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This might be one of my favourite videos from your channel. I've always been in a fix while trying to introduce comics to the younger members of my family and this is just what I needed.
Thank you so much! I'm actually a fan of all-ages and children's works when done really well, in prose, comics, and animation. Some stuff 'purely' for kids can be brain numbing, but when something is sharp and clever and generous like these books are, it's as good as anything else!
I really enjoyed this. I am language teacher always looking for stimulating books for my students. I am sure you've read more Amulet since. I finished reading the first volume in Spanish because it's my second language and it's excellent. Just starting out on volume 2. Graphic Novels and comics are perfect for learning languages.
They are indeed! The learning is more directly wired in somehow, and I myself attribute a significant portion of my English-language acquisition to reading English comics as a kid. Your teaching approach sounds wonderful.
Another great video... I would love to buy the Uncle Scrooge comics but at initial glance in Amazon it looks like some are already out of print and some are exorbitantly priced. I need to do a bit more digging on those. I am also interested in Amulet... will check it out soon. Thanks!
Thank you! Re: the Barks volumes, if you try to get the 2-volume slipcased, box sets, those seem to go out of print very quick, but I've always been able to find the standalone volumes at decent prices so far. But then again I usually preorder them (they come out two a year and are planned for over a dozen years). Fantagraphics has seen a lot of success with these, just like with the complete Peanuts sets, so I think you can still find most of them within that 30 dollar mark, even here in India!
Is it Calvin nd Hobbes in the bottom shelf on your left?🤔 Is the omnibus worth buying? I am highly skeptical as I think it wont have the same impact as reading one strip at a time.
Yes, that's he complete Calvin and Hobbes paperback edition, which is four volumes (the hardcover was three, obviously thicker, volumes). Each volume is the same size as one of those collections like 'The Days are Just Packed', just thicker, so they preserve the reading of the strips quite well. What I love most is not just the fact that it is complete - so not just the quotable quotes but the quiet, philosophical ones as well - but also that it is chronological. There's a real pleasure in going from spring to summer through Halloween, and Christmas and back around with Calvin.
I certainly don't think there's any way Calvin and Hobbes can be boring for me. In fact, you may mine unexpected richness when you see them flow from one to another. And like many daily strips, there are continuing 'storylines' often, related and linked episodes that are a real treat to read in sequence.
For ages 4-10, I would have mentioned: _The Smurfs,_ and _Asterix & Obelix_ ( with honorable mentions to any of the following classics from the franco-belgian school, available via cinebook: _Billy & Buddy,_ _Spirou & Fantasio,_ _Marsupilami,_ _Gomer Goof,_ and _Lucky Luke_ ).
I love _Asterix_ as well as the _The Smurfs_ ! But there's so many I could have mentioned - that's one of the great pleasure/pains of making lists, and of course personal nostalgia always can overwhelm everything else. Here, as I mentioned, I focused on works that I feel could really speak to contemporary kids based on my experience with nephews, nieces and kids of friends! Cheers!
Still waiting for your top 10 updated comics for kids. Love this format of putting comics by age group. I gifted my nephew zita series because of ur review
Thank you so much for this! Hilda was on my list anyway. Will definitely introduce these books to my daughter. She patiently sat through the entire video and now wants to read all that you recommended. Here's her comment: "Could you please review My Little Pony because it is one of my favourite characters."~Ayaat
Aha, a repeat request! I'm seriously considering it. But Isn't it better to see them a few books at a time, over many many years into the future 😀? Wouldn't me going over shelves just be boring and show-offy?
Thanks for making this video! This is a domain of our beloved hobby that I am not familiar enough with. And I am an educator who works with elementary grade kids! I am always at lost when trying to suggest reading materials to kids or they parents. Most modern comics are way too violent for younger readers. Aside from the vintage stuff (John Stanley's work, Carl Barks's work, and other Dell Comics classics), I don't know enough. One series I like very much for young readers, but I don't know if it was ever translated from it's original french to english is an anthropomorphic series called ARIOL, by Emmanuel Guibert and Marc Boutavant, about a typical suburb boy donkey and his friends who live a normal everyday life, go to school, have normal schoolboy troubles and adventures. I highly recommend it. And I agree with you 100%, Carl Barks' Uncle Scrooge is the bst thing that ever came out of any Disney comics.
