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Name: Paul Scherer

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April 12, 2013 1:30 pm I have been trying to plant seeds as well with my children. My son has taken to it quite a bit more than my daughter, but she still likes her Tiny Titans and Superman Family Adventures. For me, one of the biggest issues is trying to find appropriate material. I have been buying the kids books for them, but they are few and far between. To help us develop the next crop of comic book lovers, I think we need to see more kids comics at a cheaper price point. It's about making chrachters more accessible to the younger generation.
March 14, 2012 10:26 am 1. I will remember my relationship with comics has been a bumpy one, dropping the hobby a couple of times mainly because I interpreted it as not being "cool," but here I am again, somewhat older, somewhat wiser, and enjoying the hobby more now than I think I ever have. 2. As a boy, I remember picking up issues of Firestorm, Batman & the Outsiders, and Teen Titans from spinner racks in a local store in the town where we vacationed in northern Wisconsin. We were spending the days in the sun, water skiing, and swimming, but at night I would crawl into my sleeping bag, flashlight in hand, and spend some time with my favorite heroes. I must have read those books a thousand times, to the point where those books had no covers. 3. As a teenager, I remember a friend and I decided to check out our local comic shop one day on a whim, and my interest had been renewed again. I left the shop that day with issues of Punisher, Punisher War Journal, and Excalibur, my friend was into TMNT. This started me on my first monthy buying experience, actually keeping up with certain titles, and the excitement of waiting for the next one to arrive. This lasted for a couple of years, but was cut short by the pressures of highschool to "fit in." I had to cut my nerdom down to an acceptible level, so my comics were stored away. 4. I remember tragedy, when during a family move, somehow, my books were lost. 5. I remember, after ten years of not really thinking about comics, I decided to look up comics on the net and coming across a site and deciding to try and replace some of the old comics I had lost. It was like coming home again. 6. I will always remember sharing this hobby with my kids, the three of us huddled together reading the same book, and loving every panel. Hopefully they will become a new generation of comic buyers.