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How Comic Fans & Shops Are Stereotyped
brumgrunt writes "Why do TV shows, such as 30 Rock, The Simpsons, Heroes, and Everybody Loves Raymond, persist in so ferevently stereotyping comic book fans and stores? Den of Geek has pulled together eight examples, with video evidence to back them up ..." Minus one point for doubling up on Malcolm in the Middle. Plus 10 points for referencing Spaced, which I hope you all have seen.
Wost... article... ever.
AFAIK, I'm still banned from the Laughing Dragon in Dallas because when I was 12 years old, I suggested that I liked DBZ better than Akira.
Oh, that's how you remember it, eh? Well I was there when it happened. Some little 12 year old trotting about the room saying "DBZ is better than A-queer-a, DBZ is better ..." ad infinitum.
*squints eyes*
That ban saved your life.
My work here is dung.
I'm going to voice my support of your hypothesis that you living in Norway would have something to do with the diminished amount of stereotypical American comic book nerds you see at your local store.
It's a chance I'm willing to take for Bridget!!
Banned? Just banned? You should have been hung, drawn and quartered. Each step lasting 100 30 minute episodes with lots of screaming.
"I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
Sometimes, "Stereotypes are a real time saver," as The Onion put it. Growing up, Lee's Comics in Palo Alto, CA was my neighborhood comic book store. Working there from the early 90's, there was a guy named Jeremy. I remember vividly the day Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons was introduced (or shall I say, First Appearance). When I watched that episode, me and every other kid within a ten mile radius said, "Jeremy!"
After school the next day, me and my friends went in, ran to Jeremy and said, "Hey Jeremy, did you watch the Simpsons last night?" "Yes," he said groaning, and obviously tired of the question. Why was he tired? Because Jeremy looked exactly like Comic Book Guy - Beard, receding hairline, big rotund body always wrapped in shorts and t-shirts. Only difference was that Jeremy wore glasses.
Jeremy, Real Life Comic Book Guy, wherever you are now, I salute you. You were a huge impact on the lives of many kids in the 94306 zip code.
People just don't like being pegged.
One of my favorites:
Have someone tell a woman that "The typical female response to a statement about a typical female is 'I'm not a typical female'"
Either she'll kick you in the nuts, or her head asplode. Lulz either way (except for the speaker)
Religion is not evil any more than a rock is evil.
The greatest trick the evil rocks ever pulled was convincing the world they didn't exist.
In my city there's a comic book shop, focusing on comic books.
Damn! You city is way better than mine. In my city there's a comic book shop, focusing on feminine hygene products.
I'd much rather shop at you comic book shop.
He's not complaining that they're stereotyped. He's complaining that they're not stereotyped as suave, confident chick magnets.
Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!
Thanks, that really helped me see past my stereotype of Slashdot readers. :)
Yeah, for the ones that aren't, you need to go to Abnorway.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." --H.L. Mencken
Drawings==child exploitation? That's a stretch akin to saying the /b/rothers on the internet are abusing cats by stretching them out to ridiculous proportions and giving them tank tracks so as to attack Mordor, putting AIDS in the pool thus jeopardizing the public health, and putting people's lives in danger by shoop-da-wooping everything in sight.
My debut novel AMITY now available: http://jeremydbrooks.c
Imaginary child exploitation you mean?
Great...this means we're going to have to nuke imagination land.
Maybe they should sentence him to imaginary time.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
He once impressed a girl... just to see how it feels.
He was created by a makefile... that he ran himself.
He once wrote some buggy code... for an entomologist.
He can sometimes make a fool of himself... dancing.
He has a best friend... because he likes to be unpredictable.
He is the World's Most Interesting Geek.
"I always use computers, and when I do, I prefer Linux."
I have nothing to add. I just thought my sig belonged in this thread.
If Slashdot were chemistry it would look like this:Cadaverine
Mod him up +1i
"This court finds you guilty and sentences you to having pictures drawn of you in a particularly grimy prison inhabited by tentacle demons."
"But, your honor -- "
"One more word out of you and I'll find you in contempt of court! You could end up as a guest character on Inuyasha like _that_."