tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post4555415379012907756..comments2024-03-21T19:12:11.065-07:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: A Month of Wednesdays: September 2020Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-25185471863216434702020-11-21T08:08:28.507-08:002020-11-21T08:08:28.507-08:00Sounds like he watches the 2012-2017 Nickelodeosn ...Sounds like he watches the 2012-2017 Nickelodeosn <i>TMNT</i>, the series before the current one (<i>Rise of The TMNT</i>). IDW published a companion comic for that series, <i>TMNT: Amazing Adventures</i>. There's also a <i>Batman/TMNT Adventures</i> crossover in which the <i>Batman: The Animated Series</i> characters crossover with the TMNT from that cartoon. I've only read that one, which was pretty good. <br /><br />I believe IDW also collected all of the various Usagi/TMNT crossovers into a single volume when they collected the latest one, although it's been long enough since I read it that I an't remember how appropriate or inappropriate it might be for a five-year-old...Calebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-47195543985184238682020-11-20T18:54:01.818-08:002020-11-20T18:54:01.818-08:00Thanks! Checking out the cartoon-specific books is...Thanks! Checking out the cartoon-specific books is a good idea. I think it's a different (still recent) show he's been watching; I *hate* the colour scheme -- everything is night-time blue or grey -- but they had a pretty good punchline to a running gag about a He-Man-esque cartoon show the turtles were watching.<br /><br />If nothing else, I'm glad to hear that my overall sense of the comics' (un)suitability was on the money. I do read Usagi to him (which he loves), so he gets a bit of violence, but Sakai's line is so clean and economical it doesn't "read" as distressing. (He won't read any story with the demon Jei, however, which is a shame because Jei is the best/worst)Jones, one of the Jones boyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04149754038216055892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-32432542241974910962020-11-20T08:56:38.652-08:002020-11-20T08:56:38.652-08:00Oof, that's a tough one. Is said five-year-old...Oof, that's a tough one. Is said five-year-old interested in the TMNT because of a particular cartoon? Like, if they like the current cartoon, RISE OF THE TMNT, then I believe there's at least a miniseries that was tied to that (I never watched that cartoon/read any spin-offs, though). I feel like each cartoon has had a companion comic, going back to Archie's TMNT Adventures, which IDW has collected.<br /><br />Most of the TMNT comics I've read, aside from the old Archie ones, seem geared toward the same audience as the bulk of Marvel and DC's modern output--that is, grown-ups and some teenagers. Five's young enough that I think even the comics with nothing too terribly objectionable might still be kinda complicated. So I would probably start with the cartoon that interested the five-year-old and look for a spin-off/adaptation/story book tied to it.<br /><br />Hope that helps a little...!Calebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-38063460946389923512020-11-19T18:45:38.930-08:002020-11-19T18:45:38.930-08:00Asking this because you're a TMNT superfan and...Asking this because you're a TMNT superfan and a librarian -- can you recommend any specific TMNT books suitable for a five year-old? I have a good sense of which Marvel and DC books I'd consider suitable for him, but I've got *no* idea about the turtles; I've not read a single comic with them except when they teamed up with Usagi YojimboJones, one of the Jones boyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04149754038216055892noreply@blogger.com