Volumes 7 and 8 Are Here!
Shaenon: Look at this! Skin Horse Volumes 7 and 8 are in from the printer and available at the Couscous Store. Everyone who backed these books on Kickstarter will be receiving their copies and other good stuff soon. Thank you all so much!
Channing: In a very literal way, you guys made this happen. Our deepest thanks.
Robin looks so proud! As well he should be.
Are you letting Robin read them?
Imagine going down the “Why?” rabbit hole with Robin!
I would expect Robin to be past the “why?” stage for the most part.
Well, mostly it’s the foul language and corrupting a minor. Though if he can understand it, he can’t be corrupted any further.
No, I get that. I was just thinking of that stage a kid goes through when they ask “why?” to every answer you give them. My niece went through it hard when she was around 2 or 3.
I’m reading SH to my three years old. OK, he doesn’t understand english, but, still, his mother asked me if it was OK because of the +16 sticker. So I reviewed why it wouldn’t be OK: – sexual talks. I tend to censor those when it’s too literal – innuendos are fine imo.
– monsters. Well most of children books have worse monsters
– blood and gore. When it comes to UNITY it stays comical, othewise there isn’t that much gore in SH – for the better since I don’t like gore.
-The most important for the sheer numbers of occasions it happens: foul language. Well. That thing doesn’t get much attention here, we don’t care. Oh, pardon my french: we fucking don’t give a shit.
Doesn’t Nick’s swear filter take care of most of the foul language? I’m ok with “melonfarmer”.
well, depends if your definition of foul. + we happen to understand rather well yiddish.
Robin has seen Skin Horse, but it’s not really in his wheelhouse right now. He’s getting into Bone, Calvin & Hobbes, Richard Thompson’s Cul de Sac, and really old Aquaman comics.
Have you introduced him to Narbonic yet?
Not really, but he likes the artwork and our plush gerbils.
Almost didn’t recognize him without his cape and domino mask…
Love it. Teach em to read with own book.