http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2005/02/07/how-comic-books-have-abandoned-children/ Daily updates from the blog division of Quill & Quire, Canada's magazine of book news and reviews Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2005/02/07/how-comic-books-have-abandoned-children/comment-page-1/#comment-30 beguiling Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:57:04 +0000 #comment-30 As a point of clarification to the article, I feel that we should point out that the main thrust of the article, that comics have abandoned kids, is only true in an incredibly narrow and focussed way, that newsstand distribution of comics for children by publishers like Marvel and DC has dried up almost completely. However, there are _tons_ of comics on the racks and finding kids through alternate means of distribution and alternate formats! The principal creator interviewed in the article, Jay Stephens, has issues a number of clarifications of his comments here: http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/letters/920/ and here: http://comics.212.net/2005_02_01_archive.shtml#110788310534748716 At The Beguiling, comics for intended for a young readers market have been our largest growth area in 2004, and thanks to the planned expansion of the market are looking to top our charts again in 2005! Best, - The Beguiling Staff As a point of clarification to the article, I feel that we should point out that the main thrust of the article, that comics have abandoned kids, is only true in an incredibly narrow and focussed way, that newsstand distribution of comics for children by publishers like Marvel and DC has dried up almost completely. However, there are _tons_ of comics on the racks and finding kids through alternate means of distribution and alternate formats! The principal creator interviewed in the article, Jay Stephens, has issues a number of clarifications of his comments here: http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/letters/920/ and here: http://comics.212.net/2005_02_01_archive.shtml#110788310534748716 At The Beguiling, comics for intended for a young readers market have been our largest growth area in 2004, and thanks to the planned expansion of the market are looking to top our charts again in 2005! Best, – The Beguiling Staff

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