That's true. Comic Books are a good introduction into literature.

Some comic books are even better than some literature.

Same thing goes for Sci-Fi.
When I was a kid my teacher insisted I stop reading sci-fi & read some "real books." Apparently Phillip K Dick, Arthur C. Clark, etc. aren't "real" authors.
Stupid teacher.

doesn't anybody want to grow up anymore? we've become a society that seeks eternal adolescence

albo: doesn't anybody want to grow up anymore? we've become a society that seeks eternal adolescence

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Me, my daughters, and my local comic book store approve this article.

albo: doesn't anybody want to grow up anymore? we've become a society that seeks eternal adolescence
I find it childish you think that specific mediums are automatically childish.

My favorite comic book is the Internet...

albo: doesn't anybody want to grow up anymore? we've become a society that seeks eternal adolescence

Move to Japan; comic books are primarily targeted at grown ups.

/you sound crotchety

So. Family borrowed my muffin tin but I need those muffins. What if I were to mix up the batter and cover a pan in tinfoil and just let it settle and have like a muffin cake. What would happen if i did that? disaster?

This study wad commissioned by the Justice League

What was the literary award Neil Gaiman won again? You know... the one he won for Sandman... which could be considered a comic (actually a graphic novel)??

Sybarite: Although it was many years ago, I can still remember that comics were my introduction to concepts like tensile strength and geosynchronous orbit.

Some comics incorporate a decent number of sci-fi elements... but don't trust 'em unless it's Isaac Asimov writing chemistry into it or something similar.

//Dude wrote a physics layman's book and a couple chemistry textbooks, knew what he was talking about.

vartian: Be a kid. Go play. Find wonder and joy. I don't see any other way to live.

This.

Just don't let them read anything by Bendis... Otherwise the poor kid's gonna sound like a Harold Pinter play when he reads out loud to the class.

schattenteufel: That's true. Comic Books are a good introduction into literature.

Some comic books are even better than some literature.

Same thing goes for Sci-Fi.
When I was a kid my teacher insisted I stop reading sci-fi & read some "real books." Apparently Phillip K Dick, Arthur C. Clark, etc. aren't "real" authors.
Stupid teacher.

As long as comics are not the only things a kid is reading, I would agree wtih you. As for Sci-fi, I was lucky enough to take a year of "Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature" my senior year of high school, and it fulfilled my English/Lit requirement for that year.

vartian: You know, I hear that argument a lot, and it makes less sense to me every year I grow older. I have carved out a life, I have goals and desires I can and do achieve, and I am a kid at heart. I play video games, I read comic books, I watch South Park at 2am while highly impaired, and I have a circle of friends that I truly cherish.

I gave up looking for what society expected of me about the time I came out at 15. I was off the planned path from that point on, and I cannot imagine I would be happier if I had stuck to it.

Be a kid. Go play. Find wonder and joy. I don't see any other way to live.

THIS. Make sure you and your family are taken care of both now and in the future. Once you've gotten that sort of responsibility out of the way, devote your time to enjoying yourself whether that be "adult" pursuits like art, classical music or theatre or more "childish" things like having a few beers watching baseball or going to see Slayer.

/baseball and Slayer, please.

Anything is better than TV.

I hate being lumped in with the intellectual snobs that scoff at television (don't get me wrong there a lots of shows I love).

But I've read way too many studies on how neural development in children is hindered by television watching. When I have children I will be severly limiting their television/movie access until they get older.

Pocket_Pitbull: What was the literary award Neil Gaiman won again? You know... the one he won for Sandman... which could be considered a comic (actually a graphic novel)??

Actually, he won Best Short Fiction for issue 19, meaning he won it for a comic book. They immediately changed the rules to make comics not eligible.

Especially if you want to grow up to put an hour's wage into a website subscription while commenting on articles from your mom's basement!

/Typing this from mom's basement.

Lollerwaffle: So. Family borrowed my muffin tin but I need those muffins. What if I were to mix up the batter and cover a pan in tinfoil and just let it settle and have like a muffin cake. What would happen if i did that? disaster?


Your cook time would be a little longer, so you'd need to keep a close eye on it. But otherwise no, no disaster.

Not really sure what this has to do with comics, though...

Jim_Callahan: Sybarite: Although it was many years ago, I can still remember that comics were my introduction to concepts like tensile strength and geosynchronous orbit.

Some comics incorporate a decent number of sci-fi elements... but don't trust 'em unless it's Isaac Asimov writing chemistry into it or something similar.

//Dude wrote a physics layman's book and a couple chemistry textbooks, knew what he was talking about.

