the copy i read was from the library XD i dunno which it was.
probably? it's funny though. you actually get comic books for the strip too. all the garfield strips are collected in books, and i guess probably calvin and hobbes too. i used to read those two and pearls before swine (to the point where i cut them out of the newspaper to keep. i think i still have them. i meant to use them for creative purposes.) and then you have comic books that are just...comic books. in sweden there's this comic book series called eva&adam about this boy and girl in school (7th through 9th grade i think) who like each other and become girlfriend&boyfriend and they have friends and they break up and get togther again and it's a really, really good comic book. they made a tv-series based on it as well. that one's def. YA, though i've half a mind to go check them out of the library and dvelve into them again. XD
i actually grew up with comic books. i read spiderman and superman comics from the 70s, i watched the batman cartoon on tv, i had a subscription for donald duck, i read lucky luke and tintin and i borrowed comic books from the library (such as the eva&adam i mentioned before, but also valhalla (which is awesome) and various other comic books). most of the comic books i read as a kid were aimed at kids or YA. but they've always been a natural part of reading for me, which is why i guess i never really had any negative feelings towards them? because i never had to be "introduced" to comics and never had to be told "it's actually for adults too" or anything of the sort, because i already knew it was readable, and already knew that comic books can tell really complex stories.
i know what you mean about adult troubles and comic books - the kiddie ones i used to read, i'd read these days as a form of escapism, because they're for entertainment (tintin!) and fun. they might have a moral lecture or a point or whatever, but they're not really ~deep or complex. it all depends on type of book. some superhero comics are aimed at a younger crowed (like the avengers adventure something whatever it is which is very kiddie in its approach) but then you've got ultimates, which i wouldn't want my little sister to read.
haha yeah. i feel kind of sorry for those people. when i meet them, i try to "educate" them in a way that doesn't make them feel stupid or lesser or anything for reading comic books. it doesn't always work. i'll just have to accept that not everyone is as openminded towards literature as i am. XD
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Date: 2013-04-19 12:33 pm (UTC)probably? it's funny though. you actually get comic books for the strip too. all the garfield strips are collected in books, and i guess probably calvin and hobbes too. i used to read those two and pearls before swine (to the point where i cut them out of the newspaper to keep. i think i still have them. i meant to use them for creative purposes.)
and then you have comic books that are just...comic books. in sweden there's this comic book series called eva&adam about this boy and girl in school (7th through 9th grade i think) who like each other and become girlfriend&boyfriend and they have friends and they break up and get togther again and it's a really, really good comic book. they made a tv-series based on it as well. that one's def. YA, though i've half a mind to go check them out of the library and dvelve into them again. XD
i actually grew up with comic books. i read spiderman and superman comics from the 70s, i watched the batman cartoon on tv, i had a subscription for donald duck, i read lucky luke and tintin and i borrowed comic books from the library (such as the eva&adam i mentioned before, but also valhalla (which is awesome) and various other comic books). most of the comic books i read as a kid were aimed at kids or YA. but they've always been a natural part of reading for me, which is why i guess i never really had any negative feelings towards them? because i never had to be "introduced" to comics and never had to be told "it's actually for adults too" or anything of the sort, because i already knew it was readable, and already knew that comic books can tell really complex stories.
i know what you mean about adult troubles and comic books - the kiddie ones i used to read, i'd read these days as a form of escapism, because they're for entertainment (tintin!) and fun. they might have a moral lecture or a point or whatever, but they're not really ~deep or complex. it all depends on type of book. some superhero comics are aimed at a younger crowed (like the avengers adventure something whatever it is which is very kiddie in its approach) but then you've got ultimates, which i wouldn't want my little sister to read.
haha yeah. i feel kind of sorry for those people. when i meet them, i try to "educate" them in a way that doesn't make them feel stupid or lesser or anything for reading comic books. it doesn't always work. i'll just have to accept that not everyone is as openminded towards literature as i am. XD