do girls like comics?
No. They like Harley and DICK but won't buy the actual comics.
>>78098944
Yes.
>>78098944
No, girls like boys liking girls who like comics.
Girls like to think of themselves as the kinds of people who WOULD like comics.
But no, they don't actually buy them.
>>78098944
Some do, most don't. Just like how some boys like comics, but most don't.
This might surprise you Anon, but yes there are indeed grills who like comics.
They seem to be outnumbered by fat guys in trenchcoats by 100 to 1.
No. The comic thing is identical to every other pop culture trend that women ride. See: emo music scene.
>>78098966
>No. They like Harley and DICK but won't buy the actual comics.
ComiXology, widely considered the iTunes store of comic books in its breadth of selection (and its prices), on Wednesday said readership is changing with the advent of digital comics. A new customer is emerging: She’s 17-26 years old, college-educated, lives in the suburbs, and is new to comics. She prefers Tumblr to Reddit. She may have never even picked up a print comic.
When ComiXology launched six years ago, less than 5 percent of its users were women. Now ladies comprise 20 percent of the site’s readership.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2053313/good-news-dudes-ladies-read-comics-too.html
>>78098944
only if you tell them the comics are from Japan
>>78098944
I go to an artschool where plenty of girls read comics. They aren't all into capeshit, in fact most of them aren't but most people in my age bracket aren't. I mean we like the movies but we never grew up with the comics, know what i mean?
that said there's quite a few hardcore capeshit fans at the school.and one of the professors is a professional capeshit artist
do children like comics?
>>78098944
Girls are a meme.
does /co/ like comics?
>>78098944
Some of them do. Some of them don't.
Like everything.
>>78099072
>17 years old
>College educated
>>78099077
>these comics are so sexist and problematic. Look at what this female character is wearing!
>I love this Manga sooo much. I wish I could tied up and whipped and humiliated by a cute twink guy
They likem o be seen as if they like comics because it is supposed to make them look hotter? The only hot part about girl who likes comics is girl part in my opinion, I wouldn't fuck a paper or superhero emblem.
My girl doesn't like comics, but she buys them for me.
>>78098944
girls like manga
in print, yaoi was/is huge is America. I used to work in a Borders before they were bankrupt, and man, so many thirsty teenage girls bought guys blowing other guys yaoi. I was personally fascinated that it wasn't age-restricted or regulated in any way, despite being so graphic. Then again, regular romance novels aren't. It was a murky bridge between Harlequin® pulp and carding for Playgirl, but it was/is just a dirty little industry secret that isn't mainstream enough for anyone to have to confront it.
>>78098944
There are some that do. And then there are some that don't.
Then there are a lot that go on tumblr and SAY they like comics, but really they just watch the movies and read any comic that IGN says is good to sound hip.
>>78099152
That's just retarded name for Japanese comics.
They don't like comics. They like liking comics.
>>78098944
I do but I don't like the comic community much. I just go in, grab my pull, and bounce.
It's not really the whole hurhurmraneckbearddudes that keep me out. I just never understood wanting a community based on your side hobby.
>>78099215
So girls like liking comics and boys like hating comics, but neither actually reads comics so who cares.
>>78099221
>I just never understood wanting a community based on your side hobby.
It's cool to have people to talk about yout hobby. If it's other girls who actually like comics, you get the bonus of being able to fawn over hot character X AND also being able to discuss the actual plot.
My 15 years old sister likes Bendis Guardians of the Galaxy but for some reason refuses to read my old DnA books. Says they are boring.
I'm very dissapointed, but at least she liked Cho Hulk.
>>78099072
>Now ladies comprise 20 percent of the site’s readership.
I wonder how many of those are trannys.
>>78099102
/co/ is a hate mob comprised of man-children that read comics and watch cartoons but don't have the empathy to actually enjoy them
I got one of my exes into comics. She used to tell me that guys on the train were always hitting on her when they saw her reading. Another one of my exes was already into the Marvel movies, so I put on onto the actual books and she never looked back. We even used to read comics to her nephew (he was always picked on in school for being born premee and Captain America was his hero) and she took me to the comic book museum here in NYC.
Other than those two though I've never met a girl that read comics, only manga
>>78098944
Does /co/?
>>78099123
What manga is that?
>>78099279
Who said boys don't like comics? Either way, comics are almost always shit, and you aren't missing out on much by not reading them.
>>78099072
>and is new to comics
cue them asking for explanations of previous arcs. Jfc, if I get one more girlfriend asking me to explain something about a character I'll jump off the roof.
>>78099123
that isn't a shoujo manga/anime trope, it's an otome visual novel trope (and BL manga trope).
>>78099102
I like Godzilla comics.
>>78098944
No, but they like the movies.
>>78099159
Western companies don't realize how much money they'd make by pandering to the fujoshit market. Japan is smarter in this regard, they know how to make dosh.
