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It bugs me how some comic fans act like a secret club
I've been into comics for years, but lately... the way some fans talk down to others just gets to me. Like at my local shop, I heard a guy mock someone for only picking up the new Spider-Man book. They said it doesn't count if you skip the indie stuff. Online, it's worse... people will argue for hours if you haven't read every crossover event. It feels like they care more about being right than sharing the hobby. Comics are for everyone, not just experts with encyclopedic knowledge. This attitude just pushes new readers away, and it's honestly sad.
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green.jessica18h ago
You're totally right about the bad attitude pushing people away. The part that gets me though is assuming every fan acts like that (which I know you didn't say, it just comes off that way). A lot of us at my shop go out of our way to be nice to new readers. We'll suggest other books if someone asks, but the main goal is just that they enjoy what they pick up. That gatekeeping stuff is real and it sucks, but it's not the whole community by a long shot. The loudest voices online just tend to be the mean ones.
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