Rangersly That’s great that you get to work with students! I recommend checking out the lists of publishers First Second (great all ages lists, and many divided by age group, from what I remember of their Web site) and Scholastic., who are putting out some stellar books. There’s a lot out there, and of course, I hope this video helped a bit! 🙂
Oh, and I haven't seen ARIOL around - did you say 'typical suburb boy donkey'? There's a fair number of Guibert translations available though, coincidentally (!) many by First Second. I have a bunch of his 'Sardine in Space' volumes for kids, but also his books for older readers (like The Professor's Daughter with Joann Sfar and Alan's War. Doesn't he also have a number of collaborations with Lewis Trondheim? I see Guibert, Sfar and Trondheim named together quite often, it seems to me, but maybe it's mainly the Sardine in Space series?
@@ftloc I am not surprised, Emmanuel Guibert is one of the best writers in french language comics. As for Ariol, it was even made into an animated cartoon. Here's a link to one of my favorite episode (it is in french, but you'll get the idea how the characters look like) : ruclips.net/video/8VeuxR5PVl0/видео.html
Haha 🤭. Re: weeklies or monthlies, I believe there's plenty for a pull list in the North American market, but in India (where I am) and other places like that, collected editions and OGNs tend to be far more available and accessible.
Hi! i am 13 year old and i just started to get interested in reading comics and story books by youtube! And also i am a supper lasy person who kept scrolling in phone for hours...and whenever i am done i always thought that i have wasted alotttt of time in phone and i'll always tell myself that i will study but just like that , i just kept scrolling on phone and i just felt horrible ...and after i found a video about journaling so i just order a journal notebook for that and that's how i just kinda having more feeling to books, comics and etc. So i love art sooooooooooooooo much! I always find comics so interesting! But i just never bought them... and after a long time i started to think that i am just wasting my time in stupid things... and so i finally decided to go on internet and get some story books and etc, so thanks you verrrryyyy much for this video! Hope you'll be safe! And thanks you for reading my comment!❤
It is sometimes difficult to resist TV and video games, but I think if you make a little time every day to read, and read things you enjoy, you will find yourself doing more and more of it. You just need to get used to it, but it is a problem that everyone faces, not just young people! Good luck! 😁
I've just got around to watching this after you shared it with me, and I realised that I had in fact watched it before! 😅 It reminded me of Owly though, and that's something I want to try with my little boy for sure.
I have a 6 year old. He is an advanced reader. Graphic novels/comics he loves are: Dogman Captain Underpants Hilda Little Robot Sardine series Pokémon Powerpuff Girls Ariol Catsronauts Popeye Sonic the Hedgehog What we own, but haven’t read yet are: Amulet Bone Tintin Ghost Sisters I have read Anya’s Ghost, El Deafo, and they are both excellent. As are, Being Prepared, Suees Shadow, Rollergirl.
@@ftloc I gave Owly to my daughter last night. She looked at briefly and then moved on to something else. This morning, without prompting, she curled up in a chair with it and carefully "read" the whole thing. Definitely a big hit, so again, thanks for the recommendation.
Love your channel. Reading Pluto because of you. My 6-y-o reads and sees Tintin books incessantly without completely understanding the complexities of the plot. E.g., she doesn't understand why anyone would kidnap anybody, why someone is stealing or why someone is getting angry. She is obsessed though. Is 6 a good age for Tintin?
Thank you so much! As for your daughter, yes, I think it's completely fine to read things one doesn't completely 'get' yet, as long as you enjoy it and the 'difficulty' doesn't turn you off reading. In fact I think that is where a lot of learning can happen. So maybe Tintin will be the place where your daughter learns about (or at least gets introduced to) concepts like kidnapping and rescue, crime and law, heroism and friendship, etc. That is definitely the way it worked for me and I strongly recommend more 'aspirational' reading practices (read above your 'level' as long as you enjoy it!) to foster the love of exploration that is such a part of it! 😁
That's a very good question! I thought long and hard on it and decided that I would choose all these books before Tintin to give to young kids today. It's not that I think Tintin is unsuitable for kids, but there would need to be some caveats and explaining I would do with Tintin for a kid, whereas all the books here would need no disclaimers or contextualization at all. If I was making a Top 20 I think Tintin would definitely feature in there, but for a Top 5 I really focused on works that you don't need to make even the slightest excuses for, if that makes sense?
@@ftloc okay yes! That's almost what I was guessing! I was thinking of certain racial representations and the use of certain characters and locations that would need a little more historical context to make complete sense! So yes I would probably have to select specific Tintin titles for kids instead of giving the whole set all at once!
