Looney Tunes from DC Comics is a template of what a great all age comic should be. Take out the aspect that it’s a classic character and the series still succeeds based on variety of stories, their length, style of humor and pricing. When you add in the fact the Looney Tunes continues the comic book adventures of Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck and others it cements the fact that this is one of the go-to comic books that you need to consider for your young reader.
Our 6 year old likes this comic. For us that’s surprising because he does not watch it on television. When we were kids this was our go-to cartoon. This, plus Road Runner, Tweety and anybody who was in the Looney Tunes house was something that could always cheers us up and simply allow kids to be kids.
Looney Tunes #232 has two stories with Bugs Bunny and two one sheet stories with Daffy Duck. The first Bugs story has him with Puma Pete, doing their version of Spy vs. Spy in the woods when he accidently drops a note in Bugs’ home. A classic Warner Bros. cartoon battle ensues with Pete trying to get Bugs to eat exploding carrots, read notes that will blow up or other manner of mayhem.
The colors in all of the stories are sharp and have vocabulary that appropriate for all ages; but is such that 7 or 8 year olds will be able to read and fully understand it on their own.
The two one-page stores with Daffy Duck serve as a nice break between the larger ones. They’re a sepia toned vignette that channels Daffy as a detective in the 40’s, a la, Casablanca. It’s classic Daffy who is able to channel love struck duck, frazzled and goofy duck who is playing hopscotch with Porky Pig.
The second Bugs Bunny story has Bugs in his rabbit hole when Elmer Fudd mistakenly puts his state-of-the-art bubble house over Bugs’ door. Bugs turns into a nurse, complete with blond wig and mountains of paperwork at the drop of a hat in his effort to torment and help Elmer ‘relax’. In the end they realize that Elmer’s problem was that he has rhythm and that he simply needs to dance.
This is good silly fun that anybody can enjoy. It’s also quite unexpected too for some parents who are trying to find the new, next, best comic book for their young reader. Sometimes you don’t need to know the latest and greatest, when the classics are still being produced with new stories and fresh art that maintains the quality that it’s known for.
As a bonus, Looney Tunes is only $2.99 and has a great number of pages for the price. The main back page also features all of the DC Comics all age comic book releases for the month including Batman ’66, Teen Titans Go!, The Legend of Wonder Woman, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
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