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Just a few posts today, as we seem to be having a slow holiday week. But watch for our special Fourth of July roundtable tomorrow!
Here’s something we don’t see too much about: Pikitia Press interviews New Zealand cartoonist Bob McMahon about his work drawing children’s comics.
Archie Comics is getting ready for Comic-Con with a digital exclusive collection of comics that feature the Riverdale gang at comics conventions. iFanboy has a preview.
Reviews
Greg McElhatton on Anya’s Ghost (Read About Comics)
Michael Buntag on Avatar the Last Airbender: The Promise: Part 2 (NonSensical Words)
Greg McElhatton on The Dare Detectives: The Snow-Pea Plot (Read About Comics)
Tom Spurgeon on Monster Dinosaur (The Comics Reporter)
Richard Bruton on vol. 3 of The Rainbow Orchid (Forbidden Planet)
Rob McMonigal on issues 7 and 8 of Snarked! (Panel Patter)
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, a newspaper reporter, and assistant to the mayor of a small city. In addition to editing GC4K, she is a regular columnist for SLJ, a contributing editor at ICv2, an editor at Smash Pages, and a writer for Publishers Weekly. Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters. She was a judge for the 2012 Eisner Awards.
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