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Ho hum. The point of Free Comic Book Day is to introduce CHILDREN and ADULTS to the artform.
If you are a parent with a child that doesn't like to read, comic books may be the answer.
If you are an adult, you will be in good company. The average comic book reader is a college educated male in his late twenties. Most comic books are aimed at adults, although there is still a good selection of titles available for children and teenagers.
The purpose of promotions such as Free Comic Book Day is to get a new generation interested in reading comics, as the artform is facing the same problems as newspapers and magazines, dwindling circulation because people don't read anymore, especially children. It's hard to compete with video games and television.
Why is it that the same people who are too good to read comic books get excited about bad movie adaptions of those same comics? Some movies based on comics:
Ghost World
Road To Perdition
The Crow
Bulletproof Monk
Spider-Man
X-Men
Hulk
Daredevil
Blade
League of Extrodinary Gentlemen
Men In Black
The Mask
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Superman
Spawn
The Phantom
Mystery Men
Tales From The Crypt
Josie and the Pussycats
Dick Tracy
Conan
Red Sonja
Judge Dredd
Steel
The Rocketeer
Akira
Tank Girl
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