Links: Plenty of Previews
John Hogan talks to Copper author Kazu Kibuishi and Zeus creator George O’Connor at Graphic Novel Reporter. Also: Jenny Christopher, sales director for Boom! Studios, talks about how she grew to love comics, and our own Robin Brenner joins a librarians’ roundtable on how the Great Graphic Novels for Teens list is made.
CBR has a 26-page preview of Crogan’s March, as well as previews of some new Boom! Studios comics: Ultraheroes #1, Toy Story #1, and Wizards of Mickey #1.
Here’s a look at Archie Comics’ April lineup, including a "New Look" baseball story featuring Betty vs. Archie.
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Reviews
Anonymous on Animal Crackers: A Gene Yuen Lang Collection (scroll down) (PWCW)
Nicola on Calamity Jack (Back to Books)
Tom Flinn on The Cartoon Introduction to Economics (ICv2)
Tom Spurgeon on Copper (The Comics Reporter)
Billy Aguiar on vol. 1 of The Lizard Prince (Prospero’s Manga)
Lori Henderson on vol. 1 of The Lizard Prince (Manga Xanadu)
Comicsgirl on Magic Trixie #1 (Comicsgirl)
Brigid Alverson on Capstone’s My First Graphic Novel series (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Brigid Alverson on Owly: The Way Home & The Bittersweet Summer (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Brigid Alverson on Silly Lilly and the Four Seasons (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Kate Dacey on vol. 1 of Ultimo (The Manga Critic)
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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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