Where Do You Read Your Comics?
Okay! Victory dance aside, we’re back! And almost as good as new which is why I’m coming to you, Gentle Reader, with really… a good question.
Where do you read comics? On your lunch break? On the bus or other public transport? Do you buy a ‘Reader’s Copy’ especially for the job? Do you read your comic then slip it into a bag and board and file it away or does it linger about the house for a bit until you remember to put it away? Do you have a box just for banking books until you get enough to read in a block? How do we read these things?
Thinking about it like this, I can kind of understand how the average Joe off the street can find themselves off-kilter when approaching comics and normally just grab the trade; the fact I can think of … what, eight obsessive-compulsive ways to read and/or store comics as opposed to the universally understood book might be what’s going through their heads as well. After all, these things are going to be worth MONEY some day, right? Nobody wants to be yet another older customer, longing for yesteryear before their parents threw out their obvious goldmines.
So, how do you the Comic Fan(tm) read your books? Do you dare eat lunch with them? Do you save them all into a storyline or just grab and go, turning pages in the car after you leave the shop?
Personally, I’m a lucky daughter-of-a-gun who gets to work around these things on a daily basis. No, that doesn’t mean I read in the store while at the counter (seriously! stop looking at me like that!), but that means I can grab a bit of time in the back with some books, take them with me at lunch, borrow them overnight (bringing them back in the morning like the special star employee I am) and generally bring comics with me wherever I go. I tend to have a couple in the car, one in my bag, a TP at bedside, plenty around the living room and the computer desk, all for quick reference or perusal when whim strikes.
Where are yours read?