F.A.Q.

Q: Is this Comic Snob dot com, or Comics Nob dot com?

A: Well, just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so is the interpretation of this site’s name. We all know what a snob is, but what is a nob? A nob is in fact, British slang for a person of wealth or social standing. As Conor Cruise O’Brien wrote: “The nobs were forever snubbing the snobs.” So as you see, either interpretation is valid, as is a bit of pomposity on the part of us snobs/nobs. (Source: “nob.” The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 05 Oct. 2006. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nob)

Q: Why is there so much stuff about manga? I hate those creepy-looking bug-eyed kids.

A: There are two kinds of people who like manga. The first are 12-year-old girls. The second are people who are such comic nob/snobs that they believe that manga is better than guys in spandex beating each other up for the better part of a century. So, we try to appeal to all forms of nob/snobbery. Oh, and one of my friends happens to enjoy manga, and offered to write for the site, which causes me to have to write about 50% of what I did before he came along. Which is nice. I don’t see you offering to contribute.

Q: How can I become a contributor?

A: Easy! Just leave a comment somewhere or email us here. It might help your chances if it was witty and/or insightful. Who knows? One day you could perhaps be bathing in the untold riches of an internet comic book critic.

Q: How much can I expect to make in my first year of contributing to comicsnob.com?

A: For the record, we’re currently making nothing on this labor of love. Join us, and you can reap the same rewards!

Q: Why do you point out the mature selections in your reviews? Don’t you know that makes kids just want to read them more?

A: Hell yes! Frankly, getting into stuff you’re not supposed to is a vital part of little Junior’s development. Who would we be to reduce his horizons? Besides, I’m sure a responsible parent such as yourself actually pays attention to what your brat kid is doing, so that people like me don’t have to play babysitter, right?

Q: So, where’s Bob?

A: per Matt:

“Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada.”

Last we heard, Bob was piloting a gunstar a million miles from nowhere with a gung-ho iguana as copilot.

I kid, I kid… Bob (the guy responsible for this mess — in a very legal and binding way) is currently out on a sort of spirit quest, wherein he is attempting to absorb a lot of manga, anime, and large-scale comic “events” (like the recent Marvel Civil War) …only all at once. Poor Dumb Bastard. In the interim, you folks will have to put up with Matt and his manga crap for the bulk of our content, a situation I’d apologise for, except you sponges should be grateful for the updates — any updates. Why back in my day [’net geezer mode] we had to walk uphill in the snow both ways just to find out what paper was, let alone get these newfangled comics printed on this mythical paper. Our comics were ochre and umber on mammoth skin, and we liked it. Why, I have fond memories of the original Ug and his Sisters, a classic of the genre…[/’net geezer mode]