also? If not, how do they feel about you reading?
my boyfriend doesn't really comment about them, but he knows how much i love them !!! he actually bought me the ALEX ROSS litho print for my 30th birthday, last year !!! which was amazing !!!
he wanted to get me a really expensive watch, but i said i'd LOVE that so much more !!!
5) Do you have many friends that read also?
no !! only you guy's here
Matthew.
From: Manchester United Kingdom | Registered: Jul 2003
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There have been times when I felt a bit embarassed about mentioning it, but I don't really remember specifics -- I mean, lord knows comic book fans suffer from a bit of bad p.r.
I don't have a problem reading them in public or anything like that though.
I used to have friends who collected when I was a kid, which was cool cuz we'd pool out books and read them together -- it's a great way to just keep up to date on other books without having to spend the dough.
From: New York, NY | Registered: Jul 2003
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1) Yes. People at work know about it, and they even know I go to conventions.
2) No. It's odd; I don't feel embarassed but I can get defensive. It doesn't come up much, though.
3) In public. I read them on the train going home, or occasionally on breaks at work. I go to my comics shop once a month, and afterwards I'll stop for dinner at a nearby restaurant and pull a few out there.
4) I'm not involved with anybody right now, but my previous g/fs have not had a problem with it.
5) Some. Most of them don't read anymore, but still like 'em and occasionally ask me about what's good out there currently.
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1) Yup. Always have been, even when it was a source of highschool ridicule.
2) "Aren't you embarrassed to be seen reading... COMICS???"
"Oh. Well, yes, dreadfully. Thank you for pointing out the error of my ways. But it can't be anywhere NEAR as embarrassing as having your ass growing on your shoulders, is it?"
(true exchange from said highschool days...
3)I usually read my comics at home, where I have the peace and quiet to enjoy them properly. But I do open my monthly shipment at work when it arrives by UPS, and give everything a look-through.
4) n/a
5) Mainly the friends I've found on the internet, who either share my interests or my general love of comics. I'm friends with the people who work at my local CBS, also. All my friends growing up "outgrew" comics. THEIR loss!
From: Up a Gumtree | Registered: Jul 2003
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1. It depends. I have been very open in the past, but often I'd get responses such as "How much do you think such-and-such is worth?" or "I used to read comics when I was a kid, but gave them up when I went to college, etc."
These days, I share my interest only with people I intuitively feel comfortable with. The rest won't care, anyhow.
2. No.
3. Mostly at home. I have read comics in restaurants on occasion. I don't read them at work because they're too distracting; however, I do have Alex Ross' Legion litho as my wallpaper on my PC. That's garnered a few comments.
4. I'm not currently in a relationship. The last girlfriend I had was slightly familiar with comics. She had read Spawn. But she seemed to think comics were a form of insanity that people did to keep from going insane for real. Comics were my "ism," she called it (as in, "fanaticism.")
5. No. Just the ones I meet online.
-------------------- The Semi-Great Gildersleeve - writing, super-heroes, and this 'n' that
From: The Stasis Zone | Registered: Jul 2003
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My favorite Chinese food restaurant is very close to my comic store, so I usually get my books and eat lunch in there while I read one or two. The waiters even know my usual order.
Lash... lounging naked around the house on a Sunday sounds purrrr-fect.
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I am not embarrassed to admit anything about my comic hobby and I am very open about it. I read them at coffee shops sometimes, but mostly I don't like reading anything in public (I'm too easily distracted). My guy is very cool with my comic hobby but doesn't read them (he tried Lucifer, but said comics weren't for him). However, he also collects Simpsons memorobilia and toys from the 70's and 80's, so there's kind of a spiritual understanding there. My last boyfriend was a harridan of epic proportions and liked to be dramatic (he was an actor): he once *ripped* a comic in half in the heat of the moment (with ME! who nevers fights with ANYBODY!) and it was over pretty soon after that (there were MANY other reasons). Other boyfriends have kept pretty quiet about it one way or the other. I have NO other friends who read comics 'cept here.
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