Donating Comics

So, here's a question: if comic book publishers donated comics to schools across the nation, would that help the industry overall? This is The Wife's idea, one that she's asked me to help explore.

As an alegory, Apple severely discounts and/or donates Macinotshes to schools across the U.S. and a number of their sales are a direct result of people who grews up on them.

So would just giving comics to schools be sufficient? Would it only be helpful if there were lesson plans available to go along with them? If the lesson plans are NOT necessary, could the comics come from individual shops? Generate local business?

Just wondering. Anyone have any thoughts? Anecdotes?

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