So, I have a blog. Mainly because my buddy has one, and i'm always reading his shit at work, so I figured this is yet another excuse to dick around at aforementioned work. I'm a lawyer by day, and yes, it is as glamorous a profession as you are imagining.
The aforementioned buddy (i like saying "aforementioned" as you can tell, since it's kinda close to foreskin, of which I have none, thus I am envious) has also convinced me to start reading comic books. Wasn't into comics as a kid. At all. I was hooked on cartoons: Saturday morning, after school, videotape, etc. Honestly, I kind of bought into the stigma that kids that read comic books were, well, nerds. Truth is, a visit to your local comic book shop will actually confirm that the stereotype actually has some merit. Don't get me wrong, the guy working the counter at your local comic book store is helpful enough, but he's still a fucking nerd. So what does that make me? A reader of fine literature of course...and a nerd. Actually, my uncomfortable love of all things Star Wars should have told me that, but I care not.
The comics I've been introduced to, well, they simply rock. In the span of two weeks I have devoured comics like a (insert crack whore joke here) and I simply can't stop reading. Another reason I never read comics was that I thought they were kind of one-dimensional and boring. Not these. As the Duck (see links to other cool blogs) has mentioned before, writer Brian K. Vaughan's work is dope, and the artwork alone is worth the purchase. If you're interested, and even if you're not (because deep down I don't like you anyway) check out Y The Last Man, Ex Machina, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, and Fables. Those are my current reads, and not a bad one in the bunch. Yes, I am "older" and I like comics. For that hour at night when my life is finally on hold until the next morning when the cog starts churning yet again, reading these makes me feel a bit like a kid again, which ain't too bad. I'll take it anyway I can get it.
The aforementioned buddy (i like saying "aforementioned" as you can tell, since it's kinda close to foreskin, of which I have none, thus I am envious) has also convinced me to start reading comic books. Wasn't into comics as a kid. At all. I was hooked on cartoons: Saturday morning, after school, videotape, etc. Honestly, I kind of bought into the stigma that kids that read comic books were, well, nerds. Truth is, a visit to your local comic book shop will actually confirm that the stereotype actually has some merit. Don't get me wrong, the guy working the counter at your local comic book store is helpful enough, but he's still a fucking nerd. So what does that make me? A reader of fine literature of course...and a nerd. Actually, my uncomfortable love of all things Star Wars should have told me that, but I care not.
The comics I've been introduced to, well, they simply rock. In the span of two weeks I have devoured comics like a (insert crack whore joke here) and I simply can't stop reading. Another reason I never read comics was that I thought they were kind of one-dimensional and boring. Not these. As the Duck (see links to other cool blogs) has mentioned before, writer Brian K. Vaughan's work is dope, and the artwork alone is worth the purchase. If you're interested, and even if you're not (because deep down I don't like you anyway) check out Y The Last Man, Ex Machina, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, and Fables. Those are my current reads, and not a bad one in the bunch. Yes, I am "older" and I like comics. For that hour at night when my life is finally on hold until the next morning when the cog starts churning yet again, reading these makes me feel a bit like a kid again, which ain't too bad. I'll take it anyway I can get it.
3 comments:
Nice. I had that thing of feeling superior to the nerds at the comic shop for the mere fact that I can get laid, but, alas, reading comics isn't even the nerdiest thing that I do. So, it all evens out.
yes, in the end, with the toys prominently displayed in the basement, the cosmos has called it evens...
Dude it's not that bad being a comic nerd because you can still look donwn your nose at "magic: the gathering" players, and those guys who fight each other with figurines and multisided dice. I mean those guys are lame...unless the figures are cool in which case I might be tempted to play. I'm glad you fools have finally been enlightened I wish I could jump back in to my monthlys but that shiz got too expensive when you drop $30 a week just to keep up.
Where the Surfer Soars...he soars alone. or Hulk Smash!
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