Polite Dissent

Brief Notes from the Waiting Room

April 4th, 2007

Filed under: Comics, Medicine

I’ve long said that doctors’ offices and dentists’ offices would be a great place to get a younger audience exposed to comic books. It seems that someone finally listened to me. One of the doctors in the clinic received a subscription package from DC Comics that included a subscription form as well as a sample of Teen Titans Go! I think this is a great idea, even if it wasn’t sent to me (an oversight, I’m sure). It would have been better had it included a different subscription form instead of the standard one — for instance, highlighting which books are truly all ages. An institutional discount would be nice too, and would encourage larger orders. Still, it’s definitely a step in the right direction.
Personally, I would be happy to stock any Johnny DC or Marvel Adventures comics in my exam rooms and waiting room. I have also had good success with several Oni Press titles, especially Alison Dare and The Magic Pickle.
The Comic Treadmill shows some Micronauts love in their latest edition of the Scaled-Down Smack Down. Now if H would just hurry up and get to The Brave and the Bold #181 in his review of the title so I can see his thoughts on Hawk and Dove’s co-starring role.
This came up in the comments the other day. Here is an online copy of the comic book that came with the old Atari game Yars’ Revenge (Yars’ Revenge: The Qotile Ultimatum!)

mike.
April 5th, 2007 at 11:21 am

RE: Yar’s Revenge - I’m no scientist, but I don’t think something like this could ever happen in real life.
moon_custafer
April 10th, 2007 at 11:59 am

My childhood dentist stocked his waiting with EC Horror comics reprints, formerly the
property of his teenage son, I believe. I don’t know whther he deliberately went through them and removed any stories about evil dentists, but I never emncountered any.