CBR: EXCLUSIVE: Mark Millar Pictures "Kindergarten Heroes"

[CBR News]

The writer behind "Kick-Ass" and "Wanted" is taking his turn at kids books as Mark Millar teams with artist Curtis Tiegs for "Kindergarten Heroes," an early reader picture book focusing on super powered toddlers.


Full article here.

[Disco_Magic]

Please tell me this is going to be printed on thick cardstock! My soon-to-be 2 year old loves superheroes ("Ahn Man" = Iron Man), but doesn't know how to read comics without destroying them and free preview books only roll around so often (thank you, New52!).

[mushroom2703]

Wow, amazin g news. I was jsut on the forums last week enquiring about books that people thought I could get the little one into (he starts school after the summer). Such a good idea, can't wait to be reading it with him.

[cookepuss]

It's a good idea, but I'm not sure that this will be a fit for every superhero loving early reader. My nephew's almost 4. He's been learning to read and write. He loves superheroes, but the ones that I would likely read. He's not a fan of the watered down kid friendly stuff. He's more a fan of War Machine, Venom, & Green Lantern. Show him Tiny Titans and he's likely just to leave it sitting in a corner somewhere. Hand him a copy of Ultimate Spider-Man and you've got one happy camper. I'm sure that "Kindergarten Heroes" will appeal to some kids, but others would rather have their coffee black, so to speak.

For me... I think it looks cool. I'd be interested in seeing what Millar could do with a kid friendly superhero title.

[mushroom2703]

I'm not sure how to discuss this without getting into a personal battle haha, I can't contradict what you think or what you know about your nephew and I'm very willing to believe it might be the case with him but I would say that I disagree that you could apply what you've said to the larger demographic of 3-4 years, but once again thats only in my experience.

Our kid has just turned 4 and has started having his younger friends over alot and while they all love venom, wolverine and hulk especially and dig right into the "bigger boy" stuff, but the same kids are enjoying bambi as their night time stories or will happily watch mickey mouse if I put it on. In the same breath he would watch friends if I put it on. Kids will inhale anything you let them and in my experience at least, they aren't at that point yet where we define what we like and begin putting everything that doesn't fit into that box down.

Obviously you have your view and I didn't want to take away with that but I wanted to at least say for the sake for other people reading and as a parent, that I can't get onboard with that as a general thing at all, and I'm so far the other way on what you said.

[bsmithy]

Tiny Titans!