Comic Book Men

Sure I'm 34 but I have to say that AMC's new series "Comic Book Men" brings back memories and the child in me as I remember the days when I enjoyed the thrill of buying and collecting comic books and the many action figures that I played with that had me in escape. This series is a pop culture showcase for any comic, toy or superhero film geek. As creator and known filmmaker Kevin Smith showcases his old Jersey roots of Red Bank as each week he shows his buddies Walt Flanagan, Mike Zapcic, Bryan Johnson, and Ming Chen as they run "Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash" and seeing the insides of this place this is a pop culture dream for a fan! Kevin conducts on air radio interviews with each and clips are shown of customers coming in the shop buying trading and selling comics. And it's hard to believe the value of some these especially the older comics! It's nice to see the guys go to conventions, and shoot commercials, and chat with customers and make deals as Walt really knows his comics and culture of toys it's nice to see the many treasures brought into the shop I for one like seeing the old Mego dolls!(now a world wanted valued toy item). Plus these fine gentlemen give talk on their favorite films, superhero picks and they talk about horror films. All in the process these guys have fun doing so. Sure this may not be everyone's cup of tea but if your a comic book or toy doll or action figure collector fan this series is a nice joy! Even as an adult it will bring back childhood memories, yet still yet your never to old to be a fan of Batman, Star Wars, horror films, or Mego dolls!

This show is hilarious! I am a female and do not read comic books, and I really enjoy this show. I hate when people say oh you have to read comic books or love Smith to enjoy this show. That is far from the truth. What I do know of comic book stories(which is not much), I get from movies made from them. From the show: I enjoy seeing how much the toys,books, etc. brought in off the streets to the store are worth. I also like when they explain some of the comic books in the show. They sound ten times better than the movies made from them half the time. I think the interaction between the guys on the show is what makes it for me. They are constantly asking each other about crazy hypothetical situations, and in general always saying something hilarious. They have also gotten into some funny situations on the show. All in all I enjoy it, and it conveniently comes on after the Walking Dead.

For sure I am a true Kevin Smith fan, and I think that his genius shows through even in this media. He has made some great movies, an awesome pod-cast so why not kick ass in the TV media? and I must say he and the other cast does it very well.

References are flying left to right and the all speak from the heart. They get all hot and bothered when they speak about comics/heroes/toys, they relay the feeling all we nerds across the world has felt many times over when sifting through this weeks comic book releases or when we finally got our hands on that collectible to we lost or never got somewhere in our childhood.

I love that they use clips from "The Stash" with real customers, everything from the nut-case- geek to the politically correct mom that despise everyone that can give their little child a cat woman doll. And the spontaneous conversations that just nerds get, like which Spiderman costume did you think was best? etc. etc.

So, to sum up. If you love comics, heroes, collectibles, sci-fi you should definitely check this show out. I'm a computer programmer by trade and I would give up my job in a heartbeat to get to work in Comic book store like that. So this is the next best thing.

I'm a big fan of comic stuff, like old superhero's, movies, obviously comics. To me this show actually goes above and beyond I mean, it's literally like clerks but in a comic store. Probably because its directed by Kevin smith but still.

When I first heard about this show my thoughts were "it's just going to be a boring comic book show", but it's not! This show is hilarious and the stuff they talk about is something you can really see yourself doing when you sit around and just joke with friends.

I give it a 10/10 because its just got every element that you expect in a comic book store show and more.

I don't care about old tea kettles and lamps, Im a comic book nerd and this is my pawn stars. The guys are funny and knowledgeable. They have a lot of neat stuff that comes through the front doors and some of the stuff on the show feels scripted but who cares as long as its entertaining, i mean who really wants "reality" any way. Then they do this podcast thing every episode thats really fun, just a bunch of friends hanging out. and they start every episode with some really funny topic that usually gets a good laugh or two.. like "what superhero chick would you want to have sex with?" lol. Im so glad kevin decided to make this show. hopefully there's a season 2.