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April 16, 2018 by Brigid Alverson

Links: ‘Drama’ Among the Most Challenged Books—Again

April 16, 2018 by Brigid Alverson   Leave a Comment

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The American Library Association released its list of the 10 most challenged books of 2017 last week, and this year, there was only one graphic novel: Raina Telgemeier’s Drama, which has become sort of a perennial. Some important takeaways from this year’s list is that more than ever, books for children and teens are being challenged, and that in many cases administrators are pre-emptively removing books in an attempt to avoid controversy. There’s more at the above link, including some downloadable graphics, and in the ALA’s State of America’s Libraries 2018 report.

Cover of 'Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass'
Cover of ‘Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass’

More Lumberjanes! BOOM! studios has announced an original Lumberjanes graphic novel, Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass. Here’s the executive summary:

Eisner Award-nominated writer Lilah Sturges (Jack of Fables, Justice Society of America) and rising-star artist polterink present an all-new story in Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet’s camp for Hardcore Lady-Types when Mal, Ripley, Molly, April & Jo become separated during an orienteering outing thanks to a mysterious compass. While Molly begins to feel more and more insecure about the effect of her relationship with Mal on the other girls, a lonely woman explorer is trying to steal the compass…with the help of some weirdly polite automaton butlers, of course.

In other news…

  • George Gene Gustines talks to Peter Tomasi and Sara DuVall about their graphic novel The Bridge, the story of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which is out this week.
  • Black Panther: World of Wakanda, by Roxane Gay and Ta-Nehisi Coates, has won the 2018 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book.
  • DC’s new comics lines, DC Zoom (for middle-grade readers) and DC Ink (YA) will not launch until sometime next year, the publisher announced at the Diamond Summit immediately preceding C2E2.
  • Wendy and Richard Pini are celebrating the 40th anniversary of Elfquest by going on the Forty Years of Pointed Ears Tour.

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At the Bookends blog, Terry Hong rounds up some graphic novels for middle-grade and YA readers—some new, some not so new, but all worth a read.

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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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