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All age comic books for April 11

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Happy new comic book day, each Wednesday dozens of new comic books are delivered to your local comic book store. In that delivery there are dozens of all age comic books that are great for young readers. Each week we’ll list all of those that are good for readers and dive down a bit deeper on the podcast about a handful of the all age comic books or graphic novels that really stand out. For now, lets look at three

Adventure Time Comics #22

If you have a reluctant reader 9 or older have them check out Adventure Time Comics. This free wheeling monthly series from Boom! Studios allows different artists the opportunity to write and draw Finn, Jake and all of the magical oddidites in Ooo.

Casper and Wendy

Let’s kick it old school with Casper and Wendy. American Mythology does a great job with their old school, retro properties like this one and The Pink Panther. They combine new stories and art-that looks like the real, classic deal, with some classic previously released stories or strips. Casper and Wendy #1 presents Casper meeting the friendly witch in red for the first time in this all age comic book that will be great for kids 5 and up.

Secondhand Heroes: The Last Battle

Secondhand Heroes: The Last Battle is the third and final book in the series by Justin Larsen Hansen. This is an original graphic novel series that ages 9 and up will enjoy as its packed with action, great character development, cool monsters and kids with superpowers. Even though the kids have superpowers, they are rooted in real-life and any age reader will appreciate them. Their powers have consequences, to quote a certain webslinger and this finale is one that upper elementary and older will like reading. One aspect that makes this graphic novel stand out is its art, which is hand drawn and then painted with watercolor, giving the book an earnest, loved appearance, with monsters and superpowers.

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Secondhand Heroes, The Last Battle is a first rate graphic novel

There is something different about the Secondhand Heroes graphic novel trilogy by Justin Larocca Hansen. I like to read graphic novels, but aren’t a technical guru when it comes to know how they’re made, but this one looks different. Fans of the previous two books know the deal. The Last Battle puts the finishing touches on Brella, Stretch, everyday superheroes, monsters and more as they hope to put up a fight against the otherworldly Trench.

Secondhand Heroes has everything that a 9 year old reader wants in a graphic novel. Those readers that come in on this final book will be able to jump into the story with ease. While some of the character backstories won’t be immediately known it’ll sort itself out in just a couple of pages when Trench, with his flaming hands and death-green face come around.

For a book called Secondhand Heroes the book is filled with very common heroes. You see back in book one the two brothers, Tuck and Hudson went to an estate sale where their mother got them the lamest things in the world, a scarf and an umbrella. However, it turns out that the person that died in that house was practicing magic and that all of the things for sale in their estate sale possessed some magical abilities.

Tuck, the older brother is given the umbrella, which has the power of flight. Hudson’s scarf is able to become any shape and has a mind of its own, being able to deflect punches, climb things or anything else. In the first two books the brothers have had lots of adventures, discovered other people who got things from the estate sale and found out their nemesis.

The Last Battle picks up with their hometown well aware of people with various abilities and accepting them into everyday life, albeit with disguises so nobody knows who they really are. Stretch and Brella are heroes, but Trench has plans to take them down with the help of some monsters, as well as, humans who are out the edge of society.

Older readers will enjoy the monsters in The Last Battle and they won’t have to wait long. By the sixth page there’s been a mysterious explosion, talking squirrel, friendly monsters and a neighborhood get together. This is a quickly paced graphic novel that doesn’t skimp on the action and has some great characters that kids 9 and up can relate to and identify with. Part of that charm certainly lies in its title, Secondhand Heroes. These are just two average kids who have objects that give them superpowers.

However, these powers do come at a cost and they, as well as, the others who received them have to learn to deal with and manage them.

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Younger readers will love the action, monsters and humor. Parents will enjoy all of the above, plus the positive lessons that the characters are taught in the book. This is not a ‘lesson’ graphic novel. It’s just a well written book that kids will want to read with characters that have traits, that young readers will want to emulate or stay away from. The book also stands out as something that boys or girls can enjoy equally. Based on the cover you could say that the two main characters are boys, but there is a great stable of girls, like Elvira and Lorna who kick butt as much, if not more than the boys.

The art in Secondhand Heroes is hand drawn then painted with watercolor. It’s obvious that love, dedication and time that Justin Larocca Hansen put into each book as well as its characters. Readers who are 12 and up won’t bat an eye over the difference in the book’s appearance. Younger readers might need to warm up to the style of art. For example, our 8YO likes graphic novels, but he needed a moment to get up to speed with the action, myriad of monsters and the like before he could really lose himself in the book. Because of that, readers 9 and up will really enjoy Secondhand Heroes, The Last Battle without a primer, warm-up or supervision from their parents.

