I can’t decide whether this piece in Kent State University’s student newspaper about one fan’s reaction to the death of Captain America is someone having a laugh, or the saddest thing I’ve read in a long, long while.

Allow me to introduce sophomore Sebastian Clark:

“I felt like a family member died and of course my friends made fun of me, because he is just a comic book character,” Clark said. “My response was ‘How long have you known your best friend?’”

One can tell Clark loves comics just by looking at his left arm — it’s covered in tattoos of the characters. On the inside of his left bicep is a black outline of Captain America, which at the time he did not have the money to color in. Other Marvel comic staples, such as Peter Parker and Thor cover his arm.

“I decked my arm out in the most ridiculous Marvel images,” he said. “I haven’t liked anything the way that I do comics in 19 years. They mean certain things to me.”

I just hope he doesn’t find out about the burrito incident.

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