Comic companies think women want empowering burka wearing women and Whor-like comics, but the truth is they'd rather buy funny books about dudes holding hands and blowing eachother.
>>78099534
I love Nate Grey too....
Best Summers spawn.
Fuck you Rachel!
Your cool though Cable!
Wonder who'd play him in the live action...
>>78098944
Girls read comics but I would assume a large majority is more into manga than western comics
>>78099102
/co/ only pretends to read comics
>>78098944
None of the girls I know do, but then I don't know that many girls.
>>78099077
>only if you tell them the comics are from Japan
TFW chinese girlfriend makes you store her 8 moving crates full of chinese and japanese comics because she doesn't have room in her apt for more than the 12 that are already there.
Asian girls LOVE their Asian comics. It's more of a Western thing to be a grill and thing they're not for you—but even that is clearly changing.
Girls barely read.
Much less comics.
SOME comics are popular with nerdy girls though. Really few.
>>78099022
underrated post
>>78099591
Does she at least let you read them?
Some girls do. Mostly they don't like comic stores tho.
>>78098944
Well some human beings like some things and some people don't. Considering women are also human they would fit into this category.
>>78099548
>but the truth is they'd rather buy funny books about dudes holding hands and blowing eachother.
This, a million times. I don't care if they decide to dress women up in slutty costumes - to each their own, and if dudes enjoy it, why not? But I also want to see men sexualized for me, in an intentional way, and not as a byproduct of being a male power fantasy. (If they also happen to be gay, then even better.)
The closest the western market comes as a whole is acknowledging the fact that fujos watch their show and throwing them a bone (for example, that episode where the Dethklok guys go to a convention and Toki is flattered by being drawn sexily).
>>78099350
>I wonder how many of those are trannys.
Hopefully a lot.
>>78099420
People who like comics on /co/ hide in the story-time threads for older stuff.
>>78099470
It is best to take some time off and let time filter the shit out. Time also puts fan anger into perspective.
Personally, I love comics.
No. God help you if you state the obvious in a username forum or real life though, because thirsty ass neckbeards, the kind that buys variant covers and followers superheroes instead of writers, will take it as a personal insult.
>>78099405
So you're saying you introduced these girls to comics and they left you.
>>78099465
>Shopenhauer
>>78099293
>My 15 years old sister likes Bendis Guardians of the Galaxy
Tell her she's wrong to.
>>78099403
>/co/ is a hate mob comprised of man-children that read comics and watch cartoons but don't have the empathy to actually enjoy them
This is half true since the comic side /co/ isn't the same as cartoon side of /co/. treating them as the same thing is like treating hornets the same as bee because both sting.
>>78099548
Eastern fags don't realize that the artwork in Western comics isn't nearly as rough or cartoony, and consequently takes longer to do. Further, the quality of the Western product is infinitely greater and more costly. Where comics in West can learn is to diversify, market better, and lower costs. Eastern comics beat the shit out of the west in these areas.
>>78099617
>Mostly they don't like comic stores tho
I stopped going to comic stores in my country because I'd always get lectured about not being a real fan or someone would make a thinly-veiled insult.
When I go to one in the US, they are a lot more chill though. Once in a while I even end up talking with the sellers about comics, but most of the time they are more concerned about getting my money than checking my nerd cred.
>>78099683
>>78099617
>nintendoshit only
disgusting 0/10
>>78099683
Yes. That's exactly what happened.
>>78099683
They realized that 2d is better than 3dpd.
there is a difference and ive seen them all
there are the better looking ones who say they like comics but like more of the spectacle than anything
and then there are the girls that love comics.... web comics over paper
bat shit insane horny as a man
they are out there
they are like you and i
fucking horny and insane
but we all continue to hide it very well
>>78099720
What country?
>>78099042
This
>>78099649
>Where do you get off charging seventy-five cents for that shit
I wish we were in the 80's again.
>>78099649
>the city state of Marvelfags since forever
I'd like to hate on the new people getting on board after the MCU, but truth of the matter is they've always jacked off to repeating ad slogans.
>>78099572
>Ellis does a fantastic reinvention of the character
>lol dead and cancelled the next arc
>Finally gets brought back a decade later
>Depowered and put on New Mutants
>New Mutants gets cancelled within a few arcs of him joining
Being an X-man fan is suffering.
>>78099612
>Does she at least let you read them?
Sure!
...yfw most are in chinese and you can't make head or tail out of them
>>78098944
My stepdaughter is loving Hellboy, I've been all-round. We're both casuals.
>>78099944
Wait so she is actually chinese? Christ that's fucking disgusting, my heart goes out to you man.
>>78099795
Mexico.
>>78100080
I am so lonely please you can read all the shitty ass Hawkguy and Harley Quinn comics you want I will buy them for you I will give you a green card I will feed you I will let you get fat and watch telenovelas por favor marry me
>>78100080
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>>78098944
I know some who do.
>>78100125
> harley quinn
If that's what you are offering, no wonder you can't get a gf who reads comics. If you wanna go THAT route, at least say... Saga or something.
