I've written previously about Chris and Laura Samnee's absolutely delightful comic series Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters, the first monthly book that I (a lifelong comic reader) was able to share with Miles. The story recently concluded in the twelfth and final issue, and it was a bittersweet experience reading it with him, knowing it … Continue reading Year 5, Day 308
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Year 5, Day 71
The loosening of COVID restrictions means the return of one of my favorite holidays: Free Comic Book Day! Miles has attended this event with me before, but I think this is probably the first year he'll 1) remember it and 2) get excited about it. I went to my regular shop, Heroes Aren't Hard to … Continue reading Year 5, Day 71
Year 4, Day 246: Miles’s Favorite Comic Series!
As a lifelong consumer of comic books, I've always been keen on introducing my (at one point) hypothetical child(ren) to the wonders of sequential art. And while it's true that Miles developed an early interest in some of the more visible comic book heroes (heck, he's even named after one of them), it wasn't until … Continue reading Year 4, Day 246: Miles’s Favorite Comic Series!
The Perils (& Pride) of Paternity 