is 2000ad just for kids?

judgerussell · 18 May, 2002, 06:19:00 PM

what is the age range of readers out there? i am 18 and get mocked all the time by friends for reading 2000ad. they say it is just like the beano. ive been collecting since i was 11 and thought it was great first time round, but aftrer reading all the progs from 1994/5 to the present day i can see all the adult humour and sub plots. does anybody else get ridiculed by close ones?

SovietSam · 18 May, 2002, 06:23:14 PM

Hey.Im 12 and ive just started reading 2000AD.I get ridicued by schoolmates.MAN!!! ITS ANNOYING

frazer · 18 May, 2002, 06:36:33 PM

trust me, your mates will always find SOMETHING to ridicule u for, wheteher it's a girl u r dating, music u like, a comedic middle name or whatever.
at least u know u have an army of fellow squaxx scatterred around the country:)

Frazer

roystead · 18 May, 2002, 07:03:39 PM

If 12 is too old, what does that make me?

I read 2000AD briefly when I was 7 or 8 years old, but accidentally rediscovered it six months ago, at the age of 32, and I'm now reading my way through the hundreds of issues I missed over the past 24 years...

Roy

esoteric ed · 18 May, 2002, 07:46:06 PM

I'm 36 and I've had the occasional snigger from people when I'm spotted reading AD/Megazine, but to the comic format is no different to watching Eastenders, Friends or whatever crap comes out the box, it's simply an alternative form of fictional entertainment, I personally find people who watch junk shows like Big Brother more amusing then most, I don't think they could appreciate the satire in our beloved organ.

Ed

moly · 18 May, 2002, 09:08:45 PM

i agree im 32 in june (sob) if you like it stuff the idiots its there loss if they dont want to take the time to read a modern classic in the making.

plastikman · 18 May, 2002, 10:20:01 PM

given the average age of the people on this board - shouldn't the title of you post be "is 2000ad for kids?..."

:)

plastikkid

nemesis · 18 May, 2002, 11:53:58 PM

Its for people who have the character not to give up what they love when others belittle them for it. You wanna try telling the guys down the pub that you play dungeons and dragons!, youll be marked as most likely to spend a life in solitude with little to no contact with the opposite sex but we know thats not true is it guys? err guys?!

Something Fishy · 19 May, 2002, 03:41:01 AM

I'm now feeling really young at 31. Cheers guys.

esoteric ed · 19 May, 2002, 07:19:34 AM

I'm in a very nostalgic mood at the moment, I'm dating a girl (20 years on)I met again at a School Reunion, and she doesn't appear too concerned with my Dredd/2000ad fixation... (or my JAWS fixation for that matter) so I consider myself lucky.

Nostalgia, it ain't what it used to be

Saw "Fools Gold" (Stone Roses tribute band) tonight, nostalgia for the young! ;-)

Ed

O Lucky Stevie! · 19 May, 2002, 01:11:35 PM

cheer up, ed; just another 13 months & you'll be the same age as christ was when he died.

i've wet my knickers1
steven l'enfant terrible

esoteric ed · 19 May, 2002, 05:56:17 PM

how old was that then?

Ed

SovietSam · 19 May, 2002, 06:28:06 PM

GO MAD FOR MUNCHSTERS!!!!TEE HE HE WIBBLE SPLODGE

Trout · 19 May, 2002, 08:25:23 PM

I just turned 30 and was feeling old till I realised you were all SEVERAL MONTHS older than me!

Hoorah.

What? Dudus? Oh hell.

MikeD

Something Fishy · 19 May, 2002, 08:56:46 PM

Darn , not feeling so young again now.