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[Victorian Squid]

I didn't sit them in front of the computer and tell them to go through it, I went through all the section of comics I thought they might like and showed them the covers. This is the digital age, grandpa.

You keep telling yourself that and wondering why it didn't work like you wanted then.

Maybe you should just get DonnaMoore to raise your kids, Jude.

[sdsichero]

You should get the reprints of the classic Spidey books like Marvel Tales did, or later reprints, the ones with the classic Gwen Stacy stories and the Green Goblin. When I did the comics sales last summer the kids immediately took to those. Like I posted then, I was really impressed with the kids' choices and taste in comics just from letting them dig through them and make their own choices. Especially the kid who bought out my Astro City Dark Ages books. The adults mostly bought crappy comics.

When I was a kid I went to the library and borrowed those huge Batman and Superman encyclopedia things. Loved those. Also Marvel put out these pocket-sized books of reprints starting from issue #1. They did this for FF and Dr. Strange too (I'm sure other titles too but they are not coming to mind). I loved those. Those really cemented my love for comics.

[sdsichero]

"Look, Owly is walking to the forest. He's still walking. Still walking. He looks sad." It sounds much stupider read out loud.

1. It might sound stupid to you, but maybe not to them.
2. Get some damn imagination. Better yet get Amy or DonnaMoore to do it. You can't be trusted.

[Victorian Squid]

Oh and Jude--don't look at the so-called digital age as so dichotomous or "either/or". Learn to use the best resources you have available both online and offline in tandem instead.

[DonnaMoore]

I didn't sit them in front of the computer and tell them to go through it, I went through all the section of comics I thought they might like and showed them the covers. This is the digital age, grandpa.

Kids don't get the concept of delayed gratification -- not until they get to elementary school. Showing them a cover image they won't actually see for months means nothing to them. It has all the reality of a Grant Morrison drug induced book. But a book they pick off the rack and can immediately look at does giventhem something they understand.

[Victorian Squid]

Kids don't get the concept of delayed gratification -- not until they get to elementary school. Showing them a cover image they won't actually see for months means nothing to them. It has all the reality of a Grant Morrison drug induced book. But a book they pick off the rack and can immediately look at does giventhem something they understand.

Despite that working for decades, Jude apparently lives in some futuristic world where no one leaves the house (and it shows).

[sdsichero]

I didn't sit them in front of the computer and tell them to go through it, I went through all the section of comics I thought they might like and showed them the covers. This is the digital age, grandpa.

Maybe you just have really crappy taste in comics?

And I'm sure they would have appreciated a title besides "X-Men Forever" to choose from.

[S.F. Jude Terror]

Kids don't get the concept of delayed gratification -- not until they get to elementary school. Showing them a cover image they won't actually see for months means nothing to them. It has all the reality of a Grant Morrison drug induced book. But a book they pick off the rack and can immediately look at does giventhem something they understand.

But what they want is, when my box of comics arrives each week, to get something took and enjoy that experience with me, which is why I'm trying to find something to order along with my regular order.

Also, Amy would kick my ass if I started making regular trips to the comic ship in addition to ordering online.

[sdsichero]

Despite that working for decades, Jude apparently lives in some futuristic world where no one leaves the house (and it shows).

Don't be mean.

He can't leave the house.

[sdsichero]

But what they want is, when my box of comics arrives each week, to get something took and enjoy that experience with me, which is why I'm trying to find something to order along with my regular order.

Also, Amy would kick my ass if I started making regular trips to the comic ship in addition to ordering online.

heh. well we know who's in charge.

(Always did though)

[S.F. Jude Terror]

Despite that working for decades, Jude apparently lives in some futuristic world where no one leaves the house (and it shows).

I'd say you're incorrect. In actuality, kids got into comics because they had them in places like grocery stores or pharmacies, places they'd go with their parents that were boring, where comics stand out as the most exciting thing in the place. Comic shops aren't exactly kid-friendly, especially today.

[Victorian Squid]

Don't be mean.

He can't leave the house.

Too far!

Seriously though, once they've made some choices in the real world handling real objects, then the reality of ordering them to go in Daddy's monthly box or even picking new books online would be something they'd grasp, I'm sure.

Like I said above, combine your resources both digitally and IRL--just like they will be doing when your kids are in actual school.

Except in New Jersey, of course, where I gather they just give them some blunt pieces of wood to bang together.

[S.F. Jude Terror]

Too far!

Seriously though, once they've made some choices in the real world handling real objects, then the reality of ordering them to go in Daddy's monthly box or even picking new books online would be something they'd grasp, I'm sure.

Like I said above, combine your resources both digitally and IRL--just like they will be doing when your kids are in actual school.

I've already begun training LOLtron to home-school my kids.

[S.F. Jude Terror]

I think I'm just going to get my kids an iPhone, then they can read comics digitally and use facebook too.

[S.F. Jude Terror]

I'll read Owly to them via tweet.