It's Thursday, right?

Apologies for the non-post last night, but I was sporting a 103-degree fever yesterday/last night, so I figure that gets me off the hook. So...a few more notes about WonderCon after the jump:



1. I mentioned in a previous post that I spent part of the con helping out Scott at his booth. So I'm working the booth and a man and his son come up. Son (about 10) is asking if we have any Gene Colan comics. I look at Son. I look at Dad. This is not the typical request from a 10 year-old. Dad, by way of explanation, mentions that they'd just been at the Colan panel (Gene was a Special Guest of WonderCon this year), and Son was impressed by what a class act Gene was. I point Son in the direction of Daredevil, unsure if we have any of the early issues, and compliment Dad on "raising this boy right!" Dad smiled and said, "We've all gotta do our part, right?"

True enough, Dad. True enough.

2. Which ties in with the discussion going round the blog-o-sphere (but best summarized by Heidi Mac over at The Beat) about where the so-called "next generation of comics readers" is coming from. Really, the same place they always come from: their parents. Sure, I know that most parents who aren't into the hobby aren't going to drag Junior down to the LCS every Wednesday, but I've been hauling my 2 kids (4 and 2) to the shop off and on almost since they were born. And now they're to the age where they're asking for comics themselves. And they have some definite opinions on what they'd like. Son likes Teen Titans Go! while Daughter likes Mickey Mouse (ok, those are a little harder to come by, but we manage somehow). Someday, my little angels are going to decide they want to check out some unholy nonsense like Heroes for Hire, or Witchblade (not that there's necessarily anything wrong with those books; they're just not to my liking), but that's the way of things. We get the kids to where they can make their own choices and then hope they can make good ones. I'm sure my Pop was aghast when I bypassed Donald Duck for Batman or Superman. So, it's all of a cycle, really...