Is Your Relationship Comic Book Friendly?
So this afternoon while I was pulling into my local comic shop a text came into my phone. It wasn't some important tidbit of information but instead a forward; one of those cheery ones that makes my eyes roll. The text read:
Love isn't finding someone you can live with; it's finding someone you can't live without. Send it to 5 people and you will find true love.
Thankfully I have an unlimited text plan or someone would have gotten their butt kicked.
What does this have to do with comics?
As I entered the store I came face to face with a couple in their 30's who were picking up their weekly titles. One of them was pouring over the new Secret Invasion and the other was checking out Wonder Woman.
This, combined with the text message, got me thinking about our faithful PK readers.
Do you and your significant other share the comic book love? If not, have you had any interesting exchanges about your love of all things graphic novel?
Come and tell us how love and comic books mix in your universe.
OracleChele
Posted to on 11 June 2008
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i volunteer you to go first ;-)
Alas - your faithful Oraclechele is between relationships. But I can say that during my last two relationships neither of them got it until I dropped a copy of Strangers In Paradise in front of them.
Both exs and I have remained friends - stereotype, I know - and although neither of them continued reading comics they do however respect the medium after dating me.
So - who is next?
Comics helped bring my boyfriend and me together years ago when we met. He was an old reader from the 90's who had pretty much given up on them, until I got him back into comics with Identity Crisis and my encyclopedic knowledge of the DCU.
I am very lucky my soon to be husband loves comics as much as I do!
whateverich
Get Your Geek on at Whatever...
I've been with my partner for 18 yrs and never once did he express any interest in my comic obsession. Then one day last summer while we were on vacation I noticed that the book he was reading was a hardcover that included drawings and *gasp* WORD BALLOONS! "What are you reading?" I asked - "FUN HOME by Alison Bechdel" he replied. "One of my students lent it to me." Well I nearly grabbed it out of his hands - "I've been looking EVERYWHERE for this!" That led to some intersting conversation and of course he now realizes that comics aren't all tights-and-capes. Since then I've given him "Blankets" and "Pride of Baghdad" and am working on getting him to read "Rex Mundi". Anybody have any other good suggestions?
@NJBaritone
Y The Last Man is a very accessible and interesting read :-) One of my closest friends had never read comics before and I gave her a copy of the first volume and now she's hooked!
I would have to agree on Y The Last Man. I also would say depending on his fiction reading taste that V for Vendetta would also fill a smart, thought provoking, place in his brain that doesn't have traditional Superhero arc types.
I am sorry to say I have yet to grab Fun Home myself. My small store never carried it and I never remember it when I am at the Barnes and Noble. Must remember to pick it up the next time I am out and about.
Even though the husband refuses to read anything unless there's a gun pointed at his head, he is patient and indulgent of my interest in superheroic graphics. He rolls his eyes a bit, but can still enjoy a little cosplay. When the comics come to the screen, he's totally into them. He just *hates* to read...
The other day I was hang’in with my friends. (All of them straight but I don’t judge.) One of them picked up my Super Girl TP. I spent a good half hour getting pounded on Smash Brothers while he just flipped through the pages. When I was tired of reeking havoc on the Wii he handed the book to me and said, “Sorry dude it’s too gay for me.”
My boy friend likes to read before going to sleep. He ran out of books a little while ago and asked if I had and comic books he might be interested in. So I go grab all my Birds of Prey, Super Girl, Booster Gold, and Buffy and trot over to him all proud and lay them at his feet with a flourish. Just minutes later I find him digging through my Comic Box looking for quote “Anything where the protagonist has a dick.”
I am so unappreciated.
Fun Home- Definitely a good read for comic book and regular book readers alike.
On Topice... I'm single so my relationship is very open to my reading of comics >.o
terminally single here :((((((( luckily my dog likes being read to.
My man is a firefighter, so that may have something to do with the reason I find heros attractive. I thought he was soo hot after he saved two dogs from a burning house once. Unfortunately superheros themselves are not necessarily into comics. He recently picked up the most recent X-factor and I think it was because fire-fighters were in it, but when he saw the energy net encasing the city he thought that was stupid. He likes the practical real-world stuff. So do I, but it's nice that he doesn't think I'm stupid or childish. Sometimes our worlds cross over, but I've learned to let go if he doesn't want to see my superhero movie on opening night.