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Fused said:
I'll see the occasional basement shut-in that's never seen a naked woman in his life



Hey! Why drag ME into this?!?!?

I think the problem isn't so much with people who DO read them, not feeling cool or whatnot, but more so that the stigma for people who don't read them being that people who do are dorks.

So, if you're with your Non-Comic-Friend and you're driving around Anytown, USA and you have this excahnge:

You: Hey, stop over here I want to stop by the comic store.

NCF: Uh... okay.

You: Check it out! Justice League/Avengers half-off, I've been meaning to pick this up.

NCF: Are those action figures?

You: Yeah, but I only pick things off the rack. Like this Ultimate Iron Man, Orson Scott Card is writing this now. Cool, huh?

NCF: Sure... whatever. Can we go? I think someone I know lives around here.

So, it's not that YOU don't care about coolness factor, but someone who hasn't been into comics DOES care about coolness factor. Dragging people into your hobby that has a stigma is hard.

I mean, ask Fused about how he gets people to join on with his sick Vampire/Sex Cult. That's always awkward.