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February 27, 2012 by Brigid Alverson

Links: The politics of Archie, Vertical picks up new manga

February 27, 2012 by Brigid Alverson   Leave a Comment

Is Archie comics pushing a liberal agenda? An editorial at Comic Booked says yes, but a more articulate rebuttal by T Campbell points out the true agenda of Archie Comics: To make money, something that brings people of different political stripes together. I interviewed Archie writer Alex Segura at Robot 6, and he also was the guest on the latest comiXologist podcast.

Vertical, the publishers of Chi’s Sweet Home, announced two new manga licenses this past weekend at MangaNEXT: Heroman, a kid-gets-powers series for teen and pre-teen boys that is based on a plot by Stan Lee, and The Limit, a story about bullying from Keiko Suenobu, the author of Life (a manga about cutting that was published by Tokyopop).

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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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