My husband, Chaplain Andrews, is an avid Comic Book Reader. He began reading and collecting comic books right after our twins were born and we were living apart because he had to go to his first assignment as a Chaplain with the 101st at Ft. Campbell when the girls were still recovering from their premature birth.
It was a lonely time for both of us. And he found that his new Comic Book hobby helped to pass the time while we were away.
He has continued to enjoy this hobby and blogs about it at Comic Book Day.
Ever since the girls were little toddlers he has shared this hobby with them. He took time to sit with them and look at his collection. He let them help him sort and arrange his books in boxes.
Here in Germany, he has his comic subscriptions shipped to him. Before he deployed, every time a new shipment would arrive, the girls would anxiously help him open up the box of new comic books.
Now that they are preschoolers he is sharing his hobby with them.
At night, when there is ample time before bed time, he sits in his chair and reads comic books and the girls grab their own comics and sit on the couch to read and look at the colorful pictures.
The girls enjoy Archie Digest and Betty and Veronica as a good start in their comic book hobby. MC especially enjoys this time with her Daddy.
Sharing our hobbies with our children is a wonderful way to spend time together as a family. It definitely Works for Us!
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I love Archie’s comics and got hooked when I first read it when I was 11! You are right, sharing hobbies with family members help us bond with them more. (Aside from reading) I share my hobby of singing songs in the karaoke (via YouTube) with my daughter.
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I love it! How fun and a great way for your children to be exposed to different types of literature.
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They recently did a study about average grade level for comic books and they rated most comic books at roughly a 9th grade reading and vocabulary level with compared to your average cartoon or sitcom that scored at only a 5th grade level.
So good work
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Great idea! I fondly remember my dad’s comic books that he shared with us: Donald Duck, Little Lulu, etc. He also had subscribed to Mad Magazine from 1955 to 1965, so he’d read those to us and explain cultural references that we didn’t “get”. It was a great way to learn about that era in American culture and learn more about what my dad was like when he was younger!
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