What Impact Have Comic Books or CBMs Had On Your Life?

It's very cool to hear that. So often when we stop holding back and we embrace who we are, we end up with a much more fulfilling life. And why CAN'T an athlete also enjoy reading comics?

well, if i wasn't into comics and superheros, i would not have been a part of this website. if i would not have been a part of this website, i would have never met my now boyfriend :)

Mileena16, comic books work in mysterious ways.

It's pretty much shaped my career and future goals haha...I'm a film student, and comic nerd

Im a ex-college football player and fighter
and I've been collecting comics,watching
cartoons,and playing video games since
I was in grade school(never hide the fact).
Im in my forties now
and still do so with my sidekick...my son.

I find it's a great way to bond with my son
and as a youngster along with sports I
think it help me stride to build the
heroic body I have today(my avatar is me).
My choice
of professions probally comes as no surprise
military & policeman....you know saving
the day and all that.

Comic books and their movies have had such a major part in my life. From the age of 8 I was suffering from a form of depression that my parents did not want to treat using medication. I had no friends, was seen as somewhat of an outcast. I was good at my studies and showed some talent for creative writing. One of my biggest fears as a child was that I would lose my parents and would be left alone. It was around that moment that i discovered Batman comics and I was hooked. When my troubles got too much for me, i escaped to Gotham, where I could follow the life of someone who had lost their parents and rebuilt their life. My fears faded yet throughout all my troubles, Batman, Spawn, JLA, the Flash, Green Lantern, and Superman all offered me escape from my nightmare life. I got married and comics took a back seat, replaced by the movies which were more accessible to the wife. However the marriage didnt last and in the past 18 months i lost my job, had a major car crash and was left alone, only to find myself back into the world of comics. I am alone but comics are my savior...

Some of these stories are amazing to hear.

brazilianbatman, you never know. When I was a kid, I had a great Superman Halloween costume, and on the shirt, bottom right hand side, were the words, "This costume will not allow you to fly." Obviously some kids had given it a try.

comic books were what always gave me a sense of identity. my sister before she passed away always supported me and comics. she would always buy me some whenever she went to town. i never got made fun of in my class like in the movies. they all excepted me as the Token Nerd. they never really understood why i liked them or what was so cool about them. until X-Men came out, Spider-man etc. then everything i knew became a pop culture frenzy, on the tee shirts of everybody, ppl talking about the movie they saw over the weekend. ppl asking me about the characters. that was years ago haha. now my girlfriend is hesitant of me showing our daughter the wonderful colorful world of comics.

When religion and science can't explain to me what life is & how to enjoy it, i turn to comic books.

Especially MARVEL Comics

^_^

Who here - unless they only discovered comics when they were older - wouldn't say that Spider-Man or Batman had an enormous influence on their sense of right and wrong, of duty and responsibility? Whenever faced with a moral dilemma, I just ask "What would Spider-Man do?" (I wouldn't recommend Batman as a moral compass, though. I mean, c'mon - he wears his underpants on the outside.)

Plus, comics taught many of us how to read. And I'm pretty sure Stan Lee had an enormous impact on this True Believer's vocabulary, not to mention an appreciation for gratuitous alliteration.

I went from 320 pounds to 220 pounds because I want to be Bruce Wayne(or Oliver Queen). I wanted to know that I would have the option of doing the right thing in any situation I was presented with. I still have a ways to go performance and knowledge wise, but I am a whole hell of a lot better off now than I was as a fat ass.

Comic books have inspired me to become something different and showed what a true hero is. Not someone who scores a winning goal but someone who is willing to give their life to save someone elses. Comic Books also inspired me to start my own Comic Book Company called Legacy Comics which I sell in my town and is fairly big. I have 3 high school kids who work with me on illustration and story writing aswell as some friends. I have over 60 titles ranging from graphic novels, superhero stories, tales of heroes and kids comics. And CBM's also provide great viewing aswell as the animated shows.

After reading Punisher Max and Born I decided to enlist into the USMC after completing high school.
And in an odd way, Punisher comics have helped me to cope with my sister's passing and my mother and fathers illness's.