>mfw men think when I say "I like comics" means "I like cape comics"
>>78098944
I know about one.
I know about 2 dudes (myself excluded)
One of them is married to the girl.
I know about one billion dudes and gals who pretend to read comics.Or only reads nu52 Batman-shit or Naruto. And that doesn't count.
>>78099593
I know a lot more girls who actively read books than I know men who do.
>>78100224
Consulto es manual, por fawor. Es mucho dolaros in Amerigo, no in Mehico
I don't know anyone who reads comics.
I like comics. And I'm a little girl. Honest
>>78099168
It's the Japanese name for Japanese comics.
>>78098944
Have a couple of women friends who read comics. Fancies herself a writer and like 'deep characters'. Mostly followed webcomics and got interested in comics in general.
The other I don't know where she picked it up, she just likes what she likes. Has more a taste for badass muderheroes, Swamp Thing being one of her favorites.
>>78098944
Rarely. Girls usually like manga better.
>>78100289
but what else is there!?
>>78099102
See how /co/ catalog is CN cartoons, /tv/ live actions and actual comics threads are image dumps because people are lazy for read a physical comic.
>>78098944
Yes, they just have shitty taste for the most part
>>78100451
>Swamp Thing
Objectively good taste.
>>78099089
I see a lot of xmas gift lists, and i dont remember see comics.
>>78099282
I can talk about it. Either on /co/ or irl but the whole community of dur I'm a comicgeek, this is muh identity shit seems stupid.
I like cooking too. I go to /ck/. I don't bother with bullshit cooking conventions and hold it a strong part of my identity. I'm not gonna cosplay as a meatloaf and wear a shirt with an omelet on it to show my fan levels.
Yes, but many of them are as overweight or as ugly or as socially awkward as me, and many of them like things I do not like, so I will claim otherwise.
>>78099548
>empowering burka-wearing women
d'you mean...Kamala? isn't she selling like hotcakes?
>>78099159
There was a great bit in Genshiken where an American character reveals she's been reading yaoi manga and doujinshi since well before she turned 16. All the Japanese people are shocked, but I could totally see it happening. Some of my first anime boobs were in Ranma 1/2 and nobody batted an eye when I bought it.
>>78098944
My girlfriend is getting into them a little more, she's trying to branch away from shitty cartoons like SU. I lent her my first volume of Johns' JSA, she told me she loves it so far, and I handed her Black Hole, which she hasn't read yet.
>>78100289
it's still the most popular form of comics
>>78100809
>and I handed her Black Hole
tee-hee
>>78100712
... but /co/ is literally that, just anon.
>>78099159
>in print, yaoi was/is huge is America. I used to work in a Borders before they were bankrupt, and man, so many thirsty teenage girls bought guys blowing other guys yaoi.
Yeah, as a librarian I can second this. Teenage girls love their boy rape romance.
>>78100080
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>>78098944
Whether or not "girls like comics," images like OP are exactly why they'll always have to defend their hobby.
As long as comics, or video games, or fantasy literature is popular enough to be used as a prop for your "exciting lifestyle! I'm so sexy!" photos, people will question it. Add to that the fact that all of those comics in the OP image are pleb-tier "the tv told me to buy it" comics, and the case for women being "legitimate" fans gets even weaker.
That having been said, most of the men who come in to the LCS are pretty fucking inarticulate about anything that's not "their guy" anyway.
>>78100975
After all, it seems like women are perverts too and not much different from men.
>>78099465
This is a feeling I can't shake about most young women, which has led me to a life of degeneracy.
>>78101504
... you just realize that? I can tell you, women are as big perverts as men. It's just that female spaces when they can show it freely are more limited - but those that exist, oh boy. Just check the gay thread here, for example.
>this many dudes not realizing how many women are even on this board
>>78101677
>Eating where you shit
>>78101567
>most young women
Sad but true. In addition to >>78101462, I find a lot of women over-exaggerate how "nerdy" they are, which I can only assume is a way of defusing any criticism for liking an "uncool thing" by self-applying the "negative" label before someone else can apply it to them.
They know they're "slumming." They're trying to be a big fish in a small pond.
This is, of course, not true for all women, but if it's someone who looks like >>78098944 this and is chewing on her fucking glasses? It's true.
>>78101725
What does that even mean in this context?
>>78098944
do girls like sport?
>>78101753
If so, they can have it.
>>78101677
>women
>on an anonymous imageboard
Only /soc/ has women, any board that's not chock-full of selfies is uninteresting to women.
>>78098944
No
They like complaining about them though
>>78101783
If I remember right, /co/ is one of the boards with the most women on all of 4chan or something.
>>78101753
Do girls like /co/?
>>78101783
> only /soc/
> not /cgl/
> or even /co/
>>78100584
>actual comics threads are image dumps because people are lazy for read a physical comic.
Those are called story times anon, and people actually like those.
