A stack of floppies

[dvandom]

I've never cared for how monthly comics are called "pamphlets" by pretentious sorts looking down on the format. While strictly falling under the technical definition of pamphlet, I doubt I'm alone in thinking of a pamphlet as being a single folded sheet. Plus, some monthlies are properly bound as opposed to stapled, making them ineligible for the classification.

However, today I ran across a different dismissive term that I think I can get behind. "Floppies". Because, regardless of pagecount or binding, a monthly comic is literally floppy. And the term also carries a connotation of being somewhat behind the times, technologically speaking, which is certainly true. Plus it's just too goofy to come across as particularly pretentious. ;)

Comments

[jarodrussell.livejournal.com]

I dislike "floppies" out of pure spite because I hate trying to store them, but I imagine you already kew that.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Hypervelocity TPB due this coming Wednesday.

[jarodrussell.livejournal.com]

WHEEEEE!!!

[gary-williams.livejournal.com]

Comics have saddle-stitch bindings, while the word "pamphlet" implies no binding, i.e. a single sheet of paper.

Perhaps the word "brochure" would be more appropriate, but most people associate the word with marketing material.

Not to be pedantic or pretentious or anything...

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Actually, I did look this up before going all pretentious. Saddle-stitch is included under the definition of pamphlet. In fact, up to 80 pages with a saddle-stitch can still be considered a pamphlet. You need a multiple-signatures binding to not be eligible.

[lameazoid.livejournal.com]

I seriously expected this post to be about diskettes.

Of course it was about comics, I'm not sure which topic is "nerdier".