by Teresa Jusino
Saturday at New York Comic Con means two things. First, it means an increase in the number of young children and teenagers in attendance. As soon as I got out of the subway to walk the five blocks to the convention center, I found myself swallowed up by a gaggle of teenagers. While waiting for the exhibition hall to open, I had a lovely chat with a grandfather taking his 7 year old granddaughter to her first comic con. The grandfather was a huge comic fan who was loyal to Golden Age comics and a bit disappointed by the comic industry’s current offerings. The granddaughter’s favorite superhero was Spider-Man. I made some recommendations for her of which the grandfather was a bit suspicious, but as she seemed interested in the stories I was telling her (Ultimate Spider-Man, Runaways, Young Avengers) he said he was willing to look into them. The granddaughter and I had an amusing conversation about how Peter Parker can’t manage to keep his identity a secret! What’s wrong with him?!
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