A lot of people hate Bill Maher for his smugness. He has enraged conservatives for his “Religulous” views and outraged liberals for having Milo Yiannopoulos and Steve Bannon on his HBO show. But now he has pissed off the biggest and loudest group of humans imaginable: Superhero Fans! Following the death of comicbook super-creator Stan Lee, Maher wrote the following on his Real Time Blog. “The problem is, we’re using our smarts on stupid stuff. I don’t think it’s a huge stretch to suggest that Donald Trump could only get elected in a country that thinks comic books are important.” To be fair, this came from a much longer post, which you can read in full here. Maher is not wrong to criticize comic book culture. It is his right to not like something that many others do. Just like it’s their right to call him a killjoy (or worse, much,…
