Do you cringe when you see adults reading comics?

Gummy Panda · 20-10-2009 05:49PM

Degsy wrote: »

Ya only see perverts reading comics..i remeber the Forbidden Planet comicshop used to be full of mac-wearing masturbators..trawling through Buffy graphic novels for thier weekend **** material.
A lot of them had pony-tails too and thats a give-away.

What were you doing in Forbidden Planet, Degs?

laurashambles · 20-10-2009 05:50PM

I know where you're coming from there Pighead. Honest to god, what are these people thinking? I heard that Alan Moore fella that the anoraks cream themselves over did a comic adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. Lost Girls I think it was called. How very... credible.

(Serious note: If you must google the words "lost girls", any images you come across will almost certainly be NSFW. Don't say I didn't warn you. *shudder*)

Rebel021 · 20-10-2009 05:52PM

scorn wrote: »

Would Calvin and Hobbes be classified as a comic?
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I love C&H:D:D:D

chin_grin · 20-10-2009 05:53PM

I don't read them but see no harm in it really.

Pighead wrote: »

Anyway, chin_grin. Tell Pighead this. Would you bring a comic book with you if you were about to meet your brand new girlfriends parents for the very first time?

Depended if I wanted to strike up a conversation about witchcraft and the occult. Or social psychology and the role of the self in todays society. Or superheroes, prancing leotard wearing nut-jobs or that other thing?

Also my argument for comics. They brought you Michelle Phffhfhfhfhffhfhfhefffheher as Cat Woman and also going to bring you Scarlett Johansson (as Black Widow in Iron Man 2). Hnyah! Phththththththththhtht.

.......although......no.........wait. Watchmen brought you big wobbly blue penis..........sh*t.

AnonoBoy · 20-10-2009 05:57PM

deepeedub wrote: »

:eek: speechless

Epic first post.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 20-10-2009 05:59PM

I don't read them but see no harm in it really.

Overheal wrote: »

THEYRE CALLED GRAPHIC NOVELS

I've posted about this before, but here I go again. The words "graphic novel" are bullshit and a desperately pathetic bid to legitimise an artform. I like comics, and I read them the odd time, but they are definitively called "comics." Calling them "graphic novels" doesn't make them grown up, the material does.

By the way, you're wrong Pighead.

Pighead · 20-10-2009 06:00PM

What's wrong with adults reading comics you small minded fool.

chin_grin wrote: »

Depended if I wanted to strike up a conversation about witchcraft and the occult. Or social psychology and the role of the self in todays society. Or superheroes, prancing leotard wearing nut-jobs or that other thing?

Also my argument for comics. They brought you Michelle Phffhfhfhfhffhfhfhefffheher as Cat Woman and also going to bring you Scarlett Johansson (as Black Widow in Iron Man 2). Hnyah! Phththththththththhtht.

.......although......no.........wait. Watchmen brought you big wobbly blue penis..........sh*t.

Pigheads argument against comics: Have just googled that superman/ supergirl/ white horse comic that the embarrassed man was reading in the library. Turns out Supergirl owns the white horse and has called it Comet. And that's when things start to get a little bit sinister. And Pighead quotes:

You see, according to the comic, Comet was once a centaur called Biron back in ancient Greece. He was turned into a full horse by a witch, though as a small consolation, he gained superpowers and kept his humongous horse penis.

Also, Comet periodically turns into a full human, at which point he does what any horse would do: Try to get laid with Supergirl before she can figure out he is really her horse.

You see, the horse is in love with the girl who, while he's in horse mode, dry humps his back as a means of transport.The horse Comet

Absolutely sickening. Pighead would go as far as to call readers of this filth deviants.

Canis Lupus · 20-10-2009 06:02PM

What's wrong with adults reading comics you small minded fool.

Comics and WF wrestling. Two things adults shouldn't be involved in.

Pighead · 20-10-2009 06:02PM

What's wrong with adults reading comics you small minded fool.

Zain Hallowed Hallway wrote: »

By the way, you're wrong Pighead.

The hundreds of e-mails Pighead has received in support of this thread would suggest otherwise. Maybe it is you that is wrong Zain Hallowed Hallway. And you too chin_grin.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 20-10-2009 06:03PM

I don't read them but see no harm in it really.

Pighead wrote: »

Pighead would go as far as to call readers of this filth deviants.

You think that's bad Pighead?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2097/2143743934_543415890f.jpg

caseyann · 20-10-2009 06:03PM

I don't read them but see no harm in it really.

enniscorthy wrote: »

mate

One of the many perks of having kids

Ruu_Old · 20-10-2009 06:04PM

I don't read them but see no harm in it really.

