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August 19, 2010 by Brigid Alverson

Links: Vacation reading

August 19, 2010 by Brigid Alverson   Leave a Comment

Alex Dueben of CBR interviews Tom Sniegoski, the writer of Bone: Tall Tales.

Joe Hennes talks to Roger Langridge about the latest Muppet Show comic at the Muppet fan site Tough Pigs.

At The Graphic Classroom, Chris Wilson discusses disability issues in the classroom with particular reference to the graphic novel Skateboard Sonar, which is about blind skateboarders.

Noah Berlatsky has a little fun bashing Bluewater’s Oprah Winfrey comic before he zooms in on the real problem: The ads and marketing suggest the publisher doesn’t know their audience very well.

John Shableski has some encouraging words about kids’ graphic novels at Graphic Novel Reporter.

Jerzy Drozd has posted videos of the comics workshops he offered for teens at the Ann Arbor Public Library a while back. Start here for the first one.

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Sterg Botzakis on Cat Burglar Black (Graphic Novel Resources)
David Elzey on Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (the excelsior file)
Brigid Alverson on Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue (Graphic Novel Reporter)
John Hogan on Ghostopolis (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Nicola on Graphic Classics: Edgar Allen Poe (Back to Books)
Chris Wilson on History Dudes: Vikings (The Graphic Classroom)
Sterg Botzakis on How I Made It To Eighteen (Graphic Novel Resources)
Kevin Hodgson on The King of Soccer (The Graphic Classroom)
Snow Wildsmith on The Popularity Papers, vol. 1 (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Snow Wildsmith on Possessions, Book One: Unclean Getaway (Graphic Novel Reporter)
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Chris Wilson on Tracking Bigfoot (The Graphic Classroom)
Greg McElhatton on The Unsinkable Walker Bean (Read About Comics)

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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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