Links: Reading with Pictures picks up momentum
Hope Larson talks about her newest book, Mercury, at Comic Book Resources.
Print Magazine interviews Jeff Smith about the upcoming Bone movie.
The latest Diamond Bookshelf newsletter has an interesting interview with Mark Andrew Smith, creator of The New Brighton Archeological Society.
Graphic Novel Reporter has a preview of Gene Yuen Lang’s new book, Prime Baby.
The Reading with Pictures initiative continues to gain momentum; The Graphic Classroom is supporting it, and Chris Giarrusso and Jay Piscopo will be contributing stories to their anthology. You can check out their Kickstarter page if you want to get in on the action (and get a copy of the book, when it comes out).
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Reviews: Aquafortis is taking a look at the Cybils YA graphic novel finalists at Finding Wonderland.
Tom Spurgeon on Booth (The Comics Reporter)
Rob on Chiggers (Panel Patter)
Eric Federspiel on Foiled (Out from the Comic Shop)
Rob on Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers (Panel Patter)
The Insomniac on Monsters Inc. Laughing Factory (Geeks of Doom)
Marc-Olivier Frisch on Smile (Comiks Debris)
Christopher Mautner on Smile (Robot 6)
Rob Clough on vol. 2 of Tiny Tyrant (The Comics Journal)
Chris Wilson on Zig and Wikki in Something Ate My Homework (The Graphic Classroom)
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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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