Links: Dragon Ball creator’s new manga comes to the U.S.
Writer Jim Ottoviani and artist Maris Wicks talk about Primates, which interweaves the stories of the three primatologists Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas, with insights into both their research and their private lives. Then the two creators go over to Comic Book Resources for a chat with reporter Alex Dueben.
Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball, is back with a new series, Jaco the Galactic
KC Carlson takes a trip into Archie history with a look at the origins of Moose.
iVerse launched its digital library service at ALA this past weekend; I covered the basics at Good E-Reader and my editor Michael Kozlowski followed up with a video interview (in the same post) with Josh Elder.
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Princeless publisher Action Lab has picked up Lea Hernandez’s all-ages vampire tale The Garlicks.
Jason Thompson takes a look at Twin Spica, a young adult manga about a girl who is training to be an astronaut in Japan’s space program.
CBR has a couple of exclusive previews of Scratch 9: Cat Tails #2 and Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake #6.
Reviews
A Library Girl on Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Promise, Part One (A Library Girl’s Familiar Diversions)
Travis Jonker on The Big Wet Balloon (100 Scope Notes)
Lissa Pattillo on vols. 1 and 2 of Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix (Kuriousity)
Helen on The Last Dragon (Narrative Investigations)
Johanna Draper Carlson on Mickey Mouse Color Sundays, vol. 1: Call of the Wild (Comics Worth Reading)
Aquafortis on Primates (Finding Wonderland)
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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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