similarrrrrrrrrrr storieeeeeeeeeees. I started reading comics as a kid and hated them, wordy random early 90s Marvel books, buying things based off the cover, not understanding arcs or runs. Didn't buy another comic until i heard Whedon was writing an X-Men comic, it got great reviews and i decided to give comics a chance again now that i was older. I don't know if i would have gotten into comics had it not been for that special occasion, because i had no interest to read comics otherwise, and i imagine that's the same for my friends. The only way i got my brother to read a comic was because of Buffy Season 8 and he'd read Walking Dead if i had the trades since he likes the show, but even with that he still has little to no interest in comics.
The problem that i see is that people don't care about the medium of comics themselves, all cape books are just expensive, senseless, childish noise unless you find the right one, and that's why i groan when there are 10 batman books or 100 wolverine books, that extra choice, the extra step of research needed to figure out which is the batman book to read, i don't think people want to bother, it's easier to just ignore comics and continue waiting for the next movie.
