Again some ticklephiles making us creepier in a nerd world

[Darkknight]

Well, I had mentioned I was a closet comic/superhero dork in another post and had attended the WizardWorld Chicago convention a few weeks ago. For the non-dorks, it's a big Comic book Convention in Chicago.

Anyway, they gave out a bag of dork-goodies with things related to comics and a Wizard magazine (it's #191 and it has the Kingdom Come Superman with Powergirl flying on the cover).

I just got to page 6, where it's their reader mail-bag, and I was going to just go to the next page when the word "tickle" caught my eye. I read the following from the writer that answers the letters:

"Yeah, I probably asked for it. Ever since I ran a letter about some dude's superhero tickle fetish (you know, where superheroes get tied up and....tickled), I've had a 67 percent increase in bizarro, tickle-related mail-and not even a smidge of it has to do with Elmo.
One guy wanted me to pass along information about his "Superheroine Tickle'Zine" to another Wizard reader. Another wanted me to publish his custom sculptures of Supergirl strapped to a tickle-torture machine. (Hey, that's ToyFare's territory; get your demographics straight.) But as I said, I'm NOT here to be some creepy intermediary between fringe hero-fetish groups and mainstream society. - I'm just here to answer your comic book fan mail!
So, please, when considering sending a letter (or picture) to Wizard, just follow this simple rule: Save your nickel if it's full of tickle. Send it first class if it shows your girlfriend's..." well, you get the idea. Really, is that too much to ask?"

So there you go, now we are creeping out nerds.

Some guys can't put a lid on it, it's like that posting on the G4:Attack of the show board, demanding Olivia Munn have her feet tickled. Hard to keep it in your pants guys? Sheesh.

DK

 

[Comfort Eagle]

It never ends...

 

[Cavum]

Someone allways puts stuff in a bad light.

 

[RobAce]

Momma always says stupid is as stupid does.........

just unbelievable.......
is it that lonely in their parents basement?

Rob

 

[cloudgazer2k]

Momma always says stupid is as stupid does.........

just unbelievable.......
is it that lonely in their parents basement?

Rob

as being someone who lives in a basement, i resent and resemble that

no matter what part of society one may be in, not everyone will understand why we enjoy what we do. i guess Wizard's column guy definitely does not.

 

[AquaFeline]

Obviously they have not found the TMF or they would be posting it here 🙂

 

[apacer3]

I'm in ur mailbag, creepin out ur nerds

Seriously thats not good mainstream attention

 

[Excess]

Eh, it happens too many times. Sadly it's hard to actually put it in a decent light with all of the negative rearing it's ugly head. In some people's case, it's because they see people like this guy, who presents it in a creepy, obsessive light, and thus highly turns them off to anything involving it. Then some people are just so closed-minded towards anything outside of what they were told should be "normal" that they will ALWAYS see it in a negative light, regardless of how it's presented. In this case it's definately the former, and possibly the latter.