betty & veronica

I loved to read comics as a kid. I read them all superman, spiderman, Justice League, x-men but my favorites were the Archie series. Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica… I had such fun reading them all. And, I’ll admit, as a kid I was spoiled when it came to comics. My Dad owned a bookstore that sold comics. We weren’t usually allowed to have the new ones of course. But once the new shipment came in – we had our pick of the old comics. I remember my brother & I would clean out that rack at the back of the store. So fun!

A while back I was doing shopping for my 8 year old. She had received a gift card for her birthday and wanted a certain CD – she asked me to pick it up next time I was shopping, which I did. She still had about $3 left on her card and while checking out I saw a Betty & Veronica comic book. I decided that would be a fun treat and finish up her gift card so I bought it. My kids have never read comics before but E has really been getting into graphic novels so I felt safe making an unplanned purchase.

She is now convinced that I’ve been holding out on her. She devoured the comic and begged me to buy more. No problem, I said. That’s a pretty inexpensive treat and after hearing about these comic things, J wanted a superhero comic book. Sure! I said.

Sure… no problem…. HA! Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a comic book? Grocery store? nope. Walgreens? nope. CVS? nope. Target? nope. I finally found another Archie book in the checkout stand at Meijer – not every checkout mind you, I had to search to find the 2 out of 37 lines that had comics in the rack. And there wasn’t a superhero comic to be found.

Granted, I have not yet looked at a bookstore – but I don’t remember seeing a comic book rack at a Borders. Maybe in the magazine section? I just can’t believe how hard it is to find a comic book! Such a fun, fairly cheap way to get kids reading and their visual imaginations flying. The best format to use with silly putty (which is also hard to find). And they are noooooowhere! So if you know of a comic store – fill me in! My kids are dying for more colorful, reading fun.