Vent: Saw a dude at the comic shop go from quiet newbie to arguing about variant covers in just 3 months

He started coming in every Wednesday and now he acts like he owns the place, has anyone else watched a regular transform that fast?

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max_cooper2117d agoMost Upvoted

Saw a video breaking down this exact phenomenon, it's called "enthusiast spiral" or something.

brooke_taylor4417d ago

And then he started lecturing us about first print runs like he discovered comics last week.

taylor95717d ago

Oh man I've seen this exact thing happen way too many times. Dude probably watched a couple youtube videos and now he's telling everyone that their $3 bin find is actually a rare variant worth $200. The comic shop regulars are probably rolling their eyes so hard they're gonna strain something. I swear it's always the new guys who act like they discovered the hobby when really they just started reading comics last month. Give it another 3 months and he'll be moving on to something else.