@@DiptarupGhoshDastidar Yes, exactly. A more curated and annotated approach, perhaps, which makes it a series still good for kids, but not better than the ones that top this list! 😁
Mainly because I haven't read much of them - I've seen some books from each series and I know a couple of kids who love them, and they seem charming. But they haven't impressed me at the level these comics listed here have. I know that kids will probably have different standards, but for this list, I was also thinking of comics I think are an excellent use/ expansion of the comics form, and comics I could see setting high expectations from the medium later on in life, if that makes sense.
Other Franco Belgian series of albums like Lucky Luke and The Bluecoats would definitely tickle your fancy! And always I'd recommend Bone, by Jeff Smith, an epic fantasy series that I have a couple of videos on here: ruclips.net/p/PLf2B7UoR9NKVfbNCOOBF0z89dkX5OGXwW if you're interested!
There are 10 books in the Don Rosa library and more than 15 so far in the Barks library. You don't need to read them all or in order. The prices vary but should be around the 20024 dollar mark, In India, that's usually between 1500 and 2000 each. So yeah, not cheap, but they're good for a lifetime 😁
I had the pleasure of drawing the Adventures of Nakul ,magic in mussorie and working on the sequel. . It's has a mix of adventure , history and education . Apt for young readers age between 7 to 20 and Older readers as well.
@@ftloc Thanks !! The lettering part was outsourced and we weren't really satisfied about .It was our first attempt , the second one is going to be on a very different level compared I terms of characters and backgrounds panel layouts etc .
Barks and Rosa made masterpieces. But are there other writer artists in Disney comics who match their triumphs? Especially American ones, because I know there are many European Disney comics not available in English...
@@ftloc Yes, I know the Italian comics are also pretty good and also created their own mythos with Donald's secret identity as Paperinik or PowerDuck as it was translated in english, and the Phantom Blot (among many other things).
That is so great to hear, and i will wholeheartedly agree! If you're interested, check out my Top 10 Gateway Comics video, which also contains books that work well, and are even used in some curriculum! Cheers!
I'll have to take a look; thank you for the recommendation! I don't have children myself, but good comics are good comics, and I really appreciate the best of 'younger reader' work being able to do and achieve things that are quite difficult. Cheers!
In order of appearance they are from: Zot! by Scott McCloud; George Sprott by Seth; a pin-up by Richard Sala; Acme Novelty Library/ Rusty Brown by Chris Ware; Black Hole by Charles Burns; Watchmen by Dave Gibbons (and Alan Moore); Batman Year One by David Mazzuchelli (and Frank Miller); The Lincoln County War by Rick Geary; Love and Rockets by Jaime Hernandez (this story); American Splendor (art here by Robert Crumb, written by Harvey Pekar); Age of Reptiles by Ricardo Delgado; Polina by Bastien Vives; Bone by Jeff Smith; Hilda by Luke Pearson; I Killed Adolf Hitler by Jason; Castle Waiting by Linda Medley; Mouse Guard by David Petersen; Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley; Mind MGMT by Matt Kindt; and Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai. I've been able to cover several of these works or creators on this channel, but several more remain!
Unfortunately, most of the slipcases seem to be out of print, or at least unavailable here in India. The hardcovers inside them, for the most, still seem to be available though - just search for 'Don Rosa Library' or 'Carl Barks' and 'Fantagraphics' and you should see the, Order doesn't really matter since they are mainly short stories, with a few notable exceptions (like the 12 issue Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck by Don Rosa). I hope this helps a bit!
@@ftloc I'm referring www.fantagraphics.com/returntoplainawful/?sef_rewrite=1#/category/1403 as base since it seems not a consolidate place of info will check Reddit for more info thanks for your help anyways
For full lists of ISBNs, books and boxes, Wikipedia is actually quite good: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Carl_Barks_Disney_Library en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Don_Rosa_Library
OWLY!!!! UNCA SCROOGE!!! Especially Rosa's Life & Times. Haven't read Zita or Hilda: HAVE added to my 'find' list. Bone--'beloved and now classic!' Which is when the prunes kicked in--! Mouse Guard! Hmmm...haven't read Anya's Ghost, Little Lit OR Ghosts; will look for'm. Amulet indeed seems like a [glorious] mishmash--didn't impress me enough to read further. But hey: I also like and recommend...GON (a little, very fierce T-Rex [another 'silent' comic]), Amelia Rules (pre-teen's life in a new neighborhood after divorce), Phoebe and Her Unicorn (a remarkably drably titled series of remarkably warm and funny and happily illustrated relationships of a pre-teen, her parents (very cool parents) and "her" unicorn, Marigold Heavenly Nostrils). I also VERY much like Clan Apis, a graphics novel about bees...from a worker-bee's point of view, not at all 'above or beyond' a youngster's appreciation. [NB: Stan Sakai contributed to one of the monthly-issue's covers]. We both know there're more, but these are those I thought of, watching your most recent very fine video!
