RoiVampire

August 12, 2013 10:58 am I love the framing device of the first page being a splash page of a hero with the caption "This guy right?"

August 8, 2013 12:23 pm Imagine Marvel's New York. "Honey I'm home, listen I gotta shower before dinner. Me and the guys had to get Doctor Octopus off a streetlamp and now I smell like webs."

August 8, 2013 11:01 am Am I the only one that read the introduction where Ryan says these are his "favorite brainy folks"? This isn't a list of the top 5 smartest people in comics it's a list of his favorite ones.

August 8, 2013 10:58 am I wonder if he's wearing a vest as well, and a pocket watch.

August 7, 2013 3:19 pm I don't think Jim thought to himself "How can I alienate the most people?" he probably thought "Hmmmm this is kind of a weird phrase to use in regards to comic books and toys and i bet i could write a column on it" I mean if a columnist in the NY Times writes something I don't agree with my first thought isn't "The Times is trying to alienate me!"

August 7, 2013 3:17 pm is that non objectifying porn something you could watch with the whole family?

August 6, 2013 1:02 pm Yeah, exactly. It's like if you got all your friends together and everyone brought a different kind of beer and instead of calling it a "beer swap" like a functioning adult you called it a "beer orgy."

August 6, 2013 1:00 pm @StoreGuy We don't need to bottle up every word but when talking about action figures, omnibus editions and sketches i got at cons I don't think people should use words that make other people think of magazines like Hustler. the most important word in my comment above the word "needlessly." It's like we tried to think of a word that we would feel uncomfortable saying in mixed company.

August 5, 2013 1:19 pm I'm all for hobbies but at no point would i want to hear anyone talk about "stamp porn" or "model train porn"

August 5, 2013 1:18 pm The problem is the term. It's needlessly offensive. Imagine explaining to your mother why you chose to use the hashtag #beerporn in an instagram post. Imagine having that same conversation with someone who's marriage fell apart because of a porn addiction. Or with someone who perhaps worked in porn and had a horrible experience. The term is just awful and we could easily use something else but we choose to go with the word "porn" because let's face it, if the world already thinks that geeks are basement dwelling creeps than why the fuck not give them more ammo right?