[Groop]clarification

[Richard Walker]

  Well, I love you too~? *blush*

>From: Nate Piekos <nate@piekosarts.com>
>To: groop@groo.com
>Subject: [Groop]clarification
>Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 12:32:35 -0400
>
>OK, let me clarify my comments on the fanboy topic.
>
>I am a nobody where comics are concerned.  But I have had the good fortune
>to do a couple of book signings with my work.  Never having done that
>before, I didn't know what to expect.
>
>Now, the majority of people who turned out were kids, who were really cool,
>fun to talk to etc. (even though they were as fierce as rabid wolves once
>my time was up and their Pokemon tournament was scheduled to replace me!)
>
>  The next group of people who showed up were young adults like myself who
>were also cool to talk to, I did some drawings in people's sketchbooks and
>had a good time.
>
>Then I got people like this:
>
>In one shop a 40 year old guy  who hung around the store for 6 hours, tried
>to engage me in a conversation about which female superhero I'd like to
>sleep with....Keep in mind MY WIFE is standing next to me, and he's using
>words Eric would have a coronary over.   He tried to talk about this
>repeatedly and was visually excited about this topic.  He also tried to
>make me give him an original art piece I had done of a nude model.  This
>guy was a freak.
>
>In the other shop I went to there was a boy of about 15 who actually
>screamed at me when I told him I didn't really like anything Marvel was
>putting out.  He has problems.  The same shop also had a guy  who was
>wearing a shirt dappled with food (who knows how old) and smelled like funk
>so bad my partner actually had to leave the store for a few minutes after
>the guy moved away from my table.
>
>Now, again, I'm a nobody in comics.  And if I've encountered these people,
>I can sympathize with what creators who are well known have to smile
>through at a convention.
>
>I'm not saying these people are lesser humans than I, I'm saying these poor
>people choose to miss out on life, interacting with society, in exchange
>for a fantasy world.
>
>~Nate "Larry I still love you" Piekos
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