My first books were comic books - Asterix and Tintin

(and the Phantom, Mandrake and Flash Gordon

and all those crazy dudes). My dad would read 'em to me at first - no nicer way to introduce a kid to reading. It's such a pity that Asterix and Tintin are so rare in American households - the rest of the world is still madly in love with them

. You can learn so much from those books!