Links: Invader Zim Comes to Comics

This should be interesting: Papercutz has signed a “first look” deal with Nickelodeon to develop their new cartoon properties into comics and graphic novels (much as IDW has with Cartoon Network), and they will also publish a new Nickelodeon magazine. The first two to be adapted are Sanjay and Craig and Breadwinners, and two more are on the way.

And that’s not all: Oni Press is developing a comic based on another Nick series, Invader Zim. The show was created by Jhonen Vasquez and was something of a cult hit at the time. The creative team on the comic includes Vasquez, Aaron Alexovich, Eric Trueheart, and Rikki Simons (co-creator of Shutterbox).

Artist Nate Powell discusses his depiction of violence in March.

Sing No Evil was one of the most remarkable YA comics of 2014, and it’s a pleasure to read this interview with co-creator JP Ahonen about how he created the story.

Writer Bill Freiberger talks about his work on the new Sonic Boom comics.

Karl Kerschl, Becky Cloonan, and Brenden Fletcher talk Gotham Academy.

Writer Kelly Thompson talks about bringing back Jem and the Holograms.

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has updated its graphic novel list.

Previews

Abigail and the Snowman #3 (Comic Book Resources)
Adventure Time #37 (Comic Book Resources)
Big Thunder Railroad #1 (Comic Book Resources)
Sonic Universe #73 (Comicosity)

Reviews

Stergios Botzakis on El Deafo (Graphic Novel Resources)
Sarah Stevenson on El Deafo (Finding Wonderland)
Sarah Stevenson on The Dumbest Idea Ever (Finding Wonderland)
Jessica Baldazi on Neil Gaiman and Lorenzo Mattoti’s Hansel and Gretel (The Elkhart Truth)
Marykate Jasper on Lumberjanes #11 (Comic Book Resources)
Cory Doctorow on Phoebe and Her Unicorn (BoingBoing)
Johanna Draper Carlson on Possessions, volume 4: The Final Tantrum (Comics Worth Reading)
Sarah Stevenson on vol. 1 of Strange Fruit (Finding Wonderland)
A Library Girl on Vampire Academy (A Library Girl’s Familiar Diversions)

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