Do you read comic books in public places?

[oakman29]

I read comics every chance I get,usually it's TPB books cause I dont want to ruin my floppy's.I dont mind ruining my trade paperbacks.

[tinynascarfan-migration]

i have read in the doctors office, the dentist, bristol motor speedway, restaurants, and anywhere i go, i buy my comics to read, and i read them alot, all 12,000 or so, i got 35 long boxes, but i dont have an actuall tally.

[PEP]

Negative.

[Comicopolis]

No.

[excelsior1986]

ill read TPBs or new release issues in public. never any silver or golds though.

[USArmyParatrooper]

I don't read them in public, but it's not because of I'm worried about a stigma or anyone else's perception. I can care less what other people think.

 

It's more because it's a hassle. Before I read my comics I make sure my hands are clean and I'm in a reading them and handling them carefully. Maintaining the same amount of care while dragging them to a public place would be too cumbersome.

[USArmyParatrooper]

ill read TPBs or new release issues in public. never any silver or golds though.

 

Yep, forgot about the trades. My last flight was coast to coast and I burned through a couple Walking Dead paperbacks on the plane. Boy did it shorten my plane ride! It also struck up a conversation with the guy next to me. I hate long waits so I always try to find distractions. iPhones are great for that.

[tangelwood42]

Hell, I don't even tell people I collect them. Mind you I'm in my 40's so I've always felt there was a stigma attached to them. But keep in mind also that I am a major collector of militaria and I tell no one that I have a U-boat officers hat either due to the nazi stigma but I bet their mouth would drop if i told them it's worth roughly 5-6k

 

[tangelwood42]

Hell no

Yeah, chicks think you're weird reading in public. Should be done the old-fashion way. Under your covers with a flashlight. (thumbs u

 

awesome post!

[Arsenalherd]

i have never read comics in public apart from work, and i get enough stick from them already

[Trev]

Sure. Why not. Usually it is a trade instead of a floppy but lately I've found when I'm flying for business that the plane is one of the easiest places to catch up on singles.

[TupennyConan]

Not me.

 

No way, Jose.

[BeerThirty]

Yes. I read trades on the bus all of the time. F'em if they don't like it.

[ReverendDoyle]

I have read comics in public many times. I would read them on my lunch break at work when I worked at the camera store. I don't really care who sees me or knows that I read comics.

[Batman1fan]

I usually read a comic or two on my lunch break at work in my office.

[Underground44]

Sure do.. Screw anyone that doesn't like it

[Logan510]

I'll bring along an Essential volume on an airplane if I have to travel for business or if I'm going with my wife or mom to the Doctor's office.

[IchigosSoul]

I'm a grown man, so who's to tell me I can't. I read them in the local Exchange on base on the rack, and from time to time on the train if I have one. The stigma for comics/manga here in Japan is quite different though, as it is not out of the norm to see high school girls and 60 year old businessmen flipping through a manga on the train. Back when I was a recruiter I would read them durring my lunch breaks at local restaurants or wherever I had dead time to kill. If people don't like it, then screw em'

[Waylander]

Just seen this thread

 

I sure do - I would proudly read my GN in trains and tubes on the way to work.

[comics_ross]

Just seen this thread

 

I sure do - I would proudly read my GN in trains and tubes on the way to work.

 

Yes, I read in the tram on my way to work. In my part of the world this is very unusual sight. The older passangers look at me as I am somebody out of place, the younger ones very often ask me about comics and how they could find some