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October 22, 2012 by Brigid Alverson

Links: New York, New York

October 22, 2012 by Brigid Alverson   1 comments

If things have been a little slow around here, it’s because I was away at New York Comic-Con. Here’s my roundup of the kids’ comics scene for Publishers Weekly.

Oh, and I also put together a roundup of upcoming graphic novels for teens at SLJ Teen.

Graphic Novel Reporter has put together lists of the best fall graphic novels for kids and teens.

The local paper interviews Zack Giallongo about his first graphic novel, Broxo, which was just published by First Second—and immediately hit the New York Times best-seller list.

“Kids are reading comics, just not the ones that are being sold through the direct market,” says Sean Kleefeld, who meditates on the duality between the huge popularity of books like Raina Telgemeier’s Smile and the near-absence of children’s comics and graphic novels from traditional comics shops.

If you have ever been curious about the difference between a publisher’s edition of a book and the Scholastic Book Club version, check out Gina Gagliano’s comparison of the two versions of Adventures in Cartooning.

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Matt Loux posts a panel from a work in progress.

Nathan Hale has some advice for librarians on how to shelve his Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales.

Comics Alliance has a preview of one of the stories in the new Bravest Warriors comic, and MTV Geek previews Ice Age: Past, Presents, and Future.

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Nicola on Graphic Classics: Halloween Classics (Back to Books)
Lizzie Millar on Guinea PI(G): Pet Shop Private Eye (Shelf Elf)
Melissa on Legends of Zita the Spacegirl (Book Nut)
Drew McCabe on Mr. Men and Little Miss: Mr. Strong: Good Thing I Came Along and Garfield #6 (Comic Attack)
Anthony Strand on The Muppets: The Four Seasons: Winter (ToughPigs)
Greg McElhatton on Sumo (Read About Comics)
Greg McElhatton on Uncle Scrooge: Only a Poor Old Man (Read About Comics)
Matt Brady on A Wrinkle in Time (Warren Peace Sings the Blues)

Filed under: All Ages, Graphic Novels, News, Young Adult

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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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  1. Nathan Hale says

    October 22, 2012 at 6:02 pm

    Wow! Putting Broxo on my must get list. Looks great!

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