>>78099077
No Anon, those are all the really weird and socially inept girls. OP doesn't want thatprobably
>>78101746
We look for those most like us, but when we find them, we find those negative traits that put is in this predicament in the first place.
We're all shit.
>You're not a real comic fan if you don't know nothing about Marvel or DC.
>>78101783
>>78101822
Sounds like you guys have some personal problems to work out.
>>78101822
I wonder if part of the problem is just the hyperbolic language young women often use. Think of how many bff's are actually, truly intended to be "best friends FOREVER." Think of how many days are "the WORST day ever."
If any of you have spent any time on Tinder you've seen "I love adventures!!!" and the like all over the 18-30 female demo. Are these women hiring guides and mapping a section of the Yukon? Are they leading a campaign to conquer a chain of Pacific islands?
No. They went to new orleans for the day and took a bunch of selfies in front of the cathedral. ADVENTURE!
Measured, articulate language has never been their strength.
I remember an episode of TBBT where a girl walked into a comic shop and everyone shit their pants. It was so painful to watch. I understand they need to exaggerate things for comedic effect but things aren't like that at all. A girl walks into a LCS in real life and gets treated like everyone else. Same with Gamestop and other "boys only stores".
>>78101954
Fun fact: people who are loud are the people you are most likely hear about.
Another fun fact: Men can exaggerate, too.
>>78101991
Yeah but I'm a heterosexual male so what other men say about themselves is of less than zero interest to me.
>>78101965
Please tell us the story about how you've been to every LCS and Gamestop in the world.
>>78099055
As a fat guy in a trench coat, I find this statement inaccurate.
>>78102021
I would read this story
>Enter LCS
>Owner is reading a comic, doesn't seem to notice me
>Ask him if he can help me find something
>At the sound of my voice, he looks up and does a double take
>Notices I'm a gril
>Tosses comic aside and pulls rope dangling from ceiling, lights turn from fluorescent white to harsh red and start flashing, siren blares
>Screams over the din: 'GIIIRRRRRRRRRRRLLL'
>Every guy in the store stops what they're doing and runs at me
>They tackle me to the floor
>One by one they take turns raping me
>They each have at least two turns, all the while calling me a 'fake geek' and other slurs
>Eventually they've tired of me and let me go
>As I gather my torn, tattered clothes and stagger out of the store, the owner yells at my back: "OH YEAH, AND BITCH PLANET IS SHIT!"
>>78102011
Then the problem is obviously not with the women.
>>78101783
/co/, /soc/, /cgl/, /toy/, /ck/ and /v/ are chock fucking full of girls, anon. They just don't put on armbands and set off fireworks to let everyone know about it because creepass faggots like you would run them out.
>>78101965
>TBBT
GENTLEMEN, BEHOLD! THE BIGGEST FAGGOT ON THE BOARD!
>>78102142
>/toy/
>full of girls
Gonna need a citation on that one bub.
>>78102035
Sounds like something that fat faggot Kevin Smith would do for a publicity stunt/shitty TV show.
>>78102189
/toy/ has the doll/bjd threads, which are mostly girls.
>>78102142
Why does /soc/ exist? That board feels like a war crime.
Or something a country would do to another country to make sure it's never a threat again.
>>78102189
I don't know if you realize this, anon, but dolls.
>>78102142
You know he's baiting, right?
>>78102263
This is...a joke, right?
>>78102226
It's literally /r9k/'s containment board formed after droves of desperate, horny guys trying to hook up with desperate, attention whore girls. It's actually the unsavory, unwanted runoff of one of the worst boards on 4chan. That should tell you everything you need to know.
>>78102294
How is that a joke? Dolls (the ball-jointed kind you spend hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on clothes for) are and always will be primarily oriented at girls. 4chan is no exception.
>>78102286
The thing is, I'm pretty sure he isn't.
I don't know any girls who read comic books, but I myself don't read them.
I know girls who enjoy other stuff from "nerd culture", and important thing is that they don't throw hissy fits when they are corrected on mistakes and don't run crying about evil mysogynists testing them.
>>78102295
Oh I know what it is. I want to know why? Is this proof that there is a god, and that he is punishing us for our misdeeds? Did intelligent life design us as an experiment to test the resilience of our species to harsh conditions? Is the universe just one big cosmic joke that paired the only sapient life within in it with the worst cosmic horror imaginable? Why?
>>78102377
No, that's just you high on some shit and babbling nonsense.
>>78102346
You're fucking with me, right?
>>78102373
>and don't run crying about evil mysogynists testing them.
maybe some guys should stop being annoying fucks about testing girls, then.
>>78102395
The joke is philosophy. As in this shit exceeds the realm of human ability to understand. It's so mind bogglingly awful that not even science can explain it.
It's bad.It's bad.
>>78102471
They're just treating women the way women treat men.
>Are you good enough for my attention?
>>78102471
When girls tell harrowing tales in which their villain is a man who says "Actually", they deserve to be tested.
