Links: Billy Batson and the magic of Pokemon

ICv2 lists the Top 300 Graphic Novels for March 2011, and kids’ comics make a respectable showing. Among the titles making the cut are Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Pokemon Adventures, Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam, and Yo Gabba Gabba: Comic Book Time.

Kodansha Comics has just re-launched its website with information about its spring/summer line-up. And speaking of Kodansha Comics, Deb Aoki gets the scoop on the publisher’s most anticipated fall releases: Sailor Moon and Codename: Sailor V.

Karen Keller chats with Kill Shakespeare creators Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery.

Over at USA Today, author Richelle Mead and artist Emma Vicieli discuss the forthcoming Vampire Academy graphic novel, due out from Penguin Books in August 2011.

J.K. Parkin previews First Second’s Fall 2011 catalog.

Has BOOM! Studios lost the license for Classic Disney properties such as Uncle Scrooge and Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories? We hope the answer is no; BOOM! has been doing a terrific job of bringing these kid-friendly titles to a new generation of readers.

Curtis Silver trains a sociologist’s eye on The Smurfs.

Reviews

Michael Tellos on American Born Chinese (More Than Words)
Deb Aoki on vol. 1 of Blue Exorcist (About.com)
Karen Maeda on vol. 3 of Dengeki Daisy (Sequential Tart)
Wolfen Moondaughter on Eensy Weensy Monster (Sequential Tart)
Steve Bennett on Finder: Voice (ICv2)
Olwyn Supeene on The Last Unicorn (Sequential Tart)
Rob McMonigal on vol. 1 of Natsume’s Book of Friends (Panel Patter)
Sheena McNeil on vol. 2 of Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (Sequential Tart)
Greg McElhatton on Peanuts: Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown (Read About Comics)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 1 of Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura (Manga Worth Reading)
Wolfen Moondaughter on vol. 15 of Slam Dunk (Sequential Tart)
Katherine Dacey on vol. 3 of The Story of Saiunkoku (The Manga Critic)
Kevin Hodgson on Your Life in Comics: 100 Things for Guys to Write and Draw (The Graphic Classroom)
Ellen Ma on X’Ed Out (The Graphic Classroom)

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