Thanks for the excellent sounding suggestions! The only one I know is Clan Apis, which I consider superlative. I’ll have to check the others out, are they relatively easy to find, do you know?
Well sure they're easy to find: Gon is on the tall bookcase near the couch, Amelia and Phoebe are in the smaller bookcase across the room, and...oh.... well: they're all in 'graphics novel/collected' form and I'd think readily available anywhere you might find Bone. But then, we're an ocean (or two?) apart, so I might well be wrong. But still--Phoebe and Amelia are pretty well known in the US (I think--) and Gon is Japanese, so if it's here in the US, I'd expect it to be available world-wide. Just did a quick search via Amazon and all three are listed...good luck!
@@ftloc heyy thankss, ya know.. Totally helped me pick some books for my little sister. She's in 2nd grade and reads my Enid Blyton books. (She was reluctant at first, but took it up quick❣️😂) But she always tells me to get her comics. She likes that more. So I've chose some.. 🥰tnx
In my list videos, i generally leave out books that i have talked about before in detail, particularly my all time favorites. That way I get to talk about more comics instead of repeating myself. So Bone is definitely a 'super honorable mention' because I have half a dozen videos on that one series alone! 😁
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Timestamps for this video:
00:00 Introduction - 5 Great Comics for Young Readers
00:35 Main Titles
00:45 Caveats
02:32 #1/5
03:45 #2/5
05:23 #3/5
06:23 #4/5
07:53 #5/5
09:12 Honorable Mentions
10:47 ‘Deep Thoughts’
This might be one of my favourite videos from your channel. I've always been in a fix while trying to introduce comics to the younger members of my family and this is just what I needed.
Arindam Sen I’m so glad! And as I say in the video, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
This was a great video list. Awesome video for parents looking for books to read with their kids. Nice work sir.
Thank you so much! I'm actually a fan of all-ages and children's works when done really well, in prose, comics, and animation. Some stuff 'purely' for kids can be brain numbing, but when something is sharp and clever and generous like these books are, it's as good as anything else!
Another masterfully eloquent and informative video on a great topic. Will be checking out these great pics thank you
Thank you! What are you leaning towards trying out right now?
Please do an updated top 10 list. My 8 year old loves comics and your video was so so helpful.
Now that's the kind of request that is hard to ignore! Better get cracking!
I really enjoyed this. I am language teacher always looking for stimulating books for my students. I am sure you've read more Amulet since. I finished reading the first volume in Spanish because it's my second language and it's excellent. Just starting out on volume 2. Graphic Novels and comics are perfect for learning languages.
They are indeed! The learning is more directly wired in somehow, and I myself attribute a significant portion of my English-language acquisition to reading English comics as a kid. Your teaching approach sounds wonderful.
Great vid, thank you. Would you recommend Hilda for adults too?
bnzps Unequivocally, yes! 😀
For the Love of Comics great - I was hoping you'd say that. Keep up the good work :)
Thanks so much; that’s very appreciated!
Another great video... I would love to buy the Uncle Scrooge comics but at initial glance in Amazon it looks like some are already out of print and some are exorbitantly priced. I need to do a bit more digging on those. I am also interested in Amulet... will check it out soon. Thanks!
Thank you! Re: the Barks volumes, if you try to get the 2-volume slipcased, box sets, those seem to go out of print very quick, but I've always been able to find the standalone volumes at decent prices so far. But then again I usually preorder them (they come out two a year and are planned for over a dozen years). Fantagraphics has seen a lot of success with these, just like with the complete Peanuts sets, so I think you can still find most of them within that 30 dollar mark, even here in India!
Fabulous stuff brother! 🤘🏼
Thank you, glad you liked it!
Is it Calvin nd Hobbes in the bottom shelf on your left?🤔
Is the omnibus worth buying?
I am highly skeptical as I think it wont have the same impact as reading one strip at a time.
Yes, that's he complete Calvin and Hobbes paperback edition, which is four volumes (the hardcover was three, obviously thicker, volumes). Each volume is the same size as one of those collections like 'The Days are Just Packed', just thicker, so they preserve the reading of the strips quite well. What I love most is not just the fact that it is complete - so not just the quotable quotes but the quiet, philosophical ones as well - but also that it is chronological. There's a real pleasure in going from spring to summer through Halloween, and Christmas and back around with Calvin.