>>78102409
...No?
>>78102471
>>78102373
How true is this testing thing? I have asked dudes that were into comics about stupid obscure shit, just making conversations and all that. One dude I know reads way more comics than me, and simply said he didn't know, wasn't a big deal. But this is an anecdote.
>>78102471
I've been accused of 'testing' someone when all I did was ask who their favorite GL was. Shit don't make no sense.
>>78102508
>being mad about a thing that almost every sexually reproducing species does
>>78102527
So you're saying that, on 4chan, girly content is the proof of a female demographic?
>>78102519
I'm a guy and I have stories of dipshits saying "actually". Are you one of those "ACKCHYUALLY" guys, anon? Because just so you know, that's not accepted in any but the most autistic of circles, comic book crowd included.
>>78102538
Sometimes people are just trying to establish frame of reference. I suspect people who complain are people who go into the hobby looking down on permanent residents and take being talked back or being more versed as personal offence.
If you are a true fan, you are not going to take offence, you are going to be like "I didn't get around to it yet. Please tell me more of your incredible stories"
>>78102569
I don't understand what the problem with correcting someone is. You shouldn't just let people spread complete misinformation.
>>78102560
That's kind of exactly my point.
Except that we cater to female pickiness because it's "empowering" whereas male pickiness is "oppressive."
>>78102558
You're being blamed for how she feels, not what you said. In other words, she FELT like she couldn't answer adequately, so therefore you were "testing" her.
>>78102569
So what's the problem you have this word that you comically misspell because god help us, how could we criticize people if not for speech impediment.
>>78099835
$1.25 friend here
>>78102567
No, I'm saying that /toy/ is full of girls who talk about dolls all day. Are you stupid? They don't hide the fact that they're female like they do on other boards because it's full of so many girls. Same with /cgl/.
>>78102602
Autism Speaks.jpg
>>78102569
I knew a guy like that once. He was annoying as fuck. But then I realized his potential. He was a human encyclopedia. I used him as a more reliable search engine from then on. Nothing but good times were had for all. There's a place for everyone.
>>78102617
You know not every woman buys into "the patriarchy" and whatever else?
>>78100289
oh boy, we got a Garfield lady over here!
I've never met a girl who was interested in Godzilla -- as in like, all the movies, cartoons, comics, toys, etc. I have a feeling girls who are into giant monster movies and tokusatsu in general are the most elusive ones ever.
>>78099635
s-sauce?
>>78102658
>Autism Speaks.jpg
Gee, great response. If someone is trying to tell you something you know to be factually wrong, why not let them know?
>>78102701
>>78102636
Guys, and I say this with all the sincerity and honesty in my being, if you have to ask, you will never know.
>>78102701
Did you know there are proper ways to interact with other human beings that don't involve alienating them? It's true!
>>78102770
What about correcting them is alienating? You don't get ostracized for getting a math problem wrong and having someone show you the correct way. I'm seriously baffled how having someone tell you the correct information can trigger you.
>>78102755
OK, so let me get this straight, you are ignorant in areas that you claim to have passion for. When corrected, you are not eagerly embracing new knowledge, but become upset and complain. So not only are you ignorant, not only you don't like to learn, but you expect sympathy for that from passer bys. And then you wonder why are you called a fake.
>>78102667
You're right. I've met some really cool self-aware, opinionated, reasonable lesbians.
>>78102693
I think it may have been a recent Godzilla in Hell storytime when a grill decided to speak up. "OMG WHY AREN'T YOU MY GIRLFRIEND!?" ensued.
>>78102755
>>78102770
>Being corrected about something as simple as a comicbook is "alienating"
>Your ego is tied up in your grasp of literal TRIVIA
>>78102805
>>78102808
eeeyyyyyyyy
>>78102142
>/v/ are chock fucking full of girls
>The most misogynist board on 4chan
>Chock full of girls.
>>78102538
>>78102582
See, asking shit in order to make conversation is cool. But there's a certain condecending tone that obviously means you are not taking the other person seriously - like guys spouting obscure trivia and then following with a "But I guess you already knew that, since you are a fan of x".
That's annoying and contributes absolutely nothing.
A more specific example I have is one time I went dressed as a Vulcan SF officer to a comic con. One guy walks up to me and ask if I like Star Trek, I say yes. He then proceds to ask me if I know the difference between vulcans and romulans, I say something to the effect of "not exactly, but iirc they are pretty similar because romulans were able to pass as vulcans to humans during the first contact years."
The guy then tells me how wrong I am because my ears are obviously romulan, but romulans weren't part of the federation during that time and so on, then walks away.
>>78102840
The men on 4chan can never aspire to hate women more than other women.
>>78102828
>I think it may have been a recent Godzilla in Hell storytime when a grill decided to speak up. "OMG WHY AREN'T YOU MY GIRLFRIEND!?" ensued.
Weren't they a lesbian?
