Comments on: How to Write for Kids http://www.superheronation.com/2009/07/15/how-to-write-for-kids/ How to write a superhero book, comic book or superhero novel and get it published Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:00:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: B. Mac http://www.superheronation.com/2009/07/15/how-to-write-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-101596 B. Mac Sun, 16 Jan 2011 06:44:02 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=4056#comment-101596 Hmm, sounds creepy. <br /> As a child, I was really bothered by the green ghost in Ghostbusters and (!) the ending of Beauty and the Beast but handled Alien and Jurassic Park pretty well. Hmm, sounds creepy.

As a child, I was really bothered by the green ghost in Ghostbusters and (!) the ending of Beauty and the Beast but handled Alien and Jurassic Park pretty well.

]]> By: Blonde Emo http://www.superheronation.com/2009/07/15/how-to-write-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-101562 Blonde Emo Sun, 16 Jan 2011 04:26:41 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=4056#comment-101562 Anyone see the Care Bears movie? The one with the evil spirit living inside a book that sucked the souls out of innocent children? Yeah. No, it's not a parody. Anyone see the Care Bears movie? The one with the evil spirit living inside a book that sucked the souls out of innocent children?

Yeah. No, it’s not a parody.

]]> By: Lighting Man http://www.superheronation.com/2009/07/15/how-to-write-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-36092 Lighting Man Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:37:19 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=4056#comment-36092 Children really do find odd things and simple things quite scary. My younger sister had a habit of finding certain musical elements terrifying, some logical, some not. My father had a particular love for a song by Alice Cooper called The Black Widow, featuring an introduction by horror actor Vincent Price, such as it were, she found this song terrifying, but she could often be found watching the music video for Thriller, which features, in my opinion, the far more terrifying elements of Vincent Price rapping and Michael Jackson. On the less logical side, given what Price was known for, she also found Cake - Going The Distance to be a horribly scary song, the most terrifying element of which is the possibility that the video may have given Cake a furry element to their fan base. (Link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__PU5CVSegg) Children really do find odd things and simple things quite scary.

My younger sister had a habit of finding certain musical elements terrifying, some logical, some not. My father had a particular love for a song by Alice Cooper called The Black Widow, featuring an introduction by horror actor Vincent Price, such as it were, she found this song terrifying, but she could often be found watching the music video for Thriller, which features, in my opinion, the far more terrifying elements of Vincent Price rapping and Michael Jackson.

On the less logical side, given what Price was known for, she also found Cake – Going The Distance to be a horribly scary song, the most terrifying element of which is the possibility that the video may have given Cake a furry element to their fan base.

(Link – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__PU5CVSegg)

]]> By: The ReTARDISed Whovian http://www.superheronation.com/2009/07/15/how-to-write-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-35954 The ReTARDISed Whovian Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:41:38 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=4056#comment-35954 I remember, when I was about eleven, a movie was on TV. It was an old black and white one, and there was a kid in a graveyard with a scary looking guy in a set of prison chains. It scared the crap out of me and I scrambled to find the remote so I could turn it off. I read the book Great Expectations a year later, and realised that the movie was adapted from the book. I facepalmed for turning the TV off, because I would have kept watching if I had read the book beforehand. Haha. It was pretty creepy though, even if the prison guy was a loveable convict with a heart of gold. I can't to see the last few episodes of Torchwood. I love that show so much, but when my cousins visited once and I was watching it, they screamed because it was the end of the first episode where (spoiler) Suzie shoots Jack, he comes back to life, heals the hole and then Suzie commits suicide (end spoiler) Kids really <i> are </i> scared easily. But then again, the events of Torchwood's pilot episode surprised me. I remember, when I was about eleven, a movie was on TV. It was an old black and white one, and there was a kid in a graveyard with a scary looking guy in a set of prison chains. It scared the crap out of me and I scrambled to find the remote so I could turn it off.

I read the book Great Expectations a year later, and realised that the movie was adapted from the book. I facepalmed for turning the TV off, because I would have kept watching if I had read the book beforehand. Haha. It was pretty creepy though, even if the prison guy was a loveable convict with a heart of gold.

I can’t to see the last few episodes of Torchwood. I love that show so much, but when my cousins visited once and I was watching it, they screamed because it was the end of the first episode where (spoiler) Suzie shoots Jack, he comes back to life, heals the hole and then Suzie commits suicide (end spoiler)

Kids really are scared easily. But then again, the events of Torchwood’s pilot episode surprised me.

]]> By: Holliequ http://www.superheronation.com/2009/07/15/how-to-write-for-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-35929 Holliequ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:05:08 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=4056#comment-35929 Oh god, never mind the kids, that Torchwood series scared <i>me!</i> It was also really, really depressing. Humans are bad people and we should all be ashamed of ourselves for being heartless evil beings! *sob* I have to admit, though, that it was a very creative way to write an anti-drugs message. Oh god, never mind the kids, that Torchwood series scared me! It was also really, really depressing. Humans are bad people and we should all be ashamed of ourselves for being heartless evil beings! *sob*

I have to admit, though, that it was a very creative way to write an anti-drugs message.

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