Stereotypes In Douglas Wolk's Reading Comics

In Douglas Wolk’s book “Reading Comics”, Wolk gives an incredible insight on how comic books and comic book readers are portrayed in today’s culture. Wolk’s passion for comic books and the artistic aspect of them are the reasoning for him to write “Reading Comics”. Wolk states “Reading comics, or not reading them, often presents itself as taking some kind of stand; in picking up something with words and pictures to read you become the sort of person who reads comics, and that can be a badge of pride or shame or both” (394). Wolk discusses the way people become either ashamed or proud to be a comic book enthusiast. Wolk also writes about how underappreciated comics books are, and the stereotype that comes along with reading comics. Wolk states “The blessing and curse of comics as a medium that there is such a thing as “comics culture.” (395). When Wolk states enjoying comics can either become a blessing or a curse because of the society judges the reader. So then a person who enjoys

Since I have never been a comic book fan it is hard to relate to the struggles that comic book fans go through. Wolk sheds light on comic books and how they are underappreciated in today’s society because they are not viewed as art. I have never seen comic books as a form of art but thanks to Wolk’s text I will defiantly be looking at them from a different point of view. I also am guilty of thinking that if a person were to read comics that they were a bit nerdy. Now I know that comic books are a lot deeper than I first believed thanks to Wolk’s writing. One day I may actually begin to read comic books because reading a selection from Wolk’s book has really intrigued me. The moral of Wolk’s selection is that as a society, we should not be so judgmental and just be able to accept everyone’s interests and