>>78102805
>>78102828
Having a literal stranger correct you in the most assholish and condescending way can be alienating. Just like I'm doing! Get it?
>>78102876
I'll take that challenge.
>>78102840
/vg/ has plenty of girls, the otome general and the evn general are mostly girls.
>>78102878
>likes cool shit
>cool shit doesn't have a hunky husbando or reader-insert
>lesbian
sounds about right to me
>>78102894
The difference is I'm not about to stop coming to /co/. It doesn't "alienate" me.
>>78102894
You don't actually seem to correct anything but rather speak in riddles.
Incidentally, your original strawman consisted of a man who speaks one word, which is a very odd thing to present when you can present almost anything to support your case.
Now look at this guy >>78102864
He actually tells a tale about people not being polite. I'm not sure about it being true, but at least it supports his case.
>>78101809
has to be false, that would be /cgl/ for all the fucking cosplay.
>>78099072
>likes comics
>won't got to a comic book store
people who can't brave the dragon's lair don't deserve any fucking treasure.
>>78102876
Amen to that. I have never met anyone who hates women as much as women do. The kind of nasty shit I've heard them say about eachother would put even the douchiest misogynist to shame.
>>78100712
So a community based on shared interests is dumb to you?
>>78102840
>implying most women aren't misogynist as fuck
Women fucking hate other women.
>>78102961
While that is an amusing sentiment,
>buying
>physical media
>>78102998
As a misogynist I disagree. Proper misogyny is hate of all things feminine. Women who don't hate themselves are not allowed into my He-Men Woman Haters Club.
>>78103042
Don't worry, I promise they won't go anywhere near it or you.
>>78102693
>SKREEEEEEEEEONK
>>78102998
So in order to better hate women, I must hangout with women? Fascinating.
I could increase the number of times I make fun of a woman's clothes. It's already pretty high, but I think I could do better.
>>78103042
>into my He-Men Woman Haters Club
Mysogynists who act so masculine they do a whole turn into homoerotism are my fetish.
>>78102961
If I didn't have exceptionally clean and well-run LCS in my area, I wouldn't buy physical.
One shop is run by a guy I've known over a decade and shares a building with a cofeeshop and a record store. Owner is plugged in to the artist/convention community. Other is downtown, immaculately organized, caters more to indie/GN business. Owner is part of all sorts of professional retailer organizations.
I get completely different industry gossip from each. They each offer different ranges of products. Neither qualify as a "problem" store. This is in south Mississippi. SOMEHOW our region supports both of these exceptional stores.
Now compare this to your options in...let's say...Pensacola FL? I'd maybe buy digital/IST only.
>>78103034
Rats, you have exposed me for the dastardly jew I truly am!
My plan to get people to pay for the industry I monopolize has completely failed!
Time to go back to Disney HQ and shill more sthitty star wars merchandise
>>78103034
What if I enjoy having physical media?
>>78099159
>I was personally fascinated that it wasn't age-restricted or regulated in any way, despite being so graphic.
Because it's comics. Comics are for kids, right? And what's this... "tentacle hentai"? Whatever, it's animated, put it with the kids movies.
>>78102471
>testing
Welcome to the nerd handshake, you oversensitive little baby.
>>78102558
>testing somebody by asking them which chracter they like when each and every character has been interpreted radically different by every author working on them
>>78103034
>not buying trades or Omnibuses
Truly a plebeian.
>>78103096
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/11/05/rose-mcgowan-gays-are-more-misogynistic-than-straight-men/
for you
>>78103180
This really shouldn't be that surprising. Straight men put up with women because they're attracted to them. Gay men and straight women have no such issue.
>>78103150
Here's how a normal person would react.
>Gee, I really enjoy that Hal Jordan fellow or Kyle Rayner. They sure are neato!
>Gee, I haven't read enough or any of GL to give a good opinion on that.
I know your just making a joke but is it really that hard?
>>78103204
the thing that got me about the article was that it literally translates to 'baaaaw gay men don't want to fuck me therefore they should all be put into correctional facilities'
>>78103123
Enjoy paying out the ass for your collectibles then. No one's stopping you. But you're a collector. Know that.
>>78102697
Kylie Maria. Have fun!
>>78099548
>Comic companies think women want empowering burka wearing women and Whor-like comics, but the truth is they'd rather buy funny books about dudes holding hands and blowing eachother.
THIS. I don't give two shits if a female character is wearing a skimpy outfit, and forced "grrl power" stuff is actually pretty insulting. I'd much rather more stuff just include more cute or sexy *male* characters for me to enjoy.
>>78102961
I'm a grill who won't go into comic stores and either buys digital or waits for trades and buys them from elsewhere.
An example from a couple days ago is that a guy from my foreign language class suggested some of us meet in his frequented teamspeak server to practice for our oral interviews. I joined in an empty channel and immediately a dude starts the "OMG a GIRL" spiel. He even told me he was 30.