@@ftloc Would it be boring to read the strips in one strech?
I certainly don't think there's any way Calvin and Hobbes can be boring for me. In fact, you may mine unexpected richness when you see them flow from one to another. And like many daily strips, there are continuing 'storylines' often, related and linked episodes that are a real treat to read in sequence.
For ages 4-10, I would have mentioned: _The Smurfs,_ and _Asterix & Obelix_ ( with honorable mentions to any of the following classics from the franco-belgian school, available via cinebook: _Billy & Buddy,_ _Spirou & Fantasio,_ _Marsupilami,_ _Gomer Goof,_ and _Lucky Luke_ ).
I love _Asterix_ as well as the _The Smurfs_ ! But there's so many I could have mentioned - that's one of the great pleasure/pains of making lists, and of course personal nostalgia always can overwhelm everything else. Here, as I mentioned, I focused on works that I feel could really speak to contemporary kids based on my experience with nephews, nieces and kids of friends! Cheers!
Still waiting for your top 10 updated comics for kids. Love this format of putting comics by age group. I gifted my nephew zita series because of ur review
Tha ks for the nudge! I don't know if I could do a top 10 but definitely a spotlight on five is possible, and very soon!
Thank you so much for this! Hilda was on my list anyway. Will definitely introduce these books to my daughter. She patiently sat through the entire video and now wants to read all that you recommended. Here's her comment: "Could you please review My Little Pony because it is one of my favourite characters."~Ayaat
How very flattering, thank you! And what have I gotten myself into?
@@ftloc 😂
Can you please make a video on your comic/graphic novel collection?
Yes, that would be awesome 😊✌️
Aha, a repeat request! I'm seriously considering it. But Isn't it better to see them a few books at a time, over many many years into the future 😀? Wouldn't me going over shelves just be boring and show-offy?
@@ftloc Nah! It's not show-offy! Plus I don't have the patience to wait for years... 😉 Consider it as a response to our requests 😊✌️
Haha, I see. Well, FtLoC has our 1-year anniversary coming up in November. Maybe for that?
@@ftloc that will be fantastic! Cheers!
Thanks for making this video! This is a domain of our beloved hobby that I am not familiar enough with. And I am an educator who works with elementary grade kids! I am always at lost when trying to suggest reading materials to kids or they parents. Most modern comics are way too violent for younger readers. Aside from the vintage stuff (John Stanley's work, Carl Barks's work, and other Dell Comics classics), I don't know enough. One series I like very much for young readers, but I don't know if it was ever translated from it's original french to english is an anthropomorphic series called ARIOL, by Emmanuel Guibert and Marc Boutavant, about a typical suburb boy donkey and his friends who live a normal everyday life, go to school, have normal schoolboy troubles and adventures. I highly recommend it. And I agree with you 100%, Carl Barks' Uncle Scrooge is the bst thing that ever came out of any Disney comics.
Rangersly That’s great that you get to work with students! I recommend checking out the lists of publishers First Second (great all ages lists, and many divided by age group, from what I remember of their Web site) and Scholastic., who are putting out some stellar books. There’s a lot out there, and of course, I hope this video helped a bit! 🙂
Oh, and I haven't seen ARIOL around - did you say 'typical suburb boy donkey'? There's a fair number of Guibert translations available though, coincidentally (!) many by First Second. I have a bunch of his 'Sardine in Space' volumes for kids, but also his books for older readers (like The Professor's Daughter with Joann Sfar and Alan's War. Doesn't he also have a number of collaborations with Lewis Trondheim? I see Guibert, Sfar and Trondheim named together quite often, it seems to me, but maybe it's mainly the Sardine in Space series?
@@ftloc I am not surprised, Emmanuel Guibert is one of the best writers in french language comics. As for Ariol, it was even made into an animated cartoon. Here's a link to one of my favorite episode (it is in french, but you'll get the idea how the characters look like) :
ruclips.net/video/8VeuxR5PVl0/видео.html
Great, thanks. I don't know how much of that went over my head, but I definitely want a vignette too!
Please do another series with top 10 and similar to this. I have already bought all these. Need more suggestion for kids
I will definitely start working on one! Which ones did you (or the kids) like the most from this list, I'd love to know?
Do they not do weekly paper comics for children any longer? Thanks for the great and interesting Video. You are SUCH a handsome man! 🙂
Haha 🤭.
