We spend too much of our time trying to impress each other and acting pretentious. Reading a comic book is one of the few activities that can't be attached to this ulterior motive. It's not like reading some intellectual novel so that everyone sees what a deep thinker you are, or listening to the alternative indie punk rock band to prove how super hip you are. You're not going to impress anyone reading a Spider Man comic in public. It won't help you get a date, or a job. No, the only reason to read comics is, you actually like to.
Similarly, comic books are a humle medium. Even the most deep and complex comic book (such as Watchmen) at the end of the day is still a comic book. It will never be the great novel of our time, or the epic blockbuster movie. It's not trying to be. Sometimes, this leads to an inferiority complex. Comic book nerds will call them selves things like "comic book nerds" and hope their favorite book becomes vindicated by being made into a hollywood movie. Comics don't need Hollywood to validate them. It is fun to see them on the big screen, but remember that some of that humble, lack of pretense will be lost. There's a lot of overlap with comics and movies since they're both fun and visual, but not everything translates well (compare Watchmen the movie to the comic).
I look forward to one day selling out on these beliefs when DRC the movie is made.
