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    NCPMom #114456 10/21/11 05:32 PM
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    My kids love the Dan Dare series (they're reprints of old British ones, set in the future--like about 2015!--so they're unintentionally hilarious).

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    When DS was at that particular hurdle I found a trove of old Disney comics at Half Price Books for a quarter apiece. (Mostly Donald Duck, some Goofy etc.) He read them until they fell apart. He liked Peanuts at that stage too.

    He then moved to Diary of a Wimpy Kid, still likes Big Nate. The Ellie McDoodle series is a lot like these, but about a girl.

    He's over the intense need for pictures now, but for a while it drove my shopping.

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    Originally Posted by NCPMom
    LOL - thanks - think we'll be checking it out this evening ! smile I don't think he's read big Nate - but he should, it's almost his own name smile

    How did it turn out? Comic book stores can be great.

    NCPMom #114473 10/21/11 09:53 PM
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    DS reads the Captain Underpants books he has till they fall apart, over and over...i swear he recites them in his sleep ( I for one can't stand them but I listen anyhow ). He also loves Sonic, Archie, and all the little thin magazines in the kids section ( glossy pages ) that are cartoon in nature. He reads them for quick times he doesn't want to sit down with his novels, or wants some quick entertainment.
    Hitting up a comic book store is a great idea! (I may try and look one up next time we head to the bigger city away from middle of nowhereville we live in )

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    Originally Posted by Val
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    LOL - thanks - think we'll be checking it out this evening ! smile I don't think he's read big Nate - but he should, it's almost his own name smile

    How did it turn out? Comic book stores can be great.

    I think he was a bit overwhelmed in the store - there was alot to look at (they also sell sports cards, and he was disappointed that they didn't have any soccer cards). He picked out a couple, and got some freebies - but they haven't been as big a hit as I was hoping frown

    NCPMom #115314 11/02/11 09:56 AM
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    NCPMom, have you tried horrible science magazines? It has a comic book style to it. My youngest dd is just crazy about these. It has stories, science facts, plenty of pictures, comes with a goody (like a little plastic skeleton they put together) The only thing if he is sensitive about gross things he may not like it.
    Good luck smile


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    No one's mentioned Peanuts! Peanuts can keep you busy a LONG time.

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    My son loved Missle Mouse graphic novels.

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    More a graphic novel, but my son love The Secret Science Alliance. His copy is literally dog-eared. We also do comic book stores-one comic a week, usually anything in a kids version that has to do with Green Lantern!

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    Old Popeye comics are good too. I read a ton of them when I was younger.

    That, Calvin and Hobbes, Peanuts, and Bloom County. Bloom County was big when I was in 7th grade.

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