Links: Marvel Adventures, Smile, and the NASCAR Mole
Marvel will be relaunching its Marvel Adventures line of all-ages comics in April with Spider-Man #1 and Super Heroes #1. At Robot 6, Tim O’Shea talks to Paul Tobin, the writer of both comics, about what to expect in the new line.
Heidi MacDonald sums up the recent brouhaha about Bluewater Comics, which apparently offers its creators the worst contract this side of not paying at all.
Scott McCloud thinks Raina Telgemeier’s Smile has something special, and he’d like to see more of it—and more places for kids to find it.
Deb Aoki notes that the Twilight graphic novel rocketed to the Amazon top ten based on pre-orders alone.
Read it and laugh: Chris Sims takes a look at The Adventures of Digger and Friends, a comic that features the NASCAR mole in the title role.
Reviews
James D. Maxon on 20th Century Boys (Books for Youth)
Virginia Postrel on Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean (Deep Glamour)
Yuliyanka on Babymouse: Dragonslayer (Word Candy)
R.J. Carter on Copper (The Trades)
Nicola on Graphic Classics: Special Edition (Back to Books)
Joy Kim on vol. 1 of The Lapis Lazuli Crown (Joy Kim)
Sean Kleefeld on The Toon Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics (Kleefeld on Comics)
Ng Suat Tong on Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (The Hooded Utilitarian)
Brenda Gregson on vol. 1 of Venus Capriccio (Animanga Nation)
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About Brigid Alverson
Brigid Alverson, the editor of the Good Comics for Kids blog, has been reading comics since she was 4. She has an MFA in printmaking and has worked as a book editor and a newspaper reporter; now she is assistant to the mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts. In addition to editing GC4K, she writes about comics and graphic novels at MangaBlog, SLJTeen, Publishers Weekly Comics World, Comic Book Resources, MTV Geek, and Good E-Reader.com. Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters in college, which is why she writes so much. She was a judge for the 2012 Eisner Awards.
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