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June 28 , 2016 CK Reporter of the Week Kylene Santoro, Morrison Thousands ock to Comic Con an energy sword from “Halo.” Artwork is another huge part of Comic Con; this includes artist and comic strip writers. One example, “Finnegan’s Field,” a new comic strip by Drew Litton, who featured his work at a Comic Con booth. Litton is a local artist who draws sport comic strips for ESPN and was well-known for his cartoons in the Rocky Mountain News. His new strip is about a boy and his dog. “My readers have always meant the world to me. I’m so glad they continue to follow my cartoons in print, online and on social media,” he said. Dustin Resch is another local artist showing off his skills at Comic Con, drawing diff erent characters from throughout pop culture. Some artists who are a part of the Pop Culture Classroom, which is based in Denver, taught kids how to make comics. One dad comes every year to Comic Con with his son. He says sometimes it’s hard to fi nd something they are both interested in, but they together love learning fun things from Pop Culture Classroom. Future cartoonists can get their start with a session in the Pop Culture Classroom’s Kids’ Lab Photo by Thomas Krumholz A big part of Comic Con is Celebrity Summit, where his year more than 114,000 people went to the many famous names come and sign autographs and Denver Comic Convention, a three-day family get their pictures taken. Tfriendly event that displays the best of pop A few celebrity sightings included Stan Lee, the culture, whether it is “Superman” the comic series or creator of Marvel Comics, Karl Urban who is Bones the TV show “Firefl y.” from Star Trek, and John Rhys-Davies, Gimli from Lord Maxwell Jaynes who came to the Comic Con for the of the Rings. fi rst time this year, said, “Being able to go and be a part Other celebrities are authors showing off their new of a community, talking and relating about costumes books. One of these authors was Matthew Wolf, the and stuff is really great!” writer of the Ronin Saga; he was selling the fi rst two The event started in 2012 and has only grown since. books of his series. There are so many aspects at this event that anyone I’m halfway through the fi rst one and give it two can enjoy being there. thumbs up. One cool thing about Comic Con is the elaborate The 2016 Comic Convention was a blast and a costumes people wear, also known as cosplay. People mixture of wonderful pop culture. come in full costumes and show them off at Comic I encourage all to go to it next year, to meet the Con. friendly authors and celebrities, buy cool toys and Some great examples of this are clone troopers from clothes, and see beautiful artwork and cosplay. Star Wars or a full metal Dalek from Dr. Who. If you aren’t too interested in cosplay, you can also buy a lot of incredible merchandise there. There is the Tower of Shirts, which is exactly what it By Thomas Krumholz, sounds like. You can buy clothing with references to 14, a CK Reporter from Denver your favorite comics, movies, or shows. Other merchandise includes the sword shop. You Cosplay is a fun part of any Comic Con, and can range from can buy real metal swords from video games or TV simple superhero costumes to elaborate pieces like this shows like the Master Sword from “Legend of Zelda” or Dalek from Dr. Who Photo by Thomas Krumholz A young girl living in a very diffi cult time rankie, the protagonist of “A Tiny Piece of Sky,” by Shawn K. Even though the book is set in 1939, there are still many Stout, is the youngest of three sisters, which she fi nds to aspects that are very relevant today. Fbe awful. For example, racism is a prevalent theme throughout the First off , she cannot go to Aunt Dottie’s house for the summer book. like Joan, the second oldest. I would highly recommend this book to fans of all genres. Or be called “Princess” and viewed as perfect like her However, I would say this book is probably best suited for oldest sister. kids 11 and older, due to some of the political aspects of the Plus, she is stuck working in the kitchen of her father’s new novel, as well as the racism and war topics that may require restaurant instead of seating guests, or driving tractors. background knowledge. So, while trying to prove she is capable of more to her At 318 pages long, “A Tiny Piece of Sky” is a book that should parents, she discovers more about the war that is starting defi nitely be on your summer reading list. in Europe. People are accusing her father of working for the Nazis, because his parents were German. Frankie becomes curious when her father comes home late By Lauren Walters, at night and is seemingly keeping secrets. 13, a CK Reporter To add on top of everything else, kids are picking on Frankie from Denver because of her German heritage. “A Tiny Piece of Sky” seamlessly blends historic fi ction with mystery. This book defi nitely has something for everyone. HEY COLORADO KIDS! Visit YourHub.com/nextgen for more stories, movie reviews, school news, blogs and polls. Join the conversation today. Youth-written stories that appear here also appear on C , ! The Denver Post • 1 BFG film faithful to Roald Dahl’s novel e is in holding my breath in Dream anticipation. “WCountry. This movie made me This is where all dreams laugh out loud more is beginning.” times than I could My own dreams count! finally came true: Roald I especially loved Dahl’s book “The BFG” when the BFG treated has been transformed the Queen of England into a magical movie with Frobscottle, a that many will fall in carbonated drink that love with. the BFG makes, in Imagine a world which the bubbles go beyond the one that we down instead of up, know of today: a world creating “music” when of giants and dreams. it comes out the wrong The Big Friendly Giant end of your body. (Mark Rylance) calls this The BFG had a home, but even living at language of his own, home can be tough. using words like The BFG is the “runt” “scrumdidilyumcious” of the giants, the and saying “beans” nonhuman eater, a instead of “beings.” disgrace to the “flesh- I also liked that this gobbling” giants. He gets pushed around by all of the larger, meaner giants. movie followed the book very closely and that the characters in the movie were The movie, “The BFG,” brings up the topic of bullying almost exactly like the ones in the book. and shows that it should be stopped. Your favorite book is now in theatres! Don’t miss One day, Sophie (Amanda Root), an orphan girl sees “The BFG!” the BFG. He snatches the girl from her bed and takes Roald Dahl’s book “The BFG” her to Giant Country. has been transformed into a As they get to know one another, they learn that they are equals: two lonely souls. magical movie that many By Natalia Goncharova, Sophie shows the BFG how to stand up for himself will fall in love with. 13, a CK Reporter and not let the giants push him around. from Fort Morgan Together, they work to teach the other giants a lesson, with the help of the queen, of course. “The BFG” is a spectacular movie that I could watch on repeat for days. It is hilarious and heartwarming, and great for an audience of any age. It was truly beautiful and made your heart beat along with the characters’. I had a smile plastered to my face most of the movie; the rest of the time, I was NYSM sequel recaptures original’s magic title character in the “Harry Potter” movies) is the main criminal. There is a lot of adventure in the movie as some of the best made plans don’t always go as planned, landing the Four Horsemen in unforeseen and dangerous situations. Will they fail or succeed? Do they huddle together and work as a team or tear apart and go their own ways? Do they all survive? You’ll have to watch the movie to find out. The actors do a really great job in this movie. I think each one really fits the personality of the characters that they are portraying. I especially enjoyed the hypnotist, Merritt, because he was funny. I also enjoyed the street magician, Jack. He had good skills, was funny, and had a unique personality. In my opinion, this sequel was better than the first movie. It had a more creative plot and more action. It is rated PG-13, however, I think that it was fine for kids 10 and over. There wasn’t really any sex in it, and there was minimal swearing. ow You See Me 2” is a sequel to “Now Four Horsemen: Merritt (Woody Harrelson), Atlas There was a lot of fighting and action scenes, You See Me.” However, you do not need (Jesse Eisenberg), Jack (Dave Franco), and Lula (Lizzy though. “Nto see the first Caplan). The end of the movie definitely hints that there movie to understand and They are brought could be another sequel. That would be a good idea enjoy this sequel.