Strange tales of the subway

[ivyfic]

I was just riding home on the subway, reading "Ex Machina," which I am reviewing for PW. A damn fine comic, by the way. xannoside, if you haven't already read this, buy it now.

Suddenly, over my shoulder I hear, "Is that volume 2? When did it come out?" Random guy in paint-spattered green shirt was making googly eyes at my comic. I explained that it wasn't out yet, I was reviewing it. All of a sudden, I became a god in this fanboy's eyes.

We talked for the next twenty minutes, mostly about comics and publishing. He explained to me what happened in the first volume, which was very much appreciated, and I told him how to find the names of editors at PW to get in touch with if he wanted to review. I didn't tell him that if and when he sent a query, it would go into the round file, but I do what I can.

It was rather fun, actually. Did I get this boy's phone number? you ask. No, I did not. Why? 1 - He is currently "between jobs." 2 - He is "working on his first novel." BIG, big warning signs, right there.

But when I write my review, I'd like to give a shout out to jobless "Dave" somewhere in New York.

I love reading comics on the subway. Interesting things always happen to me when I do that. They're like giant fanboy magnets when you read them in a public place (especially if you happen to have two X chromosomes).

Comments

[xannoside.livejournal.com]

I own both trades ;)

[bigscary.livejournal.com]

Ex Machina is damncool.
And as I'm a jobless "Dave", I'll take it as a shoutout.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I agree with you on the comic thing. I proudly read comics in public areas just because I don't care if people disapprove and occasionally you get the eye from geek boys who are like "Female. Reading. Comic. Books." ::insert magnetic attraction:: Not that I form romantic attachments, but I do make friends. It's kinda like being in a secret society. An older fellow told me I had good taste when I was reading The Dark Knight Returns en route to book club and I got a raised eyebrow of approval when I said it was one of our book club selections, too. Then there's the story I like to tell about when I bought Firefly. Walk-by geeking from guy who was like "Is that on sale here? How much is it?" and was like "right on!" when I said I was indoctrinating my family and doing my part to recruit people for Serenity.

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's so hard to find geeky girls (considering many of them are put off by scary geeky guys), I don't blame "Jobless Dave" for macking in the subway.

Now, if we can only get a gainfully employeed geeky guy to approach you in the subway...

[dotsomething.livejournal.com]

ExMachina is a good book (I've read vol. 1 and need to get vol 2)

I read my comics on the subway. Nothing has ever come of it, though.