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.



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Comments

[kamino_neko]

Yeah, I do kind of get that, but...a little bit of awesome is better than none, and every sale is a chance for it to, you know, not die.

It's a little bit annoying when it's simply 'that book's getting cancelled, why bother' (because it's awesome, that's why!), but it's really annoying when it's a preemptive dismissal - Some examples from recent attempts at conversations: 'A Knight and Squire - or better yet, DCU London - ongoing would be awesome.' 'Eh, wouldn't sell.'; 'I'm really looking forward to Mighty Crusaders.' 'They're not selling, it won't sell.'