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friends and families.
If you are like me, I prefer to shop at comic shops and comic conventions instead
of the malls. With so much variety in the comic books being published today, there
really isn't any difficulty in matching book to reader. There really is a comic for
everyone now. I read a lot of different comic books, and I am going to share a few
of my ideas with you.
There has been some discussion recently in online comics forums that children
do not read comics. I strongly disagree. I handed out comics at Halloween and the
kids were totally thrilled. "Oh, boy comics! Can I have 2?" was the general reaction.
I must have given away about 75 comics before the night was done and my neighbors
raved over how excited their children were later. With families struggling to hold
down careers
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local comics shop. Kids still love comics, and there
are a lot of books out there for them to enjoy.
Any comic based on a cartoon character seems to work well with young children.
Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles, Batman Adventures, Adventures in the DC Universe,
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The Untold Tales of Spiderman are all appropriate selections. The
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Disney character books and the Archie comics line are also excellent starting books for young readers. The Archie digest line is probably the best bargain out there for parents on a budget: one gets several stories for the price of a regular comicbook. The small size of the digest makes it easy for little hands to hold, too.
There are a whole lot of comics that appeal to all age ranges too, from children to adults. My favorite of the bunch is Reality Check, published by Sirius. Reality Check is about a fun
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