The Four Color Media Monitor

Athol Daily News tells what this year's local comics convention in New England is about:

Tamulevich said the purpose of the event is to increase children’s interest in reading. She and Boughton said another goal was to provide more visibility to storylines and characters beyond those of the typical mainstream superheroes.

“Everybody knows the mainstream characters,” said Tamulevich. “We have a whole independent market of creators who are so talented — writers, artists, you name it. And because Chris and I are very passionate about our books, and we have met wonderful indie creators throughout our adventure of going to different comicons, we wanted to focus on the independent market — the indie creators that are up and coming.”

Thank goodness somebody realizes why at this point, it's better to emphasize the indies. But let's also hope they recognize that if to encourage more children to read comics, they won't take the woke approach that's been taken in schools across the USA. Put another way, it can't material considered explicit and thus unsuited for children, and the standards can't be applied selectively, as is being done with LGBT ideology. Avoiding that can raise the confidence in parents for their children to read more comics. And today, it'd be better if they not only read more non-superhero comics, but also looked for the most meritous stories produced. Let's hope Athol's convention seriously emphasizes that.

Labels: conventions, indie publishers