Comics are making a bit of a comeback as of late. Propelled by the success of numerous big screen movies over the last decade , interest is rising.
I grew up loving comics.Something I have commented on before. There was a whole Friday night ritual . It was so cool getting home and sitting down with my pepsi or coke and a bag of chips and enter Gotham or Asgard etc.. and just enjoy the adventures of some of my favorite heroes. The funny thing is , my collection probably had over 10000 thousand dollars in value today. But one cannot cry over comics.The value to me really is irrelevant. They were fun to read . Now I have started to collect some of my favorite titles again and the cool thing is , they are being reproduced so they are affordable for those like me , who jut want to enjoy reading them again. My favorite era is from about mid 60's to the late 80's . I don't really care too much for the "new" ones. They are too grown up if you get my drift.
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Girls can like comics too, you know? But, my thing was Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. I was a later reader than you. I was 6 years old. We don't start school, in New Brunswick, until Grade 1. I remember looking up at the blackboard and boom there it was, I could read.
I was too busy playing and talking, before that, to pay attention. But, I come from a family of voracious readers. I remember being read to, as well. My Mom taught me to read from the hymn book on Sunday mornings, so that I would sit still.
I think my point is I cannot understand people who don't like to read. I'm not talking about people who have reading difficulties. I mean people who simply don't like to sit down and open a book. Maybe because I like words, as well as having a great love for language (see hymnal reading). To each his own, I guess.
FYI, boys can read just as proficiently as girls. You just have to catch their interest. It surprises me that, at 5 1/2 years old, your teacher wasn't marveling at your reading level. I'd be thinking ,"Good, one less boy I have to teach to read and to love reading." Go figure. Love you, Mrs Reg
PS: You know, dear readers, that I don't ever do postscripts but this one is earned. If you're ever in Wolfville, NS go to Rainbow's End on Main St. Great little store. Odds are, you'll run into the Mr Reg.
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