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Terry Thielen
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io9 had this article yesterday.
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John Byrne
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12 things that ruined Superman•• As soon as I saw the title, I knew I'd make it onto the list. After all, there's a strata of fandom that absolutely LOVES to declare characters to be "ruined", even if those characters are still rolling along decades after the supposed destruction. But Sleez? Out of everything I did with the Superman mythos, THAT'S what they select as having "ruined" the character? I know there are a lot of anal fanboys who obsess about that particular story, and what "really happened" in it -- but 25 years later, to single it out as something that "ruined" Superman? That falls well within the whole "Get a Life" category, I'd say!
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Donald Miller
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Do kids read comics now?
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They can't find them and they're mostly inappropriate if they do find them.
My wife taught 6th grade for years and currently teaches 4th grade.
Her students read comics all the time. She includes them in her classroom library. Oh sure, they refer to them as "Graphic Novels" (it helps keep the parents heads from exploding.) but she and they know they are comics.
The Comic book format for storytelling is a favorite of kids. Comic readers are alive and well in the land kiddom...you just don't see many superheros there...not from the big two.
It is really sad to see Marvel and DC completely drop the ball on what could be a huge renaissance for the industry by catering to an ever dwindling crowd instead marketing toward the always renewing audience.
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John Byrne
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Do kids read comics now?*** They can't find them and they're mostly inappropriate if they do find them. My wife taught 6th grade for years and currently teaches 4th grade. Her students read comics all the time. •• Which comics?
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Shawn Kane
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I donate to the library at the high school that I teach at. I've donated for various reasons whether it was something that I wasn't interested in reading anymore or something that I had the single issues of. The librarian gets pretty excited but I"ve donated Ultimate Spider-Man/X-Men/Ultimates trades (bought a bunch at a convention years ago for a good price), a couple of JB's FF Visionaries volumes, a Simonson Thor Visionaries, a handful of DC paperbacks, and some other odds and ends. I've donated a good bit over the years. My students tend to grab anything with Spider-Man, especially when there's a movie coming out. They like to show me what they've checked out because they don't know that I've donated them. The librarian says that Spider-Man and Batman books tend to go out the most.
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Donald Miller
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My wife taught 6th grade for years and currently teaches 4th grade. Her students read comics all the time. •• Which comics?
Bone
Amulet
Smile
Zita the Spacegirl
Ghostopolis
Cardboard
Babymouse
Squish
Lunchlady
Sidekicks
Giants beware!
George O'Conner's Olympians series
and the list goes on....
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Robert LaGuardia
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If kids wanted comics they can find them easily, that's not the problem.
Like others have said the problems are that comics are expensive and
superhero comics are not made for young, casual readers They can get
their superhero fix in so many other ways that they don't have to read
comics.
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Brian Skene
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More bad news for kid friendly books. Last week Ty Templeton announced he was no longer doing interiors for Marvel's all-ages Spidey, they're switching to screen-caps from the animated series.
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Shane Matlock
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I buy comics to read to my 2 year old son, but nothing of the superhero variety. At this point, they're all written for 40 something fan boys by 40 something fan boys. The stuff I've gotten him is mostly the Disney/Pixar stuff that Marvel puts out like Monsters Inc and Toy Story. The stuff I loved as a kid like Spider-Man and Avengers isn't suitable to be read by children these days, and not just for inappropriate content either. I barely understood what was going on in the last issue of Avengers myself and I'm 43 and have been reading comics for going on three decades.
Edited by Shane Matlock on 20 February 2013 at 3:39am
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John Byrne
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The stuff I loved as a kid like Spider-Man and Avengers isn't suitable to be read by children these days…•• If by "kid" you mean a 2 year old, I'd say they never were!
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Shane Matlock
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Haha. Of course not. I meant 8 or 9 year olds, sir. But there are still the books I read as a kid for when he gets older.
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Jean-Francois Joutel
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Well, the creators behind Superman's all ages book have gone solo. They've started a Kickstarter page for a new, independent all-ages comic book.
definitely worth a look for those who enjoyed their all-ages books.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1197720703/aw-yeah-comic s
They've already doubled their goal.
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