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How to navigate your child’s first comic con

I was priming my wife with all manner of questions about how to describe it. Some of her friends said coo, while other said have fun. Regardless, I knew that she was going with me to be with the boys, which was fine with me. Our child’s first comic con happened when they were 4 and 2, so I knew that they wouldn’t remember much, but I certainly wanted them to have fun. Here are some tips that we learned during our child’s first comic con.

Oh, even though ours was a comic con, the same basic tips can be carried over to a baseball card show or any other fan conference.

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Original Sin is this summer’s crossover from Marvel Comics

Every summer for the past couple of years Marvel Comics has been putting out event-crossover stories. Certainly it’s an attempt to drive sales, but the stories can also be quite good too. Avengers Vs. X-Men was two years ago and easy to grasp because it was what the title said. The Age of Ultron was 2013 and very good, partially due to building up name awareness for the pending Avengers movie with the same name. This summer’s crossover story, Original Sin, is less grandiose, has characters that aren’t known to broader comic fans but is still enjoyable here’s why.

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Salem Hyde: Big Birthday Bash- classic children’s comic for all ages

Salem Hyde is a young witch who is also a typical six year old girl. She’s hyper, gets in arguments with friends, daydreams, is forgetful and is constantly kept company by her smart, talking cat Whammy. Adults will almost certainly be reminded of Calvin & Hobbes when they read Salem Hyde. It’s infectiously cute and has wit, imagination and smiles on every page. In that regards it is just like lots of classic cartoon characters.

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HeroBear and the Kid: Saving Time #1, timeless appeal for all ages

HeroBear is a comic that I’ve wanted to try for a while. The concept of a young boy and his toy bear coming to life when he taps his nose is super cute. It’s the classic idea of a toy that truly understands a growing kid, when the world seems not to know what to do with him. The art in HeroBear is warm inviting and reminds you of an old friend. HeroBear and the Kid: Saving Time is a five issue miniseries about their adventures that’s good for young readers.

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Star Wars Day is May 4th-here’s how we’re going to celebrate

Every year on May 4this Star Wars Day. Like some people need an excuse to watch any of the Star Wars movies or look at the comics. Our kids are still a bit too young to watch Episode 4: A New Hope, or just Star Wars to the OG’s. Next year we’ll celebrate by watching that, but in the meantime I’ll celebrate by showing our 4 and 2 year olds some of the original Star Wars stuff that I had when I was a kid. Continue reading Star Wars Day is May 4th-here’s how we’re going to celebrate

Guardians of the Galaxy #14-still my fave comic on the market

I purchased Guardians of the Galaxy #1 on a whim last year on Free Comic Book Day. If I’m getting all of these free comics, I might as well try a couple new comics just to see how they are I thought. That was a great move because Guardians of the Galaxy has been the best comic that I’ve been reading this past year. Issue #14 just came out, it’s a great issue and an excellent jumping off point for folks wondering what all the fuss is about.

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Skyward #6-action oriented all ages comic that you’ll like too

Skyward #6 manages to straddle the line between fable, fairy tale and action so perfectly you don’t know exactly how to define it. I hesitated calling it all ages comic because it’s so entertaining and has so much action. But after re-reading it I couldn’t find anything that would be scary to a 5 year old or objectionable for their parents. It’s a cool all ages comic book that any age can read, enjoy and want to share with their children or dig into it solo.

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Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales: Africa Edition review

Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales: Africa Edition is 15 African fables drawn in a way that modern comic audiences can enjoy. Fables just sound old, musty and not at all interesting to some people. Parable doesn’t sound much more interesting either. However, Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales manages to make all of these fairy tales and fables fun, teach some lessons and does it all with varied artwork.

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