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Today is, once again, Free Comic Book Day! Comic book stores around the U.S. are giving away free copies of comics that a variety of publishers have created just for the occasion. Aside from the obvious pleasure of picking up a free comic (or two, or more, depending on the store), is the nature of…

OK, so maybe you haven’t picked up a comic book since you were 12, and you’re so past that; or maybe you’ve never picked up a comic book and you’re so beyond that; or maybe you just associate comics with steroidal aberrations in spandex bashing into one another like runaway freight trains and you’re so…

Update: This year’s Free Comic Book Day! is past, but you may still find this post worth reading, both for my suggestions for why comic books may be more interesting that you suspect, and my introduction to comic book specialty shops. Here are some photos from the event at Captain Blue Hen in Delaware from…

Now here’s a terrific idea. Toon Books is an imprint of Candlewick Press dedicated to “Easy to read comics” aimed at early readers. Divided into three levels for grades K-1, grades 1-2 and grades 2-3, the comics are meant to be tools to encourage reading both in the home and in the classroom. Titles include…