Mary Alice Wilson of Dark Star Books is back again on the subject of "all ages" comic books:

I checked out the Stone Rabbit titles and will get some (as recommended in Steve Bennett's last column--see "Confessions of a Comic Book Guy--Something To Be Thankful For").  They look great!

But I was thinking about what “all ages” comics means.  And like teen prose novels, if they are truly good, they are a fun read for adults as well as for young folks.  I went to the “Kids Corner” recommendation on the Diamond Website, and for the most part, I had no desire to read the products presented there.  It was as if these were aimed at kids all right but they missed out on the older-than-kids part.  Which means probably kids wouldn't like them either.  But what about: Bone, Courtney Crumrin, the Elsewhere Chronicles, Amelia Rules, Eric Shanower’s Oz, 2009 Xeric award winner’s Joshua Smeaton's Haunted, Phil Foglio’s Girl Genius, Archie Americana, Shannon Hale's Rapunzel's Revenge, Erin Hunter's Warriors, Archie Americana series by the decade, PVP (maybe above 12 year olds), Ninja High School, or Naruto?  All of these are great books and are totally absorbing reading whether you're 5 or 50--or like me, way older!

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