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How to create new comic fans: cast ‘em in a comic book movie
Here’s a (slightly expensive )way to create new comic fans … cast’em in a comic book movie, which will send them to the comic shop to do “research.” X17 Online has video of Iron Man 2‘s Robert Downey Jr. at Meltdown Comics in L.A., buying various Avengers comics and talking to fans:
Hat tip to Jim McCann, who pointed out Downey grabs a copy of New Avengers: The Reunion around the 1:20 mark …
5 Comments
Def
June 4, 2010 at 11:21 am
ROBERT! HEY ROBERT! WHAT’D YOU BUY IN THERE MAN?! HEY ROBERT WHAT’D YOU BUY IN THERE?! DID YOU BUY THE AVENGERS?! ROBERT! ROBERT!
Leave the man alone, ffs.
fanboy d
June 4, 2010 at 11:32 am
Interesting. He doesn’t NEED to do that. At all. They’d close the store for him, Marvel would send him anything he wanted direct…
Judge-Dredd
June 4, 2010 at 11:55 am
Totally agree with you Def, Geez he’s getting a lot of hassle, still it’s nice to see that he’s goes to the store himself, meet with some fans. Good stuff.
Ian @ Trade Reading Order
June 4, 2010 at 10:09 pm
PR stunt?
Maybe he was researching fans.
Has anyone ever noticed that chewing gum with sunglasses makes anyone look like a jerk?
Raymond
June 9, 2010 at 2:10 pm
first off, I was really young getting into iron man, And Robert is a favorite actor of mine, so .. him becoming iron man ( with his lifestyle as it was lol) I thought HOLLY HELL!!! Great find!
Nice to see him out and about shopping.