16 May 2008
Free! Comics!
The truth was, comic bookstores scared me. First of all, there were so many different titles in one room, I always felt like an ignorant buffoon who didn’t know where to start. I was afraid I’d pick something up, and the guy behind the counter would roll his eyes at me and call me a geek wannabe. My experience with comic books had been limited to the Archie and G.I. Joe comics when I was a kid, and more recently, Neil Gaiman’s Sandman (which I bought only at regular bookstores) and Buffy season 8 (which a friend picks up for me during his regular trips to the comic bookstore). Of course there were the movie adaptations of Superman, etc., and the fantastic Zsazsa Zaturnnah musical (I skipped the movie, because people told me it was baaad), but those don’t really count. So in an attempt to add culture to my life, I made plans to attend Free Comic Book Day at Comic Odyssey at Robinson’s Galleria last May 5. I figured that if I got at ton of free comics, I didn’t have to worry about choosing the right titles — variety was the order of the day.
However, I was still scared. So I managed to convince some of my friends to show up too (CatInTheHat was a regular comic book reader, so he was the only other person who had plans to go), and in fact by eleven a.m., there were three of us waiting in the loooong queue outside C.O. The thing wasn’t even going to start till noon. Oddly enough, while waiting in line for our turn in the store, we had more fun than we expected. Some magazine even got a quote from one of us (I won’t say whom) for an article about the event. They wanted a picture too, so she agreed on the condition that she be allowed to hold up the Hulk/Iron Man promo poster up to cover half her face. We browsed though a ton of stuff we’ve never heard before. Martea held up one and asked, “What’s a Violator?” Solange replied, “It’s like ‘rapist’, only different.” My friends, ladies and gentlemen. Oh, there was also a question about why the bust of Spiderman had boobs, but it turned out to be Spiderwoman.
(If you missed FCBD, Fully Booked at the Fort is having a late event on the 24th. Go get your comics, my people.)
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