Re: weeklies or monthlies, I believe there's plenty for a pull list in the North American market, but in India (where I am) and other places like that, collected editions and OGNs tend to be far more available and accessible.
@@ftloc Thanks so much for the extra info. x
Have you done Maus review too? If you have, then could you please please help me with the link?
I'm unable to find it on your channel... Please please
No, I haven't done a special spotlight on Maus. I always wonder what else I can possibly say, if you know what I mean! 😊
Hi! i am 13 year old and i just started to get interested in reading comics and story books by youtube! And also i am a supper lasy person who kept scrolling in phone for hours...and whenever i am done i always thought that i have wasted alotttt of time in phone and i'll always tell myself that i will study but just like that , i just kept scrolling on phone and i just felt horrible ...and after i found a video about journaling so i just order a journal notebook for that and that's how i just kinda having more feeling to books, comics and etc. So i love art sooooooooooooooo much! I always find comics so interesting! But i just never bought them... and after a long time i started to think that i am just wasting my time in stupid things... and so i finally decided to go on internet and get some story books and etc, so thanks you verrrryyyy much for this video! Hope you'll be safe!
And thanks you for reading my comment!❤
It is sometimes difficult to resist TV and video games, but I think if you make a little time every day to read, and read things you enjoy, you will find yourself doing more and more of it. You just need to get used to it, but it is a problem that everyone faces, not just young people! Good luck! 😁
@@ftloc Thanks you! I will try!👏😫
I've just got around to watching this after you shared it with me, and I realised that I had in fact watched it before! 😅
It reminded me of Owly though, and that's something I want to try with my little boy for sure.
Will you let me know if the colour editions are now standard or if the black and whites are still available?
@@ftloc I have a feeling that they are in colour as standard now from the comments I've seen, but I'll let you know when I get a copy!
Thanks for the information
So glad you enjoyed it!
I have a 6 year old. He is an advanced reader. Graphic novels/comics he loves are:
Dogman
Captain Underpants
Hilda
Little Robot
Sardine series
Pokémon
Powerpuff Girls
Ariol
Catsronauts
Popeye
Sonic the Hedgehog
What we own, but haven’t read yet are:
Amulet
Bone
Tintin
Ghost
Sisters
I have read Anya’s Ghost, El Deafo, and they are both excellent. As are, Being Prepared, Suees Shadow, Rollergirl.
Thank you for sharing these wonderful titles!
So glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the tips!
Glad you liked the video! Let me know if you try out any of the books!
@@ftloc I bought Owly for my five year old daughter. I will give it to her in a couple of weeks.
@@ftloc I gave Owly to my daughter last night. She looked at briefly and then moved on to something else. This morning, without prompting, she curled up in a chair with it and carefully "read" the whole thing. Definitely a big hit, so again, thanks for the recommendation.
Great list buddy 😊😊😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video 👍 Thank you
So glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
Love your channel. Reading Pluto because of you.
My 6-y-o reads and sees Tintin books incessantly without completely understanding the complexities of the plot. E.g., she doesn't understand why anyone would kidnap anybody, why someone is stealing or why someone is getting angry. She is obsessed though. Is 6 a good age for Tintin?
Thank you so much! As for your daughter, yes, I think it's completely fine to read things one doesn't completely 'get' yet, as long as you enjoy it and the 'difficulty' doesn't turn you off reading.
In fact I think that is where a lot of learning can happen. So maybe Tintin will be the place where your daughter learns about (or at least gets introduced to) concepts like kidnapping and rescue, crime and law, heroism and friendship, etc. That is definitely the way it worked for me and I strongly recommend more 'aspirational' reading practices (read above your 'level' as long as you enjoy it!) to foster the love of exploration that is such a part of it! 😁
Thank you so much!!! That helps me in so many ways! Thanks, thanks, thanks.
Another amazing selection! But I'm surprised Tintin didn't come as a mention in this video! Is there any specific reason for that?
That's a very good question! I thought long and hard on it and decided that I would choose all these books before Tintin to give to young kids today. It's not that I think Tintin is unsuitable for kids, but there would need to be some caveats and explaining I would do with Tintin for a kid, whereas all the books here would need no disclaimers or contextualization at all.
If I was making a Top 20 I think Tintin would definitely feature in there, but for a Top 5 I really focused on works that you don't need to make even the slightest excuses for, if that makes sense?
@@ftloc okay yes! That's almost what I was guessing! I was thinking of certain racial representations and the use of certain characters and locations that would need a little more historical context to make complete sense! So yes I would probably have to select specific Tintin titles for kids instead of giving the whole set all at once!
