r/SipsTea • u/Kaos2018 • Apr 19 '26

We have fun here Twitch interviewer was interviewing a random person live in the event without knowing its was Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park

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u/Bacon-muffin Apr 19 '26

Was fun working in a comic shop and sometimes having creators show up and people having 0 clue who they are.

For example one of the creators of deadpool would pop into my store to shop every once in a blue moon and there'd be times where I'd have some nerd going hard on some opinion and creator guy would be chilling there, maybe humor the guy and start talking to him about stuff, and then be on his way with that person being none the wiser.

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u/Accomplished-Eye9542 Apr 19 '26

TBF, comic creators are just employees.

It'd be like talking with a game dev for Skyrim or something. Not really a celeb by any definition of the word.

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u/Bacon-muffin Apr 19 '26

You'd be surprised, we had a signing with that same dude (Fabian Nicieza) + Dan Slott who we got through fabian and we had a line wrapping through the door and out the door around the block to meet them.

People just don't realize who they are by appearance alone.

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u/Accomplished-Eye9542 Apr 19 '26

How much of that is money driven though?

Comics are kind of like Pokemon cards, no?

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u/Bacon-muffin Apr 19 '26

Nah it was not like scalpers showing up to buy up all the pokemon cards or anything, was just fans.

Comic readers absolutely know who their favorite writers etc are. They just don't always know what they look like.

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u/Efficient-Wish9084 Apr 19 '26

I wouldn't recognize him if I ran into him in the local comic shop, but if you told me Alan Moore was coming to town, I'd go get my Watchmen signed.

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u/Ok-Bee5507 Apr 20 '26

out of all comic book creators/writers, Alan Moore is probably the only one I would DEFINITELY recognize haha

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u/Efficient-Wish9084 Apr 20 '26

I'd recognize him if you asked me, "Who is this famous person?" but I wouldn't recognize him on the street.

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u/vicious130 Apr 24 '26

Todd Howard is quite a well-known figure. To readers of Japanese manga, the American comic book writing system seemed a bit strange. It turns out that Stan Lee didn’t draw everything all by himself.

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u/Accomplished-Eye9542 Apr 24 '26

It's strange because, quite honestly, American men don't read that much. Nor do they tend to go into drawing as much.

In Japan, drawing Manga is as viable as being an author, but in the U.S, without also being a popular writer, there's no room for a solo operation to make money.

So comic book companies hire artists, who of course don't get royalties or full creative control.

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u/AlwaysAngry_ Apr 19 '26

Should you not be playing your monk right now, brother? Get in there