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Dear all<br><br>
I have been following the discussions and comments on possible reasons
for the decline of the popularity of comics. The change in the media, TV,
the internet .... perhaps changes in the social environment and education
system, might have played a part. I would just wish to share my own
experience with the Walt Disney comics when I was young (a Hong Kong
boy). <br><br>
We had one publisher of Disney comics back then in the early 1960s. They
were published once a month, were directly translated into Chinese, and
smaller in size than the regular US copies. Early stories I still
remember well include Christmas in Schakletown and other classical
stories. Later, in the mid-60s, a bilingual version was published. I
especially liked the idea as it allowed me, a nature Chinese speaker, to
learn more English, especially the spoken version not taught in class.
Stories like the magic carpet (where Magica de Spell turned into a giant
Roc), the paper chase in "North of Yukon", a story about big
wigs, the "Horse Radish" are mong the best stories I've read.
The subscriptions (quite expensive at that time) were shared by my
siblings, and I shared the stories with kids younger than myself, earning
my reputation as a master story-teller. <br><br>
Even though the comic company ceased publishing Disney comics in Hong
Kong, I still follow the comics when I grew up - US versions from various
foreign magazine shops (which were very expensive), and whenever I
travelled. (But they were hard to get even in the US magazine shops, back
in the early '80s.)<br><br>
My child grew up with Disnel comics, still maintained in good conditions.
And I feel that the stories had a good influence on children. There is
always a 'moral' of the story, and the good guys prevail!<br><br>
It is a pity that Disney DUCK (my favorite) comics are on the decline. I
am sure the world would be a better place, and our adults in future would
be better persons if they all read and love these comics.<br><br>
A $crooge fan.<br><br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>I
remember</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2 color="#0000FF">
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>a study in which Chinese
native speakers read Chinese Texts to very young (<1y) children. Later
in life the children were able to speak Chinese sounds which were not
part of their own language, even though they never learned Chinese. When
the same experiment was repeated with records instead of human readers no
effect was found. So the human interaction (emotion!) seems to be
absolutely essential for motivation and learning even (or especially) at
this young age.<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>I have repeatedly heard from adults
who had never read comic books in their own childhood that they had
serious problems reading comics now because they did not know where to
start or how to preceed. They had not learned the "language" of
comics at an early age.<br>
</font> <br>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>I believe comics are very good
source of reading material for children because they have pictures which
is very important, the feature recognizable characters, and they have the
appeal of "not just for kids" which marks most great childrens'
books. I have read Donald Duck and Asterix to the children of friends and
they liked it very much. And once the children start learning to read you
can alternate: The adult reads the first panel and the child the second
one.<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>I also noticed how much children,
even at the youngest age, recognize and appreciate quality. Not only do
they instinctively prefer Barks' stories over others' but they even know
which Barks stories they like best. They are very good critics.<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>Cord <br>
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