{"id":2227,"date":"2010-08-27T08:45:53","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T12:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?p=2227"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:41:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:41:52","slug":"saturday-is-international-read-comics-in-public-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/saturday-is-international-read-comics-in-public-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday is &quot;International Read Comics in Public Day&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_2228\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2228\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/99pB6W\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2228\" title=\"TMINUScover\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/tminuscover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"258\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking for something to read in public this weekend? Here&#039;s one suggestion ... not that I have anything against Richie Rich.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThere is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brownielocks.com\/month2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a holiday for everything<\/a> and it turns out this Saturday is <a href=\"http:\/\/readcomicsinpublic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Read Comics in Public Day<\/a>.<br \/>\nFrom their website:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Like so many great things in this world, Read Comics in Public Day  has its roots in a joke. I don\u2019t remember the exact wording, but it was  something off-handed about reading novels on the train, because I was  too embarrassed to read comics in public. Like many good jokes, that one  had its root in the truth.<br \/>\nI run a comics blog, I travel to comic conventions, and many of my  good friends are involved in some form or another in the comics  industry, but I still find it hard sometimes to get around the stigma.<br \/>\nComics are now widely accepted as a legitimate and vibrant art  form\u2014so why do I still feel a bit embarrassed to let strangers know  about my not-so-secret passion?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you&#8217;re casting about for comics to read in public on Saturday, you could do much worse than my friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gt-labs.com\/books.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Ottaviani&#8217;s science-based graphic novels<\/a>.<br \/>\nOr you could just start by reading <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2010\/08\/22\/jim-ottaviani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my Q&amp;A with Jim<\/a> in public on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a holiday for everything and it turns out this Saturday is International Read Comics in Public Day. 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