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All age comic books for April 4

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Happy New Comic Book Day, that’s #NCBD if you’re sharing it on social media. There are lots of cool new all age comic books out this week. Over in the podcast we’ll chat about a fun Disney PIXAR one-shot comic book, Scarlett Hart: Monster Hunter, an original novel featuring The Flash, a $1 comic that’ll hook middle school students on The Avengers and a non-fiction book that’s part of a series that will make kids want to learn a variety of subjects. First off though, let’s look at three all age comic books or graphic novels that kids as young as 5.

Disney Princess #19

Paging all young girls who want to read about their favorite Disney Princesses, this one is for you. Disney Princess is from Joe Books and features short stories from a variety of princesses who are in the Disney universe. Think of a princess and she’ll be in this comic book at some point. In issue #19 Belle directs a play, Cinderella gets locked out and Rapunzel’s geology skills might be challenged. This is goofy fun for kids 5 and up.

Mech Cadet Yu #8

If you’re looking for a great, new comic book that readers 7 and up will enjoy look for farther than Mech Cadet Yu. This is the trendy and possibly overplayed premise of kids-inside-a-giant-robot, but this is one of those all age comic books that work. The action is fun and age appropriate. The vocabulary is OK for kids in second grade and older. It’s a comic book that’s fine for younger readers, but older kids will want to read it because it’s cool.

Star Wars: A New Hope-The 40^th Anniversary Hardcover

Ok, 40 years-really? Star Wars: A New Hope-The 40^th Anniversary Hardcover is an updated version of Marvel Comics retelling of the first Star Wars story. This is not the innocent, smaller framed Luke Skywalker. This is the new Luke who is more action figure and in tune with what kids expect from their comic books today. This graphic novel is $27.99, but is a collection of all age comic books that will be OK for kids 9 and up. Have they seen A New Hope? Then they’ll be OK with this collection of comic books.

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All Age comic books for March 28

A new week means new comic book day and this week has a nice selection of all age comic books that will appeal to kids as young as 5 years old. First up-where is your closest comic books store? Just visit the Comic Shop Locator, type in your zip code and you’ll find one that much closer than you realize it. In the podcast we’ll chat about two different boxed sets that will really target girls in elementary school and up, Narwhal Peanut Butter and Jelly, Thea Silton and more.

Looney Tunes #242

Looney Tunes is a great monthly all age comic book that is cheap, only $2.99 and funny. Go to any elementary school library and you’ll find a subscription to Looney Tunes. Each issue has between two to four stories that’ll vary in length and feature a variety of classic Warner Bros. characters. Issue 242 of Looney Tunes has Ralph and Sam on the cover. Do you remember Sam, the sheep dog who constantly thwarts Sam, the dog, who suspiciously looks like Wile E Coyote? I forgot about them too, that’s another benefit of this comic book.

Lumberjanes #48

Are you a girl in upper elementary school who hasn’t heard of Lumberjanes? This monthly comic book from Boom! Studios has science-fiction, adventure, friendship and more-all at camp. In issue 48 of Lumberjanes the girls start camp newsletter and the horoscopes are more accurate than some campers care for. Lumberjanes is great reading, but can also be a gateway reading opportunity. This is one title that kids will enjoy and parents won’t mind them reading it.

Narwhall Peanut Butter and Jelly, book 3

I volunteered at the school book fair the other week. One of the most popular series that kids were interested in purchasing was one of the Narwhall and Jelly books. This series from Ben Clanton is deserving of its popularity and is possibly one of the first graphic novels that kids will read. What’s so great about this series is that younger readers are able to read it. They’re loaded with sight words so that those kindergarten students can practice, but it’s funny enough, with some advanced vocabulary that older kids will want to read it too.

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New Shoes, the all age graphic novel that wants to be your friend

There was something I couldn’t pinpoint during my first read of New Shoes by Sara Varon and it kept changing as I turned each page. This graphic novel is too simple for a 9 year old or it’s too difficult for a 6 year old, in hindsight I think I was just crabby for the first couple of pages because by the ninth page I was grinning and drinking what Francis was selling. It’s set in Guyana, in northern South America and New Shoes is his story; one that’s irrepressibly optimistic and curious, with a side of wanderlust and a penchant for meeting new animal friends.

By the time readers get to the tenth page they already like Francis and realize that he’s a shoe craftsman that uses only finest materials. Twelve pages later we see that he’s been given the job of making shoes for the world famous singer Miss Manatee. “She looks like a walrus” our 8 year old said at this point.

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All age comic books for March 21

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Each new comic book day (every Wednesday) there are dozens of new all age comic books. In that all age section most of them will be appropriate for ages 7 and up. Some of them will be OK for younger audiences and we’ll also include some tween titles that fly below the radar, but will be enjoyable for middle school and up. If any of the titles seem too old, too young or otherwise ‘stick out’, that’s the reason why we listed them here. Case in point, True Believers: Venom Flashpoint is not appropriate for 7 year readers, however, kids who are 11 and up will love the action and the content will be OK. Plus its price point is only $1.00, so parents will like it too.

