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Archives for March 2019

March 30, 2019 by Brigid Alverson

Preview: ‘B & V Friends Jumbo Comics Digest’ #269

Veronica schemes to turn Betty into a frog and stokes Archie and Reggie's competitive sides in this preview of 'B & V Friends Jumbo Comics Digest' #269

March 29, 2019 by Brigid Alverson

Exclusive: Art Baltazar Gets Sketchy in ‘Drew and Jot: Dueling Doodles’

We’re ending a busy week with some big news: Art Baltazar, half of the Art-and-Franco team who gave us the Tiny Titans and lots of other super-cute all-ages comics, is going solo with a trilogy of graphic novels titled Drew and Jot, to be published by BOOM! Studios under their kid-friendly KaBOOM! imprint. The first […]

March 27, 2019 by Brigid Alverson

Guest Post: Jim McClain on How to Go to a Comic Con

A teacher and comics creator shares some tips on how to have fun at a comic con.

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Exclusive Preview: ‘Adventure Time: Marcy & Simon’ #4

March 26, 2019 by Brigid Alverson

Today we have a special exclusive first look at Adventure Time: Marcy & Simon #4, the latest issue in the series featuring the once immortal Simon and the still immortal Vampire Queen Marceline. The writer is Olivia Olson, the voice of Marceline on the TV show, and the artist is Slimm Fabert, who has worked […]

This Week’s Comics: Teenage Rising

March 25, 2019 by Lori Henderson

Archie Comics and Marvel Comics are soaring with two new titles starting this week featuring fan favorite females in their own adventures.

Preview: ‘Betty and Veronica Friends Forever: Pets’ #1

March 24, 2019 by Brigid Alverson

So, here’s a reversal of the usual order of things: For years, the Archie digests have run one new story and a bunch of older stories that originally appeared in the monthly comics. Now they are launching a new monthly comic, Betty and Veronica Friends Forever: Pets, that collects those new stories from each the […]

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Preview: ‘Scooby-Doo Team-Up’ #47

March 23, 2019 by Brigid Alverson

Scooby and the gang team up with Magilla Gorilla in Scooby-Doo Team-Up #47, as DC reaches way back into my childhood for a new guest character. Here’s the 411: “How much is that gorilla in the window?” For years, Mr. Peebles has wanted nothing more than to finally sell Magilla Gorilla and get the big […]

Preview: ‘Looney Tunes’ #248

March 23, 2019 by Brigid Alverson

Here’s some good old-fashioned Saturday morning cartoon fun: A preview of Looney Tunes #248, featuring some Bugs Bunny shenanigans: Blacque Jacque Shellacque is back—and he’s in pursuit of gold karats and Bugs Bunny wants golden carrots, leading them both up the beanstalk to fulfill their desires. But what they find instead is a giant problem […]

Comics News from Snow White to Harley Quinn

March 22, 2019 by Brigid Alverson

Convention season has begun, and that means the comics news cycle is heating up. Here are some news flashes from around the comicsphere. First Second has been breaking some news lately: They did a cover reveal for their book Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigaration at Paste Magazine, and they gave the AV […]

Review: ‘Positively Izzy’

March 21, 2019 by Esther Keller

'Positively Izzy' follows up 'Invisible Emmie' with a story that is less about the mores of middle school than about the awkward relationships between parents and children at that age.

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