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April 10, 2010 by Brigid Alverson

Links: Words are more powerful than big brothers

April 10, 2010 by Brigid Alverson   Leave a Comment

MK Reed interviews Hope Larson and Raina Telgemeier, both of whom have recent YA graphic novels out (Mercury and Smile, respectively) at The Beat.

The Great Graphic Novels for Teens nominations have just been updated. Take a look or nominate one yourself! (Via Joy Kim.)

Shaenon Garrity’s biggest complaint about The Toon Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics: Not enough Intellectual Amos!

NPR’s Glen Weldon remembers how reading comics helped him develop the vocabulary he needed to fight back against his big brother.

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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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