I walked into my local comic shop today and was bombarded with all sorts of offensive comments (comments that I found offensive, they were very sexist and ableist) today about the DC reboot by a notorious staff member there.  I was so infuriated that when I got home I needed to draw a comic about it, so here it is.

I believe that everyone is entitled to their own opinion but I don’t need to be smacked in the face with this kind of vitrol when all I want to do is just buy a few comics.  I work part-time in customer service and one thing I know is that you don’t rip apart your customer’s choices no matter what you think on the matter.  If asked to give your opinion then sure, it’s fine.  But I was assaulted with these comments as soon as I made it to the counter.

The staff there know I religiously buy Birds of Prey and Batgirl and this staff member in particular was obviously ribbing me about the whole Barbara Gordon thing. I’m not angry that he thinks that Babs being Batgirl is awesome, I’m angry because he felt the need to tell me that he thinks it’s awesome because ‘Oracle was useless’ and that people in wheelchairs can’t do anything.  He also made some offensive comments about Huntress and Powergirl, two characters that really mean a lot to me personally.

My LCS is a small shop and the only comic shop in the State, plus my friend works there so I try to support them where I can.  I’ve been a customer there for years and always look forward to going there and casting my eyes over the tiny selection of floppies they have on the shelves.  But after this morning I think I’ll be cancelling all of my current orders and shopping elsewhere.  I’m getting an iPad at the end of the month and it seems like a great time for me to switch to digital or just stick to trades so my exposure to such people are limited.