Links: Molly Danger, Salem Hyde, and The Big Wet Balloon

Alex Dueben interviews the singly-named Liniers, a major comics star in Argentina who makes his North American debut with the Toon title Big Wet Balloon, and he also talks to Matt Phelan about his new graphic novel Bluffton.

Artist Jamal Igle talks about his latest creation, the all-ages superhero comic Molly Danger.

Frank Cammuso visited Salem Hyde Elementary School in Syracuse, New York, and handed out 400 copies of his new book, The Misadventures of Salem Hyde: Spelling Trouble, to the students. Cammuso used to live near the school, which inspired the title of the book.

Luke Pearson, creator of Hilda and the Midnight Giant and several sequels, talks about his work at the German site Comicgate. (The interview is in English.)

Viz will publish an illustrated novel of the Hayao Miyazaki film My Neighbor Totoro.

A new Adventure Time graphic novel, Pixel Princesses, is in the works from BOOM! Studios.

Previews: The Fantagraphics folks post an excerpt from their upcoming book Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: A Christmas on Bear Mountain, by Carl Barks.

CBR has a preview of Archie #648, which features a superhero parody by Tom DeFalco and Fernando Ruiz.

CBR also has a preview of Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, vol. 2 #3, which is an anthology of stand-alone short stories—a great way to get started with this comic.

Reviews: Former Marvel editor Jim Shooter gives his take on the first Stardoll graphic novel.

Steve Sunu on Afterlife With Archie #1 (Comic Book Resources)
Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan on Boxers & Saints (Bookends)
Drew McCabe on Dotty and Ditto #1 (Comic Attack)
Sterg Botzakis on Fairy Tale Comics (Graphic Novel Resources)
Drew McCabe on Herobear and the Kid: The Inheritance #2 (Comic Attack)
Johanna Draper Carlson on Little Fish (Comics Worth Reading)
Johanna Draper Carlson on Monster on the Hill (Comics Worth Reading)
Nathan Wilson on My Neighbor Totoro Picture Book (ICv2)
A Library Girl on vol. 2 of Nightschool (A Library Girl’s Familiar Diversions)
Renee McGrath on Squish: Game On (Montana Public Radio)
Jennifer Hubert on Tina’s Mouth (Reading Rants)
Johanna Draper Carlson on Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story (Comics Worth Reading)
Richard Bruton on Yoko Tsuno, vol. 8: The Devil’s Organ (Forbidden Planet)

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