Talked to a kid at my stop about Hellboy and it made me rethink how I read comics

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Huh. That's funny you say that, charlesj46. I think some adults forget kids pick up on way more than we give them credit for. My nephew was obsessed with the Hellboy animated movies when he was like eight. He didn't get all the cosmic horror stuff, but he loved the big red guy punching monsters. It made me realize how we read stuff differently at different ages. Like when I was a kid I just liked the pictures and the cool fights. Now I'm reading the same books and catching all this other stuff I missed. Doesn't mean the kid's experience is wrong, just different.

charlesj4628d ago

Wait, you talked to a KID about Hellboy? That's wild. Those books are dark as hell, did they even get it?