And second, to see if I could persuade Felix to get excited by Greek mythology – even, ambitiously, to see if we could end the week having a conversation about the respective merits of the Iliad over the Odyssey – which he would consume in accessible comic-book versions.
This universally recognisable family struggle, combined with the visually accessible, part comic strip, part diary style has so far produced worldwide sales of 75m books in 41 languages and the sixth book in the series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever, was the biggest and fastest-selling children's book of 2011.
Perhaps Elmer was Keaton's calculated concession to the public's preference for more accessible, warmhearted comics, but the new character suggests a deeper change in Keaton's perception of himself.
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Boudu Saved from Drowning is as comic and accessible as anyone could want, and as profound as a great novel.
Vulliamy's perky drawings in black, pink and red are as accessible as a superior comic and are guaranteed, alongside Hughes's racy narrative, to get young readers behind the wheel.
His work communicated as much, combining the accessible feel of a comic book with the sensory haze of a half-retained nightmare.
Sullivan's 1898 ballet Victoria and Merrie England was one of several late pieces that won praise from most critics: Although the more solemn members of the musical establishment could not forgive Sullivan for writing music that was both comic and accessible, he was, nevertheless, "the nation's de facto composer laureate".
But the arrival of smartphones and digital comics apps such as Comixology has been key to making comics more accessible.
A comic book is accessible even to younger kids.
