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It's not really that awesome. It's more of another sad reminder of the inferiority complex the comics community had. You wouldn't see Publisher's Weekly creaming themselves if Kobe had gone to Barnes & Noble just before he left.

It’s not really that awesome. It’s more of another sad reminder of the inferiority complex the comics community had. You wouldn’t see Publisher’s Weekly creaming themselves if Kobe had gone to Barnes & Noble just before he left.

It's more cult of celebrity than inferiority complex. There were similar articles about Kobe attending some of the Olympic soccer matches (and specifically getting cheap seats to mix in with the real fans.)

I just always like it when people defy expectations. NBA player on the way to the Olympics buying a big stack of comics? Neat. No reason to be worked up about it.

As was pointed out by someone on the CBR community board, the intro piece on the article is unintentionally hilarious:

Ever wonder what NBA superstar Kobe Bryant read on the plane to China for this year's Olympic Games?

Outside of his mother or a friend making small talk, I can't imagine there was one person in the world asking that question.

I just always like it when people defy expectations. NBA player on the way to the Olympics buying a big stack of comics? Neat. No reason to be worked up about it.

Agreed.

I think it's pretty cool, but then, Kobe was already my favourite active NBA player. This is like sweet, comic-flavoured icing on top.

Plus, COME ON- as if any of you guys would be totally cool and non-plussed if you met Kobe freakin' Bryant.

Yeah, besides Joe's point, that's another thing that makes the story interesting to me - the sheer "what the heck just happened?" nature of having Kobe Bryant stop by your comic shop to buy comics.

I'd rather see my favorite comic writers become an Olympic basketball team. That would have been a story right there.

I want to hear Kobe's reviews on the comics he bought. Sounds like he doesn't have that much of an allegiance to any particular comics brand. He just seems to prefer reading over doing anything else on a long trip.

"I want to hear Kobe’s reviews on the comics he bought. Sounds like he doesn’t have that much of an allegiance to any particular comics brand. He just seems to prefer reading over doing anything else on a long trip."

Heh, I'd bet that there's a message board out there somewhere trashing Kobe for being "so mainstream" in his selection and wondering why the shop owner didn't push a ton of indie TPBs at him.

Funny how Kobe and Shaq are / were both comics fans, considering how much they hate each other now.

I'm not interested on what Kobe read on his way to China, I'm actually more interested on what Ginobili read on his way to Athens in 2004!! Now, THAT was a performance.

The hero worship in that article is sickening.

this is surprising, i expected him to rape a woman on the plane to China

Why exactly are people bitter that a comic book clerk thought it was awesome to meet on of the msot famous men on the planet?

Kobe Bryant plays basketball right? Not football? It's an honest question, as I don't really follow either, although I could tell you career stats on guys like Ken Wregget throughout the 90s (that's hockey, btw).

Plus, COME ON- as if any of you guys would be totally cool and non-plussed if you met Kobe freakin’ Bryant.

Pretty sure I would.
I couldn't pick him out of a line up.

Sounds like he doesn’t have that much of an allegiance to any particular comics brand. He just seems to prefer reading over doing anything else on a long trip.

Yeah, damn celebrities!
Don't they realise they are supposed to pick a company and stick to them, regardless of the quality of their material, or that of their competitors.
It's like his reading anything he wants to, as opposed to letting whoever sent it to the printers get in the way!

"Plus, COME ON- as if any of you guys would be totally cool and non-plussed if you met Kobe freakin’ Bryant."

Yeah, I'd be pretty apathetic. He doesn't carry any special significance for me.

"I couldn’t pick him out of a line up."

He'd be the tall guy.

He’d be the tall guy.

I'm pretty short, everyone else in the room is usually the tall guy to me.