THAT COMIC SMELL: Comics aimed at children

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In this we tackle “Comics aimed at Children”, we didn’t go massively in depth but just touched some of our favourites, and had a brief chat about what classes as all ages and should the libraries review how the classify comics ages.

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Adventure Time (Various, Pendleton Ward)
Animaniacs
Asterix (Albert Uderzo, René Goscinny, Jean-Yves Ferri, Didier Conrad)
Babysitters Club (Raina Telgemeier, Gale Galligan)
Batman: Gotham Adventures (Ty Templeton, Rick Burchett, Terry Beatty)
Be Prepared (Vera Brosgol)
Beano
Beezer
Bone (Jeff Smith)
Broons and Oor Wullie
Calvin and Hobbes (Bill Watterson)
Count Duckula
Crunch
Dandy
Dear Justice League (Michael Northrop, Gustavo Duarte)
Dick Tracy (Chester Gould)
Dino Riders
Disneytime
Dragonball (Akira Toriyama)
Fantastic Four (Stan Lee, Jack Kirby)
Fantasy Sports No.1 (Sam Bosma)
Fast Forward (Various)
Franklin Richards: Not-So-Secret Invasion (Chris Eliopoulos, Marc Sumerak)
He-man
Hilda (Luke Pearson)
Hoot
Jungle Book (Gil Kane, Mary Jo Duffy, Craig Russel)
Little Heroes Anthology (Various)
Lookin (Various)
Looney Tunes
Lucky Luke (René Goscinny, Morris)
Mini Marvels (Chris Giarrusso)
Nutty
Panini Pocket Books (Marvel)
Peanuts (Charles Schultz)
Pokemon
Popeye (IDW Reprint)
Roland Rat Annuals
Science Comics: Dogs (Andy Hirsch)
Simpsons
Sisters (Raina Telgemeier)
Smile (Raina Telgemeier)
Space Ghost (Alex Toth)
Spike
Spirou & Fantasio (Various)
Thundercats
Tin Tin (Hergé)
Topper
Transformers
Visionaries
Wild Lives (Claire Hubbard)
World of Quest (Jason t. Kruse)
X-men Adventures"

SCOTLAND IN COMICS 7

Scottish Comics is a nice journal put out by Napier University recently. It is well illustrated with lots of D.C. Thomson comics pages. The writing includes pieces from Alan Grant and Mel Gibson who are always worth reading.

The preface from Alistair McCleery contains this sentence; "Are we claiming that comics are literature? No, simply that they carry meaning beyond their basic narrative." which lets you know where they're coming from.

Here are some of the selections (click for larger versions):

I remember Wilson fondly from when he was revived in Spike in the 1980s as "The Man in Black". Ian Kennedy does his usual great job on Tough of the Pool. And The Four Marys seems to be known by every woman in Britain of a certain age.

You can order a copy of Scottish Comics here.