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Are all comics lovers now in San Diego?
The real question is, "Do you have to be a nerd to go to the Comic-con convention?"
"It's fondly referred to as nerd prom," says Blair Butler, a comic-book expert who hosts a show on cable's G4 network. More than 100,000 are expected to attend the four-day event that began Thursday, (7/20/06) Associated Press reorted. The event has a long and storied history which includes George Lucas testing out his Star Wars film to the group in 1976. The Seth Cohen (actor Adam Brody) character on The OC is heavily into comics and that might lend itself to the nerdy image comics lovers have. But haven't we all indulged in comics? My favorites were MAD magazine and Archie's Pal Jughead back when I was a youth. I'm thinking cool people (well, like myself) like comics too. But, of course, I wouldn't be caught dead at a comics convention. How about you? Posted by Steve E. Swenson 8 comments from 5 users
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posted by
randomfactor
on Jul 20, 2006 at 01:31 PM
I was a DC fan and thus looked down on Marvel fanatics (who sneered at me.) I loved the storyline of M. Night Shaymalan's "Unbreakable," because it was so familiar. Did you know the USPS is releasing a sheet of (DC) superhero stamps at the convention? . And what's wrong with being a nerd? :) I never went to a ComicCon but attended several science-fiction ones, including the 1984 WorldCon at Anaheim, where they didn't let us wear our 1984-themed teeshirts into Disneyland. posted by
samheath
on Jul 20, 2006 at 01:38 PM
Steve, I learned from childhood the funny papers were the intellectual part of a newspaper. I have a photo 1939 of my brother and I in the yard of our home with the Californian funny papers spread out on our laps. As the years rolled by my opinion has not changed, though many strips are no longer funny. Sam Heath
posted by
paxchristi3
on Jul 21, 2006 at 04:16 PM
I wouldn't be caught dead at the comic convention either, but only for other reasons. There's another comic event, of the bacchanalian sort, going on in San Diego at the same time as the article at the link below shows. First Katrina throws ice-cold water on the Decadence Day Parade in New Orleans. Then war breaks out at the time that gays marched in Jerusalem, pissing off Jews who didn't like them turning the Holy Land into "homo-land." Anyone who goes to either event in San Diego may be well advised to check out the weather report beforehand. http://www.latimes.com/news...
posted by
Goat
on Jul 21, 2006 at 05:42 PM
Pax: Take your bigotry somewhere else. I'm growing tired of it.
posted by
paxchristi3
on Jul 22, 2006 at 05:34 PM
Goatsy, I'll do that when bigoted fools stop mocking Jesus and his church like the butthead who dressed up as the pope and went around "blessing" the hedonists.
posted by
Goat
on Jul 22, 2006 at 05:37 PM
Maybe I'll stop mocking christ and his church, when his church stops trying to cram christ down my throat and expecting me to live according to their morality. Oh, and maybe after the catholic church stops protecting pedophile priests....
posted by
butterflyhi
on Jul 8, 2008 at 12:49 PM
How in the world do you find the comics in the new, wonderful (?) online paper? Help!! posted by
butterflyhi
on Jul 8, 2008 at 12:50 PM
I am trying to find the comics in the online paper. Can anyone help me?
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