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Maeve

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75. It isn't just the comic books

Sun Nov 18, 2018, 09:27 AM

Nov 2018

It's the movies, too. I haven't picked up a comic in years, but I've seen all the Marvel and most of the DC movies, watching for Stan Lee's cameo in the Marvel ones (will miss him) and hitting the superhero section at Universal parks....

No one is going to make a ride dedicated to the Bill Maher experience, I'll tell you that

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Show of hands, how many adults here enjoy comics... [View all] edhopper Nov 2018 OP

Me me! sfwriter Nov 2018 #1

I generally like him edhopper Nov 2018 #3

I like Mad and others--daughter is a Marvel fan. Not enough to get our panties in a bunch over it. TheBlackAdder Nov 2018 #113

Comics were my remedial reading as a child. no_hypocrisy Nov 2018 #2

Comics are a great way to foster edhopper Nov 2018 #4

I used comics for a couple of students murielm99 Nov 2018 #5

There is a lot of content out there edhopper Nov 2018 #15

Anything kids like to read is okay with me. LakeArenal Nov 2018 #6

Lots of snobbery in that thread. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2018 #7

Absolutely Captain Stern Nov 2018 #19

Now I need to scrub my brain with brillo lunatica Nov 2018 #51

Ewww... Stargazer09 Nov 2018 #59

Some of it really surprising to me obamanut2012 Nov 2018 #70

Ooh big bad Bill Maher picking on comic books jcgoldie Nov 2018 #8

Because internet bandwidth is such a precious and nonrenewable commodity? meadowlander Nov 2018 #11

I am interested insofar as I think its a rather ridiculous reason to villify Bill Maher jcgoldie Nov 2018 #13

Who is crying? meadowlander Nov 2018 #18

Bravo! lunatica Nov 2018 #54

So you agree with him lunatica Nov 2018 #52

feel superior? jcgoldie Nov 2018 #57

He brought up something treestar Nov 2018 #81

I'm interested when enough DUers are interested treestar Nov 2018 #79

The thread edhopper Nov 2018 #17

+1 obamanut2012 Nov 2018 #71

Okay, that's enough. Iggo Nov 2018 #43

yeah, as a KID shanti Nov 2018 #107

I'm a progressive today because of Calvin & Hobbes and Doonesbury. meadowlander Nov 2018 #9

Me, absolutely. And I'm a writer and retired therapist. nolabear Nov 2018 #10

I have three words to say to Bill Maher brettdale Nov 2018 #12

Aaaand the discussion could end right here. Beartracks Nov 2018 #62

One word: DOONESBURY Hekate Nov 2018 #101

Liked 'em as a kid Blue Owl Nov 2018 #14

Comics inspired me to blow up the Earth Rizen Nov 2018 #16

Anyone going to the comics forum will know my posts Javaman Nov 2018 #20

I will come over and say hi edhopper Nov 2018 #21

Mostly a handful of independent and manga titles now... JHB Nov 2018 #22

My dad read the comics every day until he got dementia. blueinredohio Nov 2018 #23

I was a huge Marvel fan from 1961 right up to a few years ago... First Speaker Nov 2018 #24

I stopped with edhopper Nov 2018 #25

I hung in until virtually every Marvel artist became a clone of Jim Lee Miles Archer Nov 2018 #76

But the medium continued to grow edhopper Nov 2018 #84

I enjoy non-fiction, but, I can appreciate a comic books right to exist, and the role they've Crutchez_CuiBono Nov 2018 #26

During high school years I was a big fan of comics at140 Nov 2018 #27

I never got into them, elleng Nov 2018 #28

I can't Dorian Gray Nov 2018 #29

Nope. Wintryjade Nov 2018 #30

I certainly read them when I was young. Jarqui Nov 2018 #31

No thank you. pdxflyboy Nov 2018 #32

I let my very last newspaper subscription lapse Petosky Stone Nov 2018 #33

All my comics were Wellstone ruled Nov 2018 #34

Adult "comics" are a superb genre. We have Maus, In the Shadow of No Towers, & Persepolis.... Hekate Nov 2018 #35

Yaaassssss! Persepolis!!!!! JHan Nov 2018 #48

Nice to meet a fellow fan Hekate Nov 2018 #100

Unapologetic fan here. Coventina Nov 2018 #36

And his new rules segment last show was hypocritical as fuck. JHan Nov 2018 #49

I appreciate the art and the stories, read them as a kid, have a couple of digital versions now... Thomas Hurt Nov 2018 #37