Comic books and CBMs cured my twitardism and saved my sanity. Before I read comics and watched CBMs I was about as insane as a twilight fan can be. I was the type of fan you’d hear screaming her head off when a Twilight commercial came on tv. The girl who you’d dread to see come on a message board cause I’ll be swearing you off cause you don’t like Twilight. My room was covered in Twilight posters and Jonas brothers posters. I once entered a Twilight trivia contest and won. Somebody once told me that I looked like I was going to rip her head off when she had to take the Twilight book away from me. My friends and I literally worshipped Twilight. We took numberous pictures with a cardboard cut out of Edward Cullen and would fawn over the books non-stop. I even thought that one day I would marry Edward Cullen. Yeah…I was nuts.

I can’t pinpoint the actual time when I stopped liking Twilight but I’m guessing it was around the time the first trailer for New Moon came out. Coarse I was still the crazy twitard who was having R-rated Twilight dreams, I was freaking the hell out when I first saw the trailer. II had slowly started to stop visiting my normal Twilight fansite and was actually starting to develop a liking for Batman. I’ll be honest…at first I only watched the Dark Knight because I thought Christian bale was hot. After a while I started to read Twilight less and less. I wasn’t a full comic nerd yet (I remember once making fun of comics during the time I was a twitard) and I mostly just watched the movies. The first graphic novel I got was Batman: Long Halloween though that wasn’t the book that started my comic craze. It was Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn. I tihnk that started my craze. I stopped reading Twilight, tore down my posters, and began reading more comics. Ever since I read that I have fully developed a strong hatred for Twilight, and am now a sane comic book fan. Thank you comics for saving my sanity

When i were kid i was f*cking shy, but Batman, Superman and Spider-Man came to my life and they made me a lot braver! Without them i wouldnt have a girlfriend!:)

there were two comics that changed me forever and made me a comic book geek forever. the first was Amazing Spider-Man: Sins Past, we all have read this issue where Peter is being stalked and attacked by the twins of one Gwen Stacy, anyway thats not the point. that book was the first comic i ever picked up and i instantly fell in love with comics and supes, i dont remember how the book came to me but it did when i was going through a rough time in my life. my grandmother had been dealing with severe bone canser and we didnt know how long she would have left, but we werent on the best of terms from "sins past" that she had done to my family personally. another part that drew me to spider-man was that he was the lonely guy who didnt really get noticed by his peers or get the girl he loved, witch mirrored my own life. after that book i was changed forever i became a comic book junkie. the second book was a grafic novel by the name of "The Crow" by James O'barr. this book changed me by the story, the story of a love so strong and true that it brings him bake a year later to seek his revenge on the ones who killed him and his beloved. i can understand wanting to do that. its also just a powerfull story and a great read if your into comics. these books and others helped me out of some dark days in my life and im very greatfull that, they keep me from commiting suicide or anything, but allowed me a way to escape from it all, even if only for just a little while. and yes, the movies helped too hahaha

Comic Books changed my life and still is. My father use to hit my mom when I was younger and my sister would lock up my brother and I in our room with her, with the Tv very loud so we wouldn't hear what was going on. She grabbed my Shazam and Superman comics and put them in front of me and said, " Promise me you'll grow up to be as great as these guys, Promise, you'll be like Superman?" I understood that very well, being a 4 year old. So now I'm a good person with great intentions. I go throughout my life helping people when I can, and listen to peoples problems when they are down. THERE ARE NO PERFECT MEN, JUST PERFECT INTENTIONS. My Dad went through counseling and now he's a very good father and husband ... and till this day he still can't understand why I love and read comics. LOL
COMICS BUILD GREAT CHARACTER AND MORALS FOR KIDS THAT ARE LOST OR UNCERTAIN ABOUT LIFE. Pass them down to your sons and daughter, nieces and nephews, neighbors kids... lead them on the right path. Become a Superhero in their eyes.

I personally want to thank all of you -- and those still to come -- for your responses. When I posted this story, I didn't know if it would get much in the way of people's replies, but based on that All-Star Superman posting, I just wanted to get a feel for what it all meant to you guys. Truly wonderful.