Silly mass media, comic books are for kids!

[bluegargantua]

Hi,

So I'm sending off a belated Christmas present to my nephew who's 8-9. I can't quite bring myself to buy him WWE action figures. I'd like to send him some comic books (collected trade paperback comics), but I'm not entirely sure what would be good.

I'm pretty sure that Teen Titans (based on the TV show) is going in there, but do other people have suggestions? I'm pretty sure that something in the superhero line will fly better than non-super titles, but I'm open to suggestions.

Thanks
Tom

Comments

[jeregenest.livejournal.com]

Harrison loves the following:

TinTin
Asterix
Bone
Polly and the Pirates
Courtney Crumrin
Teen Titans Go!
Justice League Unlimited
Power Pack (marvel All Ages)
Fantastic Four (Marvel All Ages line)
Scrooge McDuck (theres some pretty fu stuff in the collections)
Batman (either from the animated, he does like Batman Strikes)
Baby Mouse (also a Nora favorite)
Spiderman (Marvel All Ages)

[velvetdragon64.livejournal.com]

My boys, though a little older, like the Japanese books. Can't think of names of any of them, but they are "books" and they "read" backwards. They are all based on Japanese anime characters. (like Yu-gi-oh)
They are available at Borders and Barnes and Nobles.

[bluegargantua]

Yeah, I was thinking about the manga titles, but he's just a little on the young side. Also, the backwards-reading thing will completely throw his mom.

later
Tom

[mikecap.livejournal.com]

Dude he needs some classic Kirby. Don't underestimate his reading power and the power of context, because when I was that age, I read Silver Age Justice League comics, and I was able to expand my vocabulary immensely by figuring out through context that when the villain said "MORONIC CRETIN!!" it was a bad thing and then I looked it up later to figure out what it meant...

Kirby FF and Ditko Spider-Man. One of those ESSENTIAL big collections of books from the 60s.

[velvetdragon64.livejournal.com]

HOw about a favorite of my boys, when younger: The Calvin and Hobbs collection