Hand raised. n/t Different Drummer Nov 2018 #38

Me.... haele Nov 2018 #39

Oh, hell yeah! SeattleVet Nov 2018 #40

Not me. But I enjoy the people who do more than the people who hate them for it. Iggo Nov 2018 #41

I like comics. I've read them on and off almost my entire life. yardwork Nov 2018 #42

I was an Archie, Betty, and Veronica fan.. Cha Nov 2018 #50

Me too Cha and my love for Brenda Starr will never cease..LOL. n/t monmouth4 Nov 2018 #58

Watched both seasons of Riverdale! Loved it. yardwork Nov 2018 #80

See! Cha Nov 2018 #110

I also loved Archie, Betty and Veronica, Cha! lunamagica Nov 2018 #104

Hola Lunamagica! Cha Nov 2018 #111

Thanks for the tip! I'll check it out! lunamagica Nov 2018 #112

Not a huge fan but I like some titles... Adrahil Nov 2018 #44

Here Dyedinthewoolliberal Nov 2018 #45

I am a fan of Bill but he is so god damn ignorant on this. phleshdef Nov 2018 #46

Never liked them. Nt marlakay Nov 2018 #47

Maher's a jerk. TDale313 Nov 2018 #53

I have read comics from 3rd grade on exboyfil Nov 2018 #55

Is Mad Magazine is considered a comic? Brother Buzz Nov 2018 #56

Yes, definitely edhopper Nov 2018 #86

Yes, I do! Stargazer09 Nov 2018 #60

Why are some people so upset that Maher has an opinion? betsuni Nov 2018 #61

The people responding to Maher's opinions are sharing their opinions. JonLP24 Nov 2018 #64

"We're using our smarts on stupid stuff." betsuni Nov 2018 #65

His last line JonLP24 Nov 2018 #66

Nope. betsuni Nov 2018 #73

Bill Maher JonLP24 Nov 2018 #74

That they are important to treestar Nov 2018 #85

I think that's an inaccurate assessment of some comics. yardwork Nov 2018 #82

His opinion is based on painful ignorance. phleshdef Nov 2018 #68

An opinion on comics treestar Nov 2018 #83

No edhopper Nov 2018 #87

No, just *that* opinion. meadowlander Nov 2018 #99

ElfQuest cagefreesoylentgreen Nov 2018 #63

Last June, MurrayDelph Nov 2018 #94

Bill Maher is a racist cagefreesoylentgreen Nov 2018 #95

I used to like them a lot. Now, I just look at Dilbert once a week. JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2018 #67

You can be those things edhopper Nov 2018 #88

ME! My nerdom is less comic-centric than it was about ten years ago, but obamanut2012 Nov 2018 #69

As a young girl, I read everything in sight including comics malaise Nov 2018 #72

It isn't just the comic books Maeve Nov 2018 #75

I outgrew them. cwydro Nov 2018 #77

See this is the problem edhopper Nov 2018 #90

I don't generally readthem treestar Nov 2018 #78

Used to love newspaper comics like Doonesbury/Bloom County and others. peekaloo Nov 2018 #89

I enjoyed comics when I was a kid, but haven't read them for decades. elocs Nov 2018 #91

Occasionally ismnotwasm Nov 2018 #92

Y: The Last Man cagefreesoylentgreen Nov 2018 #96

Cool! Thanks! ismnotwasm Nov 2018 #97

Apparently "The Walking Dead" was a comic book and we enjoy that show very much... NurseJackie Nov 2018 #93

Oh, The Invisibles is my favorite! ProudLib72 Nov 2018 #98

I enjoy comics and Bill Maher Devil Child Nov 2018 #102

Used to love Mad Magazine, if that qualifies. Hoyt Nov 2018 #103

It kinda does. Iggo Nov 2018 #105

From the days before I could read eleny Nov 2018 #106

Bill Mahr, always eager to share his ignorance with a larger audience. I love comics, as does my mulsh Nov 2018 #108

I was never reallly into comic books, just preferred books with more words. LakeSuperiorView Nov 2018 #109

Stopped buying comics after my cancer diagnoses to save money TNLib Nov 2018 #114

Yes he did edhopper Nov 2018 #115

I se to. pwb Nov 2018 #116

Zap comics......... Hotler Nov 2018 #117