A popularity contest
(Last updated 10:49 am CST February 8th, 2022)Who is the most popular fictional character of all time? And how do you measure that popularity? Gene Park, who writes about video games and game culture for the Washington Post, said on Twitter that it’s “arguably” Spider-man. I replied, asking him what he based that on, and suggesting it maybe it’s James Bond, given the books and the longevity of that film franchise. Now, neither of us had done any research, and I was just throwing Bond out there as an example. But I apparently stepped on a fanboy landmine in the … Read more