Bookslut blog had this link and I --
Well. Apparently all comic book fans think alike (also, I appear to have misplaced my penis, which PMB assumes is a necessary attribute of comic fannishness), and that makes them racist, homophobic, and intolerant of change. But it's really not our fault, because we probably have Asperger's or some mild-spectrum autistic attributes. Which is "not to say I’m trying to pathologize super-hero fans and their behavior." Really, PMB? Because I'm sort of interested in what trying on your part would look like.
Well. Apparently all comic book fans think alike (also, I appear to have misplaced my penis, which PMB assumes is a necessary attribute of comic fannishness), and that makes them racist, homophobic, and intolerant of change. But it's really not our fault, because we probably have Asperger's or some mild-spectrum autistic attributes. Which is "not to say I’m trying to pathologize super-hero fans and their behavior." Really, PMB? Because I'm sort of interested in what trying on your part would look like.
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I wouldn't find it all that very shocking if they were invisible because they don't exist, at least not in the numbers that would be noticeable in a crowd. God knows there are never many women in Midtown Comics when I go in, and if they do disproportionately favor manga or indies, then it wouldn't surprise me if me clutching my Ultimate Fantastic Four as well as my indie P.S. 238 is the only superhero comic they sell to a chick all day.