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New all age comic books for Wednesday July 15, 2015

Now is the time to get into some all age comic books with the kids. It’s a great chance to read to them and really get them excited about reading, which, in turn makes them more independent and want to learn. This week is a fabulous chance to get some of the best all age comics on the market today.

Witness: Adventure Time, your kids love the show and this comic in in the same vein, it’s funny, has great art and is a stand-alone story so there’s no background information needed. Donald Duck and Walt Disney’s Comics & Stories have lots of vocabulary and the classic Disney art that kids love in brand new monthly stories. The kid who prefers a bit more indie cred will love Usagi Yoimbo, he’s a ninja rabbit in this black & white comic with action, art and just a bit of culture.

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Minions get their own movie and kids will love it #FandangoFamily

What do you get when one of the best parts of a movie gets their own film? The quick answer is Minions, those cute yellow eraser shaped things from Despicable Me. They were cute, strange and provided a nice ally to Gru’s good-bad guy. In Minions we get 90 minutes of all Minions, all the time and children will enjoy at least 70 minutes of it.

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Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type, hits the puppet stage show

Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type is a classic children’s book about cows that learn to type and start communicating with Farmer Brown. It was originally released in 2001, earned the Caldecott Honor Book award that same year and hasn’t aged at all since then. Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type also translates very well onto the stage, specifically the puppet stage at Center for Puppetry Arts where it’s playing through July 26, 2015.

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The hungry girl, or possibly a grifter… at the picnic

It was a play date with some neighbors and lots of kids at a park. There were about 10 kids in our group and 6 parents. About 20 minutes into the play date a young tween girl came up and started talking to me. She was sweet, but her conversation quickly turned into a canned speech that I felt she had given countless times previously.

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A look at the all age toys for Jurassic World

The other day at the gym when I was picking Jake up from their daycare the worker asked me if he had seen Jurassic World. He was wearing a Jurassic Park t-shirt and had told some kids that he’d seen the new movie. For the record he hasn’t see it and Jurassic World is a hard PG-13. However, the toys for Jurassic World are awesome for all ages. They have a variety of dinosaurs and action vehicles that are detailed enough for kids 5 and up, but have big enough features for those that are 3 or older. We were sent the Playskool Heroes Jurassic World Dino Tracker Helicopter to review and here are our thoughts.

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Archie #1 reboots the franchise for today’s teens #LipstickIncident

Archie, Jughead, Riverdale and the Betty or Veronica discussion has been going on since 1941. However, the art for Archie hasn’t changed much since I was a teen in the early 80’s. The stories changed, there was a (gay) wedding, Archie got killed and technology entered the picture, but the art always remained the same. That has completely changed with Archie #1, a complete reboot for one of the longest, continually published comic books on the market.

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Mutant Planet, Season Two is why you have a large television

We have a reasonably big television. Well, it’s 37” and fits in the space that we wanted it. It’s big enough for most of the things that we watch, but it’s when we see things like Mutant Planet that I wish we had a bigger one. Mutant Planet, Season Two just came out on DVD and we were sent a copy, most likely to water my television envy and direct me towards purchasing a new one.

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The new all age comic books for Wednesday, July 8, 2015

It’s the middle of summer and a good week to get inside and dig the new all age comic books this week. There are some nice graphic novels out, a couple go-to single issues and one of the biggest character revamps to his the all age market in generations.

Kids will love Scooby Doo Where Are You? #59, it’s always a safe bet. Spongebob Comics #46 is one that our oldest son loves and it’s easy to see why. It has several short stories, all of which have different styles of art, the characters are big, funny and they all already have a place in his mind. Guardians of the Galaxy Digest is an all ages look at our favorite superhero team. This series is funny, action packed and A-OK for kids of any age.

The biggest change comes for Riverdale’s own Archie. Archie #1 comes out with brand new artwork. Sure the stories in Archie the past couple of years have reflected contemporary themes, but the art has remained the same. That all changes with this issue.

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