I agree with you about the fact that comic book publishers refuse to make more money by broading the market. Just 10 years ago or so, my kids loved the Disney comics. Uncle Scrooge, Donald Duck,etc. I remembered the lines from my childhood, and read them also. Soon the only way to get these was to order them. So, my older kids switched to X-men, spider-man, etc. Then the grocery stopped carring them. Now, an extra treck to the comic store. They Laughed at me. As if they would carry such drivel....Thanks to the fanboys and the weakknees of the publishers, comic are a sub culture all of there own, just how they like it.
I do not know why there are no comic stories aimed at children. I am a librarian, no my name is not Marion, and I am always looking for something to grab the elder tweens to read, comics would certainly hit the spot. But, violence would not hit the spot with the parents. Girls are a left out group in the comic world. Boys are a left out group in the tween reading groups. All the good literature is aimed at the girls. With nothing to read, their interest level drops to zero. The only thing that can hold them is if they like non-fiction.
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I agree with you about the fact that comic book publishers refuse to make more money by broading the market. Just 10 years ago or so, my kids loved the Disney comics. Uncle Scrooge, Donald Duck,etc. I remembered the lines from my childhood, and read them also. Soon the only way to get these was to order them. So, my older kids switched to X-men, spider-man, etc. Then the grocery stopped carring them. Now, an extra treck to the comic store. They Laughed at me. As if they would carry such drivel....Thanks to the fanboys and the weakknees of the publishers, comic are a sub culture all of there own, just how they like it. I do not know why there are no comic stories aimed at children. I am a librarian, no my name is not Marion, and I am always looking for something to grab the elder tweens to read, comics would certainly hit the spot. But, violence would not hit the spot with the parents. Girls are a left out group in the comic world. Boys are a left out group in the tween reading groups. All the good literature is aimed at the girls. With nothing to read, their interest level drops to zero. The only thing that can hold them is if they like non-fiction.