Before I start this I will completely say that I am a biased person. I love all-age comics. I had someone proclaim to me recently: “I wish they would stop calling children comics the future of the industry, I don’t care what children read! They don't need these stories.”. I am still baffled by what I heard. How can you hate something that creates a new fan base for future comic book readers? Rather than yell: “GIVE KRYPTO A CHANCE,”.
I wanted to talk about the reasons are fantastic for your all age comics for your kiddos, and why it's becoming a vital part of the comics industry. In a time when comic book sales are falling flat, the rise of children's comics may be the savior we need.
More than ever, teachers and librarians are spearheading
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Wertham even wrote about “the gay subtext” in the Batman and Robin stories, Superman was a un-American fascist, and Wonder Woman was a lesbian... but here’s the main kicker.
He also attempted to link comics to illiteracy.
For many years, Wertham's anti-comic crusade left a lasting mark on American educators for years to come as meaningless funny pages. The accusations that they harmed literacy grew into a widespread concern. It was thought that comics would only weaken readers, and would turn away at the idea of traditional novels, and leave their literary development in the dust. So when did this change?
By the 1970s, the comics industry was writing for older readers who once read these 'edgy' comics as children, but had no interest in the stuffy collar comics that were being presented. Newspapers would soon write articles in big, bold lettering exclaiming: “COMICS: NOT FOR KIDS ANYMORE!”. As gritty comics became the norm of storytelling while leaving Archie at the bottom of many comic subscriber's short boxes. When the Comics Code Revision of 1971 helped usher in the comics we know of today for adult