INFOTAINMENT- COMICS INDEED!!!!!
Picture this scene. It is very common to teens around the globe (at least, most teens, I am not talking about over conscientious students who study for at least 23 hours a day and crib that they haven‘t studied enough). It is the morn of your dreaded exam and being a typical teenager you have not yet covered your syllabus completely. With great difficulty, you get up from the bed which sensuously seems to beckon you as if aware of your sleep deprived state. You are finally awake(or so you think) and start another cramming session in the wee hours of dawn. .
You start studying, only to realize that you're too sleepy to read anything even remotely connected to academics which only seem to intensify the soporific effect on an already sleepy you. As you head to the kitchen to get a cup of coffee, you chance a glance at one of the comic books lying around. You need something to keep you awake at least long enough to get part of the horror you have for the exam into your head. You start leafing through the pages of the comic book. You start feeling less like a zombie, you feel more wide awake. You are finally ready to take on the dull drab which threatened to overwhelm you mere minutes ago with renewed vigor. After a healthy dose of laughter, you are ready to face those dreary textbooks again. Kudos to the Comics. We all love them.

As this fast paced era of technology advances, teens in general forget one very important thing- reading. It is a compelling truth that grows by the nanosecond.
The startling aspect that haunts modern life, more startling than the imaginary blood covered hands that haunted Lady Macbeth is that, people do not consider reading as something necessary in this modern era. However it‘s not too late. There is hope for this dark situation, a beacon of hope, a ray of light(I am not exaggerating)- COMICS

It is a general assumption that comic books are for children and do not serve any purpose other than rotting people’s minds. This is a fact very far from the truth. Compelling covers, clear dialogues, purposeful layouts and the colorful pages characterize a comic book. These are what comics are and what more than millions of people around the world devour. They are entertaining, informative, humorous and penetrating.

Comics are a living phenomena . They are books with a purpose I.e. is to deliver a good story with colorful sketches that brings the reader immense joy and in some way help them identify themselves along with the characters . Indeed, every clumsy teen can relate to loveable, accident prone Archie Andrews of Riverdale, every glutton to Jughead a.k.a Forsythe. P. Jones, every narcissist to Reggie Mantle, every teen can and does appreciate the rib tickling humor of Asterix and Calvin and Hobbes.

Apart from providing us a good laugh, comics are extremely informative. For instance, a story in one of the Archie comics deal with euphemisms - use of less offensive words or phrases to convey something. It would definitely be easier to learn about euphemisms from a colorful comic strip which is less verbose rather than learning about them from dull, monotonous, brown covered texts. Not only does the reader learn the use of euphemisms, but will also feel interested to probe more into the subject.- to put it in a nutshell, Comics do help in gaining knowledge. So, for those elders who think comics are a waste of time, think again. Do not judge a comic by its cover. Try it out and you will definitely agree that they are not as bad as you think.