I still read the Beano and am a member of the Dennis the Menace (and Gnasher) fan club! :mad:

G_R · 20-10-2009 06:05PM

I read them but never in public. It's my secret shame.

ah Pighead, can you honestly say you've never ever ever looked at the comic strip in the newspaper??

Canis Lupus · 20-10-2009 06:06PM

What's wrong with adults reading comics you small minded fool.

http://www.jokeindex.com/joke.asp?Joke=3757

Degsy · 20-10-2009 06:06PM

Gummy Panda wrote: »

What were you doing in Forbidden Planet, Degs?

Er...nothing

enniscorthy · 20-10-2009 06:07PM

caseyann wrote: »

One of the many perks of having kids

hiya mate not to mention eating rice crispy buns heheheh

Gummy Panda · 20-10-2009 06:09PM

Zain Hallowed Hallway wrote: »

I've posted about this before, but here I go again. The words "graphic novel" are bullshit and a desperately pathetic bid to legitimise an artform. I like comics, and I read them the odd time, but they are definitively called "comics." Calling them "graphic novels" doesn't make them grown up, the material does.

By the way, you're wrong Pighead.

Yes, we all know of your love for Shirow Masamune's art. Its still durrty!!

chin_grin · 20-10-2009 06:16PM

I don't read them but see no harm in it really.

Oooh ooh The Far Side! Work of genius and in comic form. Mwahahahahahahahaha!

admiralofthefleet · 20-10-2009 06:18PM

I don't read them but see no harm in it really.

i read viz so no

caseyann · 20-10-2009 06:20PM

I don't read them but see no harm in it really.

enniscorthy wrote: »

hiya mate not to mention eating rice crispy buns heheheh

hiya mate:cool: lmao yep and birthday parties and cinema for the lamest movies in world

Ziggurat · 20-10-2009 06:23PM

ITT.

Proto · 20-10-2009 06:26PM

I don't read them but see no harm in it really.

Why you care?

You aren't perfect.Ypuve probably got a hobby I see as a waste of time so quit stirring.

Methinks Pighead has got something stuck up his pighole.

Davao8000 · 20-10-2009 06:27PM

I don't read them but see no harm in it really.

I cringe when people call them graphic novels. I suppose you could call it "sequential art" but I prefer comics.

I read comics (early classic marvel to more adult stuff) and I will read them in public.

chin_grin · 20-10-2009 06:29PM

I don't read them but see no harm in it really.

Proto wrote: »

Why you care?

You aren't perfect.Ypuve probably got a hobby I see as a waste of time so quit stirring.

Methinks Pighead has got something stuck up his pighole.

Careful now! :pac:

Abi · 20-10-2009 06:36PM

I read them but never in public. It's my secret shame.

chin_grin wrote: »

Careful now! :pac:

Well I lol'd :pac:

Right, comics. I've never seen an adult reading a comic in public before, I guess I probably would think it looked odd. Maybe they should only be for reading at home =/

Ziggurat · 20-10-2009 06:37PM

Wasn't it Neil Gaiman who said something like "graphic novel" is to "comic book" what "lady of the night" is to "hooker".

In any case, I'm not a fan of the more traditional superhero comics. I'm not really a fan of comics at all, I suppose. I've started reading the Nikopol Trilogy and Y - The Last Man and I'll see where that takes me.

Pighead · 20-10-2009 07:05PM

What's wrong with adults reading comics you small minded fool.

Proto wrote: »

Why you care?

You aren't perfect.Ypuve probably got a hobby I see as a waste of time so quit stirring.

Methinks Pighead has got something stuck up his pighole.

How do you know Pighead isn't perfect. You've never met the chap!

And for your information Pighead's hobbies include: working for various charity organisations, animal rescuing, woodcraft (Pighead likes to craft chairs tables and other important household items for the old women in his neighbourhood who are struggling financially and who need a helping hand).

If you feel like slagging Pighead off because he cares that's totally up to you but in this posters eyes his hobbies are a lot more noble than you lot and your comic books.

Kold · 20-10-2009 07:08PM

What's a comic?

No. No I don't.

Next 'hilarious' thread?

Pighead · 20-10-2009 07:11PM

What's wrong with adults reading comics you small minded fool.

Kold wrote: »

No. No I don't.

Next 'hilarious' thread?

What's your favourite comic, Kold?

cherryghost · 20-10-2009 07:15PM

I don't read them but see no harm in it really.

whats the problem? perhaps an adult is reading a comic out of pure nostalgia! i pick up a beano now and again and think of the good times had reading it as a child. does that make me strange??

Do you cringe when you see adults reading comics?

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