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November 23, 2010 by Brigid Alverson

Links: Robots, pirates, and detectives

November 23, 2010 by Brigid Alverson   1 comments

New creator interviews at Graphic Novel Reporter: John Hogan talks to Paul Collicutt, creator of the Robot City Adventures comics, which are a nice, retro-styled blend of robots and drama, and Bill Zimmerman, the author of Your Life in Comics, a writing journal/prompt book aimed at boys.

At Robot 6, I took a look at the question of whether comics shops alone are a big enough market to suport children’s comics and the tendency of teenagers to prefer online (pirated) manga to the printed version.

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Comics-in-the-Classroom maven Peter Gutierrez has a nice piece up at The Graphic Classroom titled Building Better Readers with Graphic Storytelling.

Johanna Draper Carlson takes a quick look at the new Veronica and Betty magazine from Archie 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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