Comic Book Characters Take Over Children Book Favorites

I came across these awesome mash ups over at The Line It Is Drawn, Comic Book Resources's excellent artist page where they choose a topic and post the results sent in to them. In the #141 edition of the column they decided to sub in popular (and more obscure) comic book characters with famous lead characters in children's books. Think Galactus as The Hungry Caterpillar, or Green Lantern's & Ham instead of Green Eggs and Ham... How great of an idea is this? There are a bunch, so hop over to CBR's page and check out each artists links for proper credit. My faves will appear after the jump. Enjoy...

This Is Why I Absolutely Love Marvel Comics No Matter What They Do....

Even though I am a 34 year old man and have known many adult comic book fans, the core audience for comics is and always will be children. Kids are who the comics are made for... and most of us life long fans started out as wee lads and lasses reading the funny pages. So now that comics have become a billion dollar industry and Marvel Comics is on top of the heap, it is nice to see that they still no how to do something great for a child in need. Enter Anthony Smith, a 5 year old boy with hearing problems. He uses a blue hearing aid device to help with his condition, but being a stubborn 5 year old he didn't want to wear it because it made him feel different than the other "normal" kids in his school. He also said "I can't wear a hearing aid because Superheroes don't wear them". Cue up Anthony's super mom Christina, who emailed Marvel Comics wondering if there were any superheroes in the companies vaunted history that had hearing problems so that she could use it to help Anthony want to wear his ear piece. A few weeks later Christina received a package that featured artwork for a new superhero, The Blue Ear, a hero who uses his hearing aid to hear a pin drop on the other side of the state and fight crime!!!! They sent Anthony some fantastic artwork featuring a young Blue Ear ready to fight crime alongside Hawkeye, as well as a grown up Blue Ear on the cover of his own book ready to fight crime! They also made Blue Ear an honorary member of the Avengers. How wonderful is this!!! Marvel has also teamed up with Phonak, the maker of Anthony's hearing aid, to produce a stand alone comic featuring one of Marvel's most recognizable character, Iron Man!!! The book will be made available for free to be given out at hearing doctors office around the country, and hopefully Iron Man and Blue Ear can inspire more kids to get over their trepidation for wearing hearing aids. It seems to have worked, as Anthony is thoroughly taking to wearing his hearing aid since he feels he is now a superhero. Great idea and execution by one of the big corporate entities in the world. Check out all the pics after the jump...

Chu's Day: A Children's Book by Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite writers of all time. His work in comics is just fantastic, but his regular novel work is spectacular as well. The Graveyard Book & American God's were both masterpieces, and Stardust is one of my favorite books ever. So when I seen this promo ad that featured Neil himself promoting his newest book, Chu's Day, I just had to share it with the rest of you guys out there. This is Gaiman's first traditional illustrated children's book, and I am sure it will be wacky and weird in a way that only Neil can write it. It seems normal, but Gaiman's stuff always seems normal until it gets going. He says Chu's sneezes cause major problems... I can't wait to see what they are! The book comes out Jan. 8th, 2013. Check out the book trailer after the jump...

Samuel L Jackson Tells Kids Exactly What He Wants: "Go The Fuck To Sleep!!!"

Ever since its release of the children's book 'Go The Fuck To Sleep' people have been talking about it. It's one of the highest rated books on Amazon right now and I absolutely love the originality of author Adam Mansbach. Anybody who has kids or younger siblings can relate to this book in full. Anyway, as if the book wasn't over the top itself, they have tapped Samuel L Jackson to read the audiobook!!! God, sometimes perfect pairings can come true. Here it is... 6 minutes of heaven. Here you go!




Wow... just wow. "No you can't have no fuckin' milk... Go The Fuck To Sleep!!!!". Hahahahaha.