What are you doing to boost the comic book industry?

[Marty B]

I was just wondering if we have some responsibility to keep the comic book industry alive?

 

Personally I've been trying to corrupt as many young readers as possible. I have two daughters that are of reading age (with two younger ones still in diapers). My oldest loves Mad Magazine so I bought her a subscription. The next one down loves Archies so I get my LCS to pull four a month for her.

 

There is a 6 year old kid across the street that loves Spider-man but has never read a comic book so I've been picking up the Marvel Adventures Spiderman flip books they sell here in Canada at the grocery stores and giving them to him. I'm constantly reminding his Mom, "You know you can pick these up each week while getting groceries?".

 

I have another close friend with an 11 year old who I have also started buying the Marvel Adventures Avengers book. Need to start corrupting him some of the DC titles soon too. Can't create another Marvel Zombie.

 

So aside from my own kids. I buy two books a month for other children in the hopes that they will get hooked too.

 

What do you folks do? Donate books to libraries? Spend time in reading groups? Are you a teacher that uses comics to promote reading? Let me know ...

 

Thanks,

 

Ubie X

[s-man]

Well other than buying more books than I should I have given dups or readers to my nephews and some of my friend's kids

[aardvark88]

Hand out Free Comic Bk Day comics or my overstock as treats on Hallowe'en. Gave my nephew a stack of overstock comics when he was 5 yrs old. Now he is a comic junkie & his parents complain about his addiction to me.

[s-man]

Gave my nephew a stack of overstock comics when he was 5 yrs old. Now he is a comic junkie & his parents complain about his addiction to me.

 

Kinda makes me want to give my nephews more!

[Darrell F]

Gave my nephew a stack of overstock comics when he was 5 yrs old. Now he is a comic junkie & his parents complain about his addiction to me.

 

Kinda makes me want to give my nephews more!

 

I try to buy my 6 year old nephew a new comic or two every week. He loves it.

[s-man]

Gave my nephew a stack of overstock comics when he was 5 yrs old. Now he is a comic junkie & his parents complain about his addiction to me.

 

Kinda makes me want to give my nephews more!

 

I try to buy my 6 year old nephew a new comic or two every week. He loves it.

 

Any title in particular?

[Darrell F]

He loves anything with Spider-Man in it so I buy those and the DC kids titles like Teen Titans Go

[ArnoldTBlumberg]

Gracing it with my presence.

[Red Hook]

Gracing it with my presence.

 

What a prince.

[Comicdey]

Gracing it with my presence.

 

Amazing....another helpful hand...sure to keep the industry alive.

 

 

 

I give both my kids comics and their friends.

[Silver Surfer]

Buying expensive books.

[Kevin76]

I stopped buying comics to boost the comic industry...

[Aces]

What are you doing to boost the comic book industry?

 

I bought 30 freaking copies of UFF 30 to get the cover variants!

[ComicSupply]

Gracing it with my presence.

 

Do your feet get wet when you step on water?

[Norrin_Radd]

I stopped buying comics to boost the comic industry...

 

Me too. The industry will only turn around when we thirtysomethings stop buying and they are forced to market comics to kids.

[ArnoldTBlumberg]

It's a strange surface on this planet Houston.

[nearmint]

Several years ago, when my nephew was 9, I gave him a stack of comics. He looked up at me with all sincerity and asked "will these provide positive role models?"

 

I had to think about it.

[Comicdey]

Several years ago, when my nephew was 9, I gave him a stack of comics. He looked up at me with all sincerity and asked "will these provide positive role models?"

 

I had to think about it.

 

 

 

Reminds me of my kids when they see people riding bikes without helmets or smoking.

 

They look at me and say "Daddy, they're making bad choices"......

[goldust40]

Several years ago, when my nephew was 9, I gave him a stack of comics. He looked up at me with all sincerity and asked "will these provide positive role models?"

 

I had to think about it.

 

Slightly precocious, your nephew.

 

As for the thread question - I wrote the odd article about comics and did a couple of interviews for a defunct magazine called Tripwire, which shall be returning as a website (and also an annual book review) in the not too distant future. I'll probably get roped into contributing there, too.

[MK Ultra]

I've been shilling up auctions and pressing books to increase prices.