Religion is a pursuit or interest to which someone ascribes supreme importance. In the essay “Environmentalism as Religion," the author, Paul Rubin, compares religion to environmentalism. He states that religion has its own day, its worshippers, skeptics, and rituals. Rubin uses these characterizations as a structure for comparing environmentalism to religion. There are in fact, many other social or cultural phenomenon that can be counted as a religion. Today, the comic world can be seen as a religion because of its skeptics, holy day, and its rituals.
Just like the holy day, there is a day that dedicates the comic world which is Comic Con. On that day, it dedicates the comics that the supporters believe in, and it brings out the creators of the comics. It can be seen as a temple that is gathering all the comic and new comers to join and celebrate their holy day. There are other minor events that celebrate it, such as anime conventions, but Comic Con is widely known throughout out the country. Its worshippers at the events gather all together and participate in rituals. Some come dressed to show enthusiasm and passion for Comic Con. Majority of its supporters like the feeling of being in a place where they belong and have an identity. Just as Rubin stated, “But there is another sense in which environmentalism is becoming more and more like a religion: It provides its adherents with an identity.”(399). This pertains to the Comic world since many supporters today have a an identity, or some sort of label to state who they are.
Other points in which Rubin’s characteristics of religion support comic being a religion is its rituals and skeptics. Dedicated followers even learn the foreign language of some comic shows, such as Star Trek, and speak it with each other. Some followers even scenes of comics, just for the thrill of feeling like it’s real. Their rituals would be dressing up exactly like the characters and reenact sce...