Went to a comic con last weekend and noticed something about the older fans

I was at the small convention in downtown Portland last Saturday, the one at the convention center by the river. There was a room set aside for golden age comics from the 1940s and 50s, and I expected it to be empty. But it was packed with people my age, like 50 and up, just standing around looking at the displays and talking quietly. Nobody was buying anything, but they were pointing at covers and telling each other stories about which issues they read as kids. What caught my attention was how respectful and calm everyone was, like a library instead of the chaos in the main hall. I overheard one guy say he drove 3 hours just to see a 1947 Captain America issue in person. Has anyone else noticed that older fans seem to care more about the history than the hype at these shows?

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hugo_craig10d ago

It’s like how my dad still fixes things himself instead of buying new ones. Older folks just seem to value the actual history and work behind stuff, not just the new shiny thing.

julia_jones7210d ago

But it's not just older folks. I'm in my 30s and I fix stuff too. Like my toaster. It stopped popping up. Looked up the mechanism online. Replaced a spring for like two bucks. Thing works better now than when it was new. My neighbor thought I was nuts. Said just buy a new one for twenty bucks. But that isn't the point. It's about not wasting something that still has life in it. And learning how it works. That's satisfying.