Used to be that reading a comic book in public would get punched in your nerd face and have your obnoxiously thick glasses broken for the third time that week. Used to be that winning a science fair warranted a class 3 wedgie. If you don't believe that ask your father, he'll either get a terrified or elated look in his eye as he remembers doling out those punishments or receiving them. So why is it that every other new movie is now based on a comic book that most people have never heard of and science fair winners are turning into young titans of industry? Welcome to the age of the nerd. The wedgied and swirlied masses have risen from their toilet bowls and lonely lunch tables and are now some of the most powerful people in the world. No longer is being one of the cool kids an automatic ticket to future success, intelligence and innovation reign supreme, and as a nerd myself I can honestly say that we have that in spades. So for those of you who are still clinging to the hope that someday the cool kids will make a comeback, I advise you put away your switchblade-style comb and pick up a comic book and maybe a video game so you can have something in common with your future boss.
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