Why do comic fans get stereotyped so much?

[superboyprime]

A friend linked me to this yesterday, and I just had to share. Written and drawn by some guy who works in a comic book shop, Our Valued Customers is a webstrip in which he quotes actual things he's heard his customers say.



Some other stand-outs beneath the cut...

Comments

[punishermax]

My local comic shop sort of lost a lot of it's luster after I heard a customer actually use, in all seriousness, the phrase "God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve."

Who fucking says that? Who? For fucks sakes.

[psychopathicus_rex]

Well, evidently the customer did.

[big_daddy_d]

My mom...seriously..she said that.

[sailorlibra]

Seriously...? Seriously? Wow, that's really dumb.

[cainofdreaming]

God made Adam and Eve, who begot Cain and Abel. I'd say score one for Steve there.

Err... self preservation instinct aside, that is.

[thanekos]

well, after the operation, we just call him Lilith now

[bruinsfan]

You win the internets!

[liara_shadowsong]

*gigglesnort*

[newnumber6]

I've sadly heard that phrase a few times.

As it turns out, none of them were in a comic store, or by anyone who I suspect would read a comic if they were stuck in a waiting room for hours and it was the only thing to do other than stare blankly at a wall.

[lieut_kettch]

It's a fairly common Fundie anti-gay line. Right up there with "God hates fags."

But yeah, who says that in a frikkin' comic shop? What was he looking for, Spire's Archie series and Jack Chick tracts?

[punishermax]

I thought it was a fucking joke thing like, did people actually say that?

[bluejaybirdie]

Students (and some teachers) at my conservative Texas high school do. In my case, they occasionally modify it to "Amy and Eve". I really can't wait for college and getting out of the South.

[liara_shadowsong]

I feel very bad for you right now. I hope you get into a very good college where you can also enjoy the company of the people around you.

[liara_shadowsong]

I've heard that before. I kind of wanted to ask them if they actually had two functional neurons to rub together and spark a thought in the logic center of their brain. I mean, what the hell? It sounds like a pre-fabricated line brainwashed into people's heads in a cult, or something. For fuck's sake. If they're going to be a bigoted jerk either way, can they at least make a half-assed attempt at being original about it, instead of spewing these trite lines made by twisting the Bible to their own ends, and then daring to act like it makes them witty somehow?

[brandiweed.livejournal.com]

I mean, what the hell? It sounds like a pre-fabricated line brainwashed into people's heads in a cult, or something.

There's a case to be made for it being exactly that.

[liara_shadowsong]

I think I've read about that, they made a very good case for it being the case at least some of the time. >_<

[runespoor]

Every single time I read that phrase, I'm reminded of the fact that there's a French male name (Yves) that's pronounced exactly like 'Eve' in English.

There's a song about it.

[baihu]

Well...God being..God, technically he created everything. So that includes Steve. Cos not like the kinds of people were ever known of their abilities to interpret things in a non-biased manner.

[proteus_lives]

Why would a store lose it's appeal because of one dipshit?