Today was Halloween ComicFest at comic book shops all over the country. It is sort of a mini Free Comic Book Day with a Halloween theme. Our local shop, wild Time Comics pulled out all the stops and got all decorated for the event. I didn’t actually get to see it all in person but I’ll get to that. I wrote about the event over at the Cooper and Kid site, Catch, as part of my Play column. I was very excited to bring Eva to get comics that I didn’t even stop to think how people would be dressed up to get the comics. That was a detail I should have thought about.
I’ve cut down my comic book subscriptions to fit into our budget. I was collecting a number of titles but when it comes down to it I like the Transformers titles the best and I buy My Little Pony for Eva and I to enjoy together. There are some titles that I’ll check out in digital format or if something very exciting comes out I may pick it up. I think it is important to continue to support comic book stores and physical comics. While they take up a lot of space and cost more there is nothing like reading your favorite comic books.
I have a bunch of them and when the kids are old enough to handle them with care then they can read my whole Transformers collection. I hope that comic book stores continue to survive so the kids can experience going in, choosing a book and finding a world that they can escape into for a while.