Yesterday, I went through a carwash and the dude that works there saw was pointing energetically at something in my car so I thought he saw something wrong got out to ask. Turns out he was pointing at the dragonite I have in my rearview mirror and he immediately asked if I like manga too (I had on a Superman shirt), "can we be friends?" and gave me his number to "hang out sometime."
In the context of friendship or even some vague association some stuff that nerd guys, for lack of a better term, do is fine but his shit's weird to do to a total stranger.
>>78103235
Just give us more guys like Namor and everyone (who matters) will be happy.
>>78103205
>Hal
Sounds like grounds for an ass whooping right there.Too bad GL fans are huge as fuck.
>>78098944
>implying girls exist
>>78103271
That guy at the car-wash probably had autism.
>>78103235
I already like the guys in comics, I just wish they'd stop with what they think is female pandering entirely.
>>78103230
This is a less-discussed reason for why women get "such shit" in comics.
If you're used to getting a +10 to Charisma in every interaction because the other party thinks they can fuck you, you're gonna have a really fucked up sense of what "nice" actually means. When you meet some guy who is more interested in buying the next issue of Cavewoman, he's not playing the same "conversation" game that you're used to.
>>78103271
And that's the complete other end of the spectrum; Men whose spirit has not been broken yet. They don't yet realize that only high value men can have low value hobbies and expect it to be a conversation starter.
>>78103271
you mean you can't tell the difference between a normal human being and someone with crippling autism?
>>78103277
>Talking shit about my husbandoNo but seriously, Hal is probably my favorite in a non-homo way. The guy has had some great runs through the Bronze Age
>>78103271
It goes both ways to be honest. Borders guy from earlier in thread, I've had homely-looking, socially-awkward girls bring plates of homemade cookies in a giant ziploc bag as a gift/sacrifice/tribute to me AT WORK. Another found out my birthday and brought me a stuffed bear holding a plushie heart saying "Happy Birthday" on it, again at work. Although I'm sure it's less common that guys experience this compared to women. It's definitely uncomfortable to have strangers ask you if you've read such-and-such sci-fi title, and when you say no, they explain it to you for 5-10 minutes.
>>78103205
I am 100% serious. The idiots who claim that they like cape character X are the worst sort of fake cape comic book geek. Otherwise they would've noticed that these characters are inconsistent and that there's no point in talking about character X outside of specific runs under specific writers.
Like when two people go "Gee, I sure do like Wonder Woman!", one could be talking about Marston's version and the other one could be talking about Kingdom Come. They'd be talking about completely different characters, in any case.
And it's not like Wonder Woman is even a particularily extreme case here - even unimportant Characters like Peter Quill were changed to such a degree that the first version has absolutely nothing in common with the current one or the ones in stories beetween those two.
>>78103363
Even I get that kind of shit sometimes, even with no sort of probable cause, and I'm a guy.
Autism hides in all shapes and sizes, and you never know where it might strike next.
>>78103355
aye, there's a damn good reason why women go after the guys that don't give two shits about them, then turn into fucking harpies if their efforts don't bear fruit.
I cannot fucking stand women, even less considering how vapid 84% of them are.
>>78098944
They like manga more than western comics, I know a girl who frequently touches herself over guro
>>78103376
He's a shitty person. A shitty Green Lantern. And a shitty character.
No amount of shilling by his fans, writers, or characters in his universe will convince me otherwise.And there's plenty of it.
>>78103455
I'm on the spectrum, but I'm pretty good at hiding it.
Problems only arise when I drop my spaghetti all over the floor and then spend 20 minutes making an even bigger mess by trying to clean it up.
I've been in a situation with a girl like the alleged femanon described, though. I wanted to gut myself after it was over, shit still kills me to this day.
>>78103380
This. While I'm probably nowhere near as attractive as this anon, I can be pretty charming when I want to be. I treat people I've just met kindly and so on, but the socially awkward, "damaged" girls see this as flirting and I end up getting latched onto by creepy chicks with no understanding of protocol or boundaries. I remember back in high school I was nice to the trashiest slut/junkie there and she immediately thought I was "the one" and asked me out several times. It was fucking uncomfortable.
>>78103355
I probably have the exact same hobbies as him, but when you're startlingly abrupt about it it's off-putting. It wasn't his job or his face or anything that would make him "high value" or otherwise. It was just weird.
>>78103380
Dang, what? That's extra creepy. Did those girls get banned from the store or something?
>>78103508
>He's a shitty person
Well, he's got plenty of faults but that's not one of them. He's always putting himself out there to help people even if he doesn't have the power to do so. The only real time he was a dick was when he quit to corps to marry Carol despite convincing Katma to not do the exact same thing previously.
>>78103380
>It's definitely uncomfortable to have strangers ask you if you've read such-and-such sci-fi title, and when you say no, they explain it to you for 5-10 minutes.
If you can't deal with autistic people, this hobby is not for you.
>>78103575
He said this was at work, anon. That has nothing to do with hobbies.
