When You Forget that the Rest of Comic Fans Aren't As Cool as ILCers

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A couple of incidences:

My local comic shop has a website that I sometimes (rarely) do reviews for and every year they have a get-together of contributors and the like over the holidays. I kept making references to ILC memes and talking about like Thrill Power and the Super Sons, and then these two dudes started doing (what I assume was) line-for-line dialogue/thought bubbles from ASB&RTBW, and I was like, OMG I'm surrounded by NERDS!!!

Then, just now I posted "Who cares? It's a girl!" on the Jeff Geohns board.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 16:54 (eighteen years ago) link

At a convention once there was a friend of an editor who tagged along when the 2000AD lot went for a meal and kept screaming "Do you think the A stands for FRANCE??" at me. Later many privately admitted they thought he was a cock.

― Vic Fluro (Vic Fluro), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 18:16 (eighteen years ago) link

I stopped in at a comic book shop once on new comics day years ago and encountered what was apparently a regular discussion group devoted to the events of Aquaman's life as portrayed in his monthly comic. It was almost literally an "Aquaman, you cannot marry a woman who does not possess gills" moment.

― Chris F. (servoret), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link

I am ashamed to say that I don't get VF's story. I'm thinking it has something to do JLA?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 20:56 (eighteen years ago) link

it's ultimates; captain france fighting the nazis, etc.

― dave k, Tuesday, 3 January 2006 21:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Hahahaha "screaming"?

― Dan (So Awesome) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 21:59 (eighteen years ago) link

I remember at least 15 years ago being at a comic convention here in London.
Friend1: There are a lot more cool people at this than there ever used to be.
Friend2, after spluttering into his beer: Cool people don't know that things like this exist.
Friend2 was right.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 22:31 (eighteen years ago) link

He was literally screaming because I didn't laugh and nod. "Nonononono... do you think this AAAAAAAAY stands for FRAAAAANCE???"
"Yeah... that was a nice... page... so anyway, moving on -"
"DO YOU THINK THIS A STANDS FOR FRANCE???"

― Vic Fluro (Vic Fluro), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 00:35 (eighteen years ago) link

When, obviously, the best line in that particular Ultimates run is: "HULK NOT NANCY BOY. HULK STRAIGHT!"
What was he thinking?

― Stone Monkey (Stone Monkey), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 11:23 (eighteen years ago) link

That said, the quoting thing isn't symptomatic of comics. You'll find it much more with film and tv geeks - "I shall ingratiate myself with a flawless rendition of the Spanish Inquisition sketch, doing all the voices exactly".

― Vic Fluro (Vic Fluro), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 12:22 (eighteen years ago) link

I have never watched Pulp Fiction because being a student in 1994 I'd heard the whole film performed by wankers in pubs anyway.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 13:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Wow. People quoting Mark Millar in conversation is a whole new low of ick.

― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 13:06 (eighteen years ago) link

I will hold up my hand and admit that I have quoted that line. However I did not scream it in Vic Fluro's ear. I've quoted it to sum up the Millar Ultimates approach, though, and I have not said it in an attempted 'kewl' voice. Ahem.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 13:10 (eighteen years ago) link

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