by The Goldfish Bowl

Created on: June 26, 2010   Last Updated: June 28, 2010

I agree with the side that says, "Violence and gory details in children’s literature has increased." I find that children’s literature today is for the most part made up of the comic book brand of stories. These not only have populist appeal but are also ubiquitous (A comic book Company in the first five years, sold more than 80 million comic books. Also its characters have seen publishing in a number of languages internationally-Wikipedia/internet). Which is why they are more widely available to children as compared to the decent literature. The latter no doubt is parent (And those who care about good reading habits) mediated, favored and sustained. This is the reason why the comic books readily come under objections, and their distribution is influenced by these strong voices. In many a case because of the violence depicted, the voices raised against them have been able to ban some comic books successfully.

However comic books live on. It is a case of survival of the fittest. What contributes to being the fittest has manifold reasons: Animation- this in itself zooms in and out making the reader focus on myriad details. These details then encourage a common ground for both generations to yak endlessly about story titles, which were read previously and to date, by both. Like Spiderman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Elongated Man, X-men and many more popular with young and old alike! The other reason is Movies! Many movies are based on comic book stories. So there are plenty of choices available. These have advantages over each other like you can read comics anywhere; they do not have to be charged like electronic devices. What I am trying to say is that these different media feed each other’s excitement. Next in giving support, is the toy industry; revelling in the humungous production of comic book character toys. Button, belts and sashes; ornaments, motifs and emblems; weapon structure details; all stimulate observing power for details. So comics are written for movies and these require action, action is tied to combat between good and bad. So violence and gory details thrive on this winning point. Here are some examples, timeline and story:2005-Ultimate Fantastic 4(Zombies); 2006-Civil War (Killings); 2008-Dark Knight, quite gory eh! To compare these to old times? Well then violence was depicted, but details were spared. For instance a huge fist surrounded by sharp geometric figures in exploding colors was shown in the small square of the

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