Are kids still reading comics?
I thought it was all middle-aged collectors nowadays.
“Are kids still reading comics?”
Yep,all ages——only they are called graphic novels now-——some are quite good.
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There are some lines that are specifically targeted toward younger kids - they typically tie into an animation version of the same thing. Usually the animation comes first - similar to what happened with hanna Barbara in the 60s the comics came very quickly after the cartoons or were released after work had already started on the cartoons.
Unfortunately I see comics dying off in the US after the next generation because they aren’t mass retailing them anymore. You don’t see them on a spinner rack in the grocery/drug store anymore so kids don’t get to leaf through them the way we used to while “mom and dad were shopping”. The change in distribution in the 80s helped kill off the CCA and change the industry - but it also took away most kids access to the genre.
There have been a couple minor hints that this might change - Walmart just did a deal with DC starting in August to put out a set of comics that are only available in their store.