In the podcast this week we’ll chat about Usagi Yojimbo (and why each issue of this comics book is great for 7 and up), a new graphic novel y Phoebe and the Unicorn, Ms. Marvel and Pearls Before Swine’s new book, Floundering Fathers and more. For now though, here are three cool all age comic books that will entertain a wide range of young readers.

Super Sons # 14

Batman has a son. Superman has a son. The two kids become friends and fight evil, meet some of their father’s villains, as well as their offspring. If you have an upper elementary aged kid or older they’ll enjoy this monthly series. There is enough real action for them to enjoy, without it crossing over to the level of violence that parents might not want kids seeing in the monthly Batman or Superman series. That, plus Super Sons also has more things for young readers to take away or …learn from. You don’t read comics to learn, per se, but as Damian and Superboy become friends, they learn about things that even non-super, regular kids can relate to.

Jim Henson Storyteller Fairies

Fairies are back-with a vengeance. Jim Henson Storyteller Fairies #4 of 4 tells the story about fairies and a mortal who has been chosen to live with them. Colored in a sepia fashion and drawn realistically, the final issue in Storyteller Fairies is full of metaphor and life lessons. It’s also beautiful and very easy to enjoy. This is more of an older comic book, but one that can be enjoyed by those in middle school and up, if those readers are prepared for more of a comic book, as art form.

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, #64

Most little girls (and some boys) go through a My Little Pony phase. For some girls that phase is longer than others and issue 64 of My Little Pony is out from IDW Publishing is evidence of that. This comic book is well written, brightly colored and the classic stuff that will entice reluctant readers, engage the story time crowd, as well as those slightly older kids that want to read it to themselves. For the record, our oldest son did go through a period when he liked My Little Pony. It was when he was around 5 and we still have those comics in the house.

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All ages comics for March 14

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It’s new comic book day and each Wednesday dozens of new all ages comics, in addition to those that are geared to older audiences hit stores. These are the comics that can be enjoyed by kids as young as 5 in some cases and we’ll provide age suggestions for some of them here in the post, as well as YouTube and Podcast version. Over there we’ll chat about How to Tame a Human Tornado, a new Peanuts collection, Big Nate, Rocko’s Modern Life and two comics that are so cool that they let different creators with different styles, take turns with their classic characters. For now, let’s look at three all ages comics or graphic novels that will entertain readers as young as 5, with some reading assistance of course.

Big Nate

Big Nate is back. Big Nate, Silent But Deadly is Lincoln Pierce’s 27^th collection of stories about the classic kid that any kid (or adult) can relate to. I am a huge fan of folks that can create daily comic strips and still make them funny, day in and day out. Big Nate is near the top of that class in its ability to make you laugh, think, remember the way that you acted in sixth grade and smile. The emotions for Big Nate range from laugh out loud funny, to knowing someone like a character in the comic strip to learning how to effectively handle your emotions. Big Nate, Silent But Deadly is all color, with a pull out poster and has collected comic strips that anyone 7 will love.

New Shoes

Based on its description this is not a graphic novel that I would like. A shoemaker donkey in a South American village who uses only the best materials has to go out to the forest to locate supplies for some shoes. The client in this case is Miss Manatee, Francis’ favorite singer so it’s a job that he wants to do really well. Along the way they meet some friends, have fun, learn about animals and a couple lessons too. New Shoes is too difficult for a 5 year old to read it, but they’ll love looking at the big, bright colors and will laugh at the story. Older audiences (like me….) will be disarmed by the amiable charm and feelings of love and comfort that plot out of the book the moment it’s opened.

Cosmo

An original all ages comic book is tough to find. There are the classics and those other properties that are fun for young readers, but never found a niche. Cosmo was launched in the late 50’s, using the name Cosmo The Merry Martian. That title would seem too odd in today’s vernacular, so Archie Comics simply brought back Cosmo. Cosmo has enough outer space action and creative fun for readers as young as 6 to enjoy without parents having any concern about its content.

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In Real Life, where avatars meet real-world consequences

Video games when I was a kid were simple on so many levels. It was just me and a friend, at his house, because he had an Atari and my parents wouldn’t let me have one. It’s a whole new world now and In Real Life is a graphic novel by Cory Doctorow with art by Jen Wang that examines the relationships and economics that takes place in-and out of video games. It’s the trinkets, jobs or vehicles that players can purchase with real money whilst playing the game. In Real Life takes a look at the sub-culture of those that sell things in games who are usually in impoverished conditions in emerging markets; as well as the different levels of players who take part in the game.

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