@@DiptarupGhoshDastidar Yes, exactly. A more curated and annotated approach, perhaps, which makes it a series still good for kids, but not better than the ones that top this list! 😁
Why don't you include Captain Underpants and Dog Man Series comics ?
Mainly because I haven't read much of them - I've seen some books from each series and I know a couple of kids who love them, and they seem charming. But they haven't impressed me at the level these comics listed here have. I know that kids will probably have different standards, but for this list, I was also thinking of comics I think are an excellent use/ expansion of the comics form, and comics I could see setting high expectations from the medium later on in life, if that makes sense.
Very good list of books, sir!👍🏾
Thank you kindly!
I’m gonna try out Hilda for a 6 year old who is learning how to read. Seemed like the most approachable for a new reader
I'd love to know how it goes! Also, i think Owly is just terrific, if you feel it worth a shot!
My favourite are Asterix and adventures of Tintin. I also like reading Archie, peanuts . So with these in mind which other series would u suggest?
Other Franco Belgian series of albums like Lucky Luke and The Bluecoats would definitely tickle your fancy!
And always I'd recommend Bone, by Jeff Smith, an epic fantasy series that I have a couple of videos on here: ruclips.net/p/PLf2B7UoR9NKVfbNCOOBF0z89dkX5OGXwW if you're interested!
@@ftloc thank you
What is the cost of uncle scrooge both book?
There are 10 books in the Don Rosa library and more than 15 so far in the Barks library. You don't need to read them all or in order. The prices vary but should be around the 20024 dollar mark, In India, that's usually between 1500 and 2000 each. So yeah, not cheap, but they're good for a lifetime 😁
Loving this channel day by day
Thanks so much for the kind words; long may your enjoyment continue!
I had the pleasure of drawing the Adventures of Nakul ,magic in mussorie and working on the sequel. . It's has a mix of adventure , history and education . Apt for young readers age between 7 to 20 and Older readers as well.
How wonderful! I'm looking those comics up right now. How was the lettering done?
@@ftloc Thanks !! The lettering part was outsourced and we weren't really satisfied about .It was our first attempt , the second one is going to be on a very different level compared I terms of characters and backgrounds panel layouts etc .
Don Rosa's The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck is still one of the best comics I have ever read which is quite impressive for a Disney comics.
Barks and Rosa made masterpieces. But are there other writer artists in Disney comics who match their triumphs? Especially American ones, because I know there are many European Disney comics not available in English...
@@ftloc Yes, I know the Italian comics are also pretty good and also created their own mythos with Donald's secret identity as Paperinik or PowerDuck as it was translated in english, and the Phantom Blot (among many other things).
Great Vid!
River Costa thank you! I’m so glad you liked it, and liked it enough to comment! 😃
Can Adults read Grapic Novel Comic.. No Matter Age
Absolutely, that's what the whole channel is about, i think! 😁
I will try one of them 😀
Let me know which one you tried and what you thought of it!
I tried the book ghost comic book I loved it Soo much and I am like obsessed!
It's good, eh? 😁 What's net for you, are you going to try more Raina Telgemier?
My Favorite Comic is Doraemon 😁 and I loves Ghost and funny comic 👍
I'm getting certified to teach English Language Arts, and these are great recommendations.
That is so great to hear, and i will wholeheartedly agree!
If you're interested, check out my Top 10 Gateway Comics video, which also contains books that work well, and are even used in some curriculum! Cheers!
"But, I have not read My Little Pony." Lol this was funny to listen to
Gio Ravalico 😁
Lightfall by Tim Probert. Just discovered this series, I don't even have children but I had to add them to my collection
I'll have to take a look; thank you for the recommendation! I don't have children myself, but good comics are good comics, and I really appreciate the best of 'younger reader' work being able to do and achieve things that are quite difficult. Cheers!
Thanks. I was also curious about the comic panels shown in your opening sequence. I recognize about 1/3. Can you maybe list them in order?
In order of appearance they are from: Zot! by Scott McCloud; George Sprott by Seth; a pin-up by Richard Sala; Acme Novelty Library/ Rusty Brown by Chris Ware; Black Hole by Charles Burns; Watchmen by Dave Gibbons (and Alan Moore); Batman Year One by David Mazzuchelli (and Frank Miller); The Lincoln County War by Rick Geary; Love and Rockets by Jaime Hernandez (this story); American Splendor (art here by Robert Crumb, written by Harvey Pekar); Age of Reptiles by Ricardo Delgado; Polina by Bastien Vives; Bone by Jeff Smith; Hilda by Luke Pearson; I Killed Adolf Hitler by Jason; Castle Waiting by Linda Medley; Mouse Guard by David Petersen; Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley; Mind MGMT by Matt Kindt; and Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai.
