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The Benefit of Reading Comic Book
Comic books are probably the most popular form of reading material for young people in Hong Kong. Write an essay comic books which deal with all the following points:
- why these books are so popular
- the advantages and disadvantages of reading such books
- how comic books can be used for educational purposes
Justify your views by providing reasons.
Reading comic books— a relaxing, joying and learning activity
"Spiderman" or "War and Peace"? "Batman" or "Romeo and Juliet"? "Dragonball" or "Antony and Cleopatra"? If taking these questions to ask the secondary and primary school students, I guess that nine out of ten students will choose the Spiderman, Batman and Dragonball. On the street, we can easily see numerous teenagers taking a comic book and reading it. In other words, comic books are extremely popular in Hong Kong, even compare with the classical literatures. It begs questions that what make comic books so popular and what is the pros and cons of reading comic books?

The most obvious reason is that the design of comic books is really reader-friendly. The size of comic books is quite small; therefore, readers can take it everywhere and no need to bring a big bag to carry it. In addition, the popular comic books are probably having many chapters, likes "Dragonball" and "Gundam Seed". It is very convenient for the readers killing time. When waiting bus or MTR, you read a chapters, maybe more. The bus or MTR then will arrive in less than no time. So, the designs of comic books , the chapters arrangement and the size, are very convenient for the readers.

Other cause is about the human nature or human behaviour. Honestly, mainstream people, including adults and youngsters, love reading pictures more than words, colorful pictures more than only words printed in black and white. When reading the colorful and interesting pictures, we will enjoy it. In contrast, the majority of people, not all people, can not get the enjoyment for reading many long

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