>>78103466
>attend after-hours anime con panel for the history of Sailor Moon hentai
>300+ lb landwhale sits next to me in the back
>15 minutes into discussion of recurring themes of character's reccuring fetishes/turn-ons that various doujin authors unofficially came to a concensus on over the years
>landwhale pulls out a piece of recently commissioned fan art that she's already bagged-n-boarded or otherwise preserved
>sniffs the image, inhaling deeply while dragging her nose up it slightly
>makes that "uh huh huh huh huh" orgasmic noise at low volume while exhaling
>last 15 minutes of the panel is a trivia contest where you answer questions and the panelists throw Snickers bars at you for getting a right answer
>I manage to guess a multiple choice one, but landwhale nails two specific questions
It was... interesting, in a National Geographic sort of way.
>>78103631
same difference desu.
don't work in a comic store if you can't deal with people on the extreme end of the spectrum.
This should be common sense for anyone who isn't completely out of touch with reality.
>>78103363
You want to talk about crippling autism? The foreign language class I mentioned is Japanese. There's one guy that's made the rest of us think twice about continuing with the next level because he is legitimately so low-functioning. Hitting himself in the head with stuff, picking his nose and looking at it, interrupting and shouting over Sensei when she's trying to teach and constantly trying to engage people in conversations about American Ninja Warrior and the stupid John Cena meme. I had just left that class and hit the car wash on the way home. The car wash guy is nothing compared to that.
>>78103516
The problem is that autism is the thing that happens when you pump all your points into one stat. You try to solve everything with that one stat, which is obviously not a viable strategy.
For instance, I pumped all my points into RPG references. Times are tough...
>>78103679
Barnes & Noble is not a comic store, dumbass, it's a book store. As in normal books without pictures.
>>78103719
>As in normal books without pictures.
What's that? Books can exist without pictures?
>>78103719
Borders was not B&N. They sold the same sorts of things, though.
>>78103719
you mean you don't expect people on the far end of the spectrum to show up at a regular bookstore?
>>78103670
The girl I know is a friend... I don't want to go through what you did though
>>78103685
that sounds pretty fucking crippling, sempai
>>78103670
>attend after-hours anime con panel for the history of Sailor Moon hentai
That actually sounds fun/interesting.
>>78103685
Shouldn't that guy be in special needs or something? And it's called a "spectrum" for a reason. There are varying degrees of autism, from mild shit that's almost impossible to detect to "holy shit going catatonic/blind rage when the wrong song plays on the radio" and everything between.
>>78099548
Why should they if Manga already has that area covered? Every time they try they vomit shit. Leave the gay porn to the moonspeakers.
>>78103703
You just picked the wrong RPGs
>>78103787
Not him, but I usually don't go to such things because I know women will be there.
>>78103790
So many people think that autism is a lightswitch with Bill Gates on one end and CWC on the other.
>>78103790
I know my college has some sort of special needs something-or-other (I see them being led around in a big group sometimes) but maybe he just barely squeaked by their standards. I don't know how it works.
I brought him up because everyone is calling the car wash guy autistic, but I'd just call him socially awkward over anything.
>>78103787
I was pleasantly surprised overall. The other great one was Dramatic Group Reading of Erotic Manga. Volunteers from the audience were cast to a specific character, and had to read the lines projected on a wall screen aloud on a mic for a group of about 150 people, it was hilarious and a great time. So many people had a hard time doing it with a straight face, and the over-exaggerated sexual dialogue had everyone cracking up. Most western focus conventions don't seem to do these adult panels, but the anime focused ones usually do.
>>78099102
i ready a comic once, it was terrible. Would not recommend
>>78102667
this is true, some women have internalised misogyny.
>>78103685
>and constantly trying to engage people in conversations about American Ninja Warrior and the stupid John Cena meme.
Erich von Däniken and fictitious US American "How to Ninja" manuals were an important part of my teenage reading habits. I read way too many goddamn scifi and fantasy novels as a kid.
>>78098944
>it's the same fucking thread
No they don't, they just love to grab attention. The same way as a 'gurl' gamer.
>>78098944
no
and if i had a comic store, i would hire nothing but stripper like girls to work the register, organize comics, and every weekend wear cosplay to entice customers (and take pics with them infront of comic store and inside - make some sort of iconic comic setting)
>>78104045
There's a difference between having an interest and constantly, literally yelling about it. Dude's also one of the people who thinks all Japanese people are stereotypical otaku. "SENSEI HAVE YOU PLAYED SUPAA SUMASHU BURAZAZU"
>>78103916
That sounds hilarious, and I can't even stand anime/manga
>>78104152
Your store would go bankrupt in a month, tops.
>>78104163
The cringe is real. There's a reason I never joined an anime club in school.
>>78104203
Interestingly, I have gone to an anime club, and mostly what we did was make fun of whatever anime was playing, watch some actual good anime and play Cards Against Humanity. It can be nice when nobody takes it seriously.
