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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.
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.
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
Maybe they should sentence him to imaginary time.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.