I'd like to see a Niel Stephenson graphic novel, he's already farming out some stories to other authors as is...

vartian: albo: doesn't anybody want to grow up anymore? we've become a society that seeks eternal adolescence

You know, I hear that argument a lot, and it makes less sense to me every year I grow older. I have carved out a life, I have goals and desires I can and do achieve, and I am a kid at heart. I play video games, I read comic books, I watch South Park at 2am while highly impaired, and I have a circle of friends that I truly cherish.

I gave up looking for what society expected of me about the time I came out at 15. I was off the planned path from that point on, and I cannot imagine I would be happier if I had stuck to it.

Be a kid. Go play. Find wonder and joy. I don't see any other way to live.



Yup.

The English Major: pd771: albo: doesn't anybody want to grow up anymore? we've become a society that seeks eternal adolescence
I find it childish you think that specific mediums are automatically childish.

Green Lantern!

/sorry
//that was one of my favorite JLU episodes
///seriously, though, don't tell me that League of Extraordinary Gentlemen didn't get people to seek out the original source material, for example

As a comic writer, I am happy that my chosen medium is helping out the kiddies. Now if only I wrote stuff that was age appropriate for said kiddies...

When I was in the service, I was returning to Germany on a flight. There were a couple of young G.I.s in the next row. As the flight attendant walked down the aisle offering magazines, one of the guys asked her if she had any comic books. Sleep well, America.

I also spent a couple years in Japan. Those aren't comic boks so much as the material are graphic novels; as stated above, aimed at adults.

vartian: albo: doesn't anybody want to grow up anymore? we've become a society that seeks eternal adolescence

You know, I hear that argument a lot, and it makes less sense to me every year I grow older. I have carved out a life, I have goals and desires I can and do achieve, and I am a kid at heart. I play video games, I read comic books, I watch South Park at 2am while highly impaired, and I have a circle of friends that I truly cherish.

I gave up looking for what society expected of me about the time I came out at 15. I was off the planned path from that point on, and I cannot imagine I would be happier if I had stuck to it.

Be a kid. Go play. Find wonder and joy. I don't see any other way to live.

1000x this.

Just because your an adult doesn't mean you suddenly need to stop having fun.

Best. Headline. Ever.

As a kid who grew up over seas since we(siblings and myself) didn't know the local language our parents made sure to buy us comic books because it was the only thing that the local stores had that were in English.


Oh those were the days.

poonesfarm: They should start with this comic. It's a good introduction for children to the medium.

It's in black and white, so the spread-eagle dead prostitutes won't be that scary.

Reading comic books is just as good as reading books?

/something about Lou and police work
//reading is fundamental
///Lavar Burton ftw!!!

People should not worry about the "form" or "genre" of children's literature, but the QUALITY.

High quality comics or sci-fi or lit books will lead kids to high quality adult stuff.

If you let your kids read shiatty comics, crappy sci-fi (ie most of it) or like twilight novels they will be more likely to grow up and think Dan Brown is the reincarnation of shakespeare.

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albo: doesn't anybody want to grow up anymore? we've become a society that seeks eternal adolescence

What is involved in growing up that can't include reading a comic now and then?

DirtyOldGeek: There were a couple of young G.I.s in the next row. As the flight attendant walked down the aisle offering magazines, one of the guys asked her if she had any comic books. Sleep well, America.


"Sleep well, America"? What, the soldiers can't do their jobs because they like comic books? We should feel insecure or anxious because soldiers like Batman?

The comics I grew-up reading.



//yeah, I am that farking old...

schattenteufel:
When I was a kid my teacher insisted I stop reading sci-fi & read some "real books." Apparently Phillip K Dick, Arthur C. Clark, etc. aren't "real" authors.

These people are truly unimaginitive turds of the highest order. They have a mental definition of what constitutes "literature": probably something that closely resembles the syllabus in their university English courses and nothing else. Sadly, even their English professor would probably not agree with their blinkered attitude - he just had to cram the classics into a two-semester course and had no room for Ray Bradbury.

Of course, I'm tempted to say that since analysing literature in school is a destructive process akin to cutting open cats to see how they purr, I'm glad we didn't dwell on science fiction. I still enjoy science fiction (not you, Anne McCaffery, you still suck). I'm only starting to relearn how to enjoy "classic" literature.

AshHousewares18: poonesfarm: They should start with this comic. It's a good introduction for children to the medium.

It's in black and white, so the spread-eagle dead prostitutes won't be that scary.

man was that a messed up tale... you think you get it and then it keeps getting stranger and stranger.... good read though.