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Borders by Thomas King6/23/2023 Here’s a fun game you can play: Go into a children’s room, go to the comic section, and find a contemporary, realistic story about a BIPOC boy. But as we live in a capitalist society, what usually happens is that when something works well then a whole bunch of other people run to copy it. Logic would dictate that this would mean that we’d be seeing a wide swath of different kinds of styles and storytelling. Comics for kids are selling better than ever. There’s no mind warping, but there’s also no golden solution to reader reluctance. 21st century librarians are convinced that they’re the ultimate lure for reluctant readers and act as a gateway reading drug. 20th century librarians were convinced comics would warp the mind and turn kids into juvenile delinquents. In the old days, a children’s librarian’s attitude towards having a comic in their collection would probably lead to them screaming, “Burn it with fire!!!” These days, the attitude has shifted to quite the opposite reaction. Sometimes I worry that comics for kids are starting to too often rest on their laurels.
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