The first Saturday in May could be consider a holy day for comic book geeks, it is FREE Comic Book Day.  Publishers create or reissue special comics just for this day in hopes that this free chance will give new readers a chance to get hooked.  Being a teacher I tend to look for “All Ages” comics that my students might be interested in.  So Saturday I dropped by my regular shop – Comic Carnival North in Indianapolis (for Geocachers it is home of “It must be Wednesday” ) to see what was up and this actually happened.  I was kind of in shock and am still trying to figure out if I might have misunderstood what this kid’s mother meant.  I can understand limiting what a kid reads- I tell my class that comic strip are not appropriate reading material since there is little character development or story telling- don’t worry that view is quickly changing as I actually make a strip.  I wish more parents made sure that their child is exposed to appropriate media bet that comics, movies,  TV… but X-Men?! There are so many other fantastic titles out there that aren’t published by Marvel or DC (not saying that Marvel and DC publish junk) limiting a kid to stories only based on those characters really doesn’t help.  This from a person brought up on Flash Gordon.

 I picked up for my class- Bone, Peanuts, DC Kids, and the All Ages Wolverine (yes, I know X-Men, but still all ages).  For myself I picked up Bone, DC Kids, Avengers & X-Men.  While there was a lot to choose from and I heard some grumbling from a few people about limits, I like having to actually choose-  it makes me have to think.  Hopefully, the kid in today’s strip will have a chance to read some really good stuff sometime.