I've been able to cover several of these works or creators on this channel, but several more remain!
Which edition of Donald duck to get there is slipcase but I cannot find anywhere
Unfortunately, most of the slipcases seem to be out of print, or at least unavailable here in India. The hardcovers inside them, for the most, still seem to be available though - just search for 'Don Rosa Library' or 'Carl Barks' and 'Fantagraphics' and you should see the, Order doesn't really matter since they are mainly short stories, with a few notable exceptions (like the 12 issue Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck by Don Rosa). I hope this helps a bit!
@@ftloc I'm referring www.fantagraphics.com/returntoplainawful/?sef_rewrite=1#/category/1403 as base since it seems not a consolidate place of info will check Reddit for more info thanks for your help anyways
For full lists of ISBNs, books and boxes, Wikipedia is actually quite good:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Carl_Barks_Disney_Library
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Don_Rosa_Library
OMG I read that book!!!
Which one? What did you think of it?
Gost
Great
Thank you!
@@ftloc your content is improving day by day from one digit sub to 3 digits I wish you cross million subs
I have gotten a lot of great, positive comments on this channel, but that has to be one of the sweetest!
OWLY!!!! UNCA SCROOGE!!! Especially Rosa's Life & Times. Haven't read Zita or Hilda: HAVE added to my 'find' list. Bone--'beloved and now classic!' Which is when the prunes kicked in--! Mouse Guard! Hmmm...haven't read Anya's Ghost, Little Lit OR Ghosts; will look for'm. Amulet indeed seems like a [glorious] mishmash--didn't impress me enough to read further.
But hey: I also like and recommend...GON (a little, very fierce T-Rex [another 'silent' comic]), Amelia Rules (pre-teen's life in a new neighborhood after divorce), Phoebe and Her Unicorn (a remarkably drably titled series of remarkably warm and funny and happily illustrated relationships of a pre-teen, her parents (very cool parents) and "her" unicorn, Marigold Heavenly Nostrils). I also VERY much like Clan Apis, a graphics novel about bees...from a worker-bee's point of view, not at all 'above or beyond' a youngster's appreciation. [NB: Stan Sakai contributed to one of the monthly-issue's covers]. We both know there're more, but these are those I thought of, watching your most recent very fine video!
Thanks for the excellent sounding suggestions! The only one I know is Clan Apis, which I consider superlative. I’ll have to check the others out, are they relatively easy to find, do you know?
Well sure they're easy to find: Gon is on the tall bookcase near the couch, Amelia and Phoebe are in the smaller bookcase across the room, and...oh.... well: they're all in 'graphics novel/collected' form and I'd think readily available anywhere you might find Bone. But then, we're an ocean (or two?) apart, so I might well be wrong. But still--Phoebe and Amelia are pretty well known in the US (I think--) and Gon is Japanese, so if it's here in the US, I'd expect it to be available world-wide. Just did a quick search via Amazon and all three are listed...good luck!
Excellent, thank you. And I know you were joking, but I seriously think I could find some books more easily on Amazon than on my shelves...
Can you give some interesting topics about comics
I'll see what I can do ! 😁 What kind of topics, for what purpose?
Tell names of that books and rupee in comment
You have to read Geronimo stilton
I wasn't even aware there were comics of Geronimo Stilton, and now I see there are so many!
El Deafo? I thought it would make the list.
I do mention in in my caveats, around 1:30, as one of the books I haven't read (yet)!
The focus is on the bookshelf ..
I know! Amateur hour, I tell you, and a lot still left to learn 😁
@@ftloc heyy thankss, ya know.. Totally helped me pick some books for my little sister. She's in 2nd grade and reads my Enid Blyton books. (She was reluctant at first, but took it up quick❣️😂) But she always tells me to get her comics. She likes that more. So I've chose some.. 🥰tnx
I want itt
Thanks ilove reading
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@ftloc yes 👍👍👍 nice vedio
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Are you Indian?
I am indeed! 😊
Me looking for bone
In my list videos, i generally leave out books that i have talked about before in detail, particularly my all time favorites. That way I get to talk about more comics instead of repeating myself. So Bone is definitely a 'super honorable mention' because I have half a dozen videos on that one series alone! 😁