Blue Stars | This Week’s Comics

Blue Stars Volume 1 The Vice Principal Problem from Candlewick Press tops this week’s list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, along with a new Katie Cook series from Ten Speed Press. Other highlights include a new semi-autobiographical title from Harper Alley, A For Effort. Random House Graphic releases Magic Girls Volume 1 Kira and the Maybe Space Princess while Union Square releases the coming-of-age title Alterations.

The List:

AMP! COMICS FOR KIDS
Big Nate Volume 30 This Means War TP, $12.99

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
Betty And Veronica Friends Forever Sleepover #1 (One Shot), $3.99
Betty And Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest #322, $9.99

BOOM! STUDIOS
Ranger Academy #5, $3.99

CANDLEWICK PRESS
Blue Stars Volume 1 The Vice Principal Problem GN, $12.99 **Weekly Pick**

DARK HORSE COMICS
Time Traveler Tales #4, $3.99

DC COMICS
Batman And Scooby-Doo Mysteries #3, $2.99

DISNEY HYPERION
Duck And Moose Volume 1 Duck Moves In GN, $12.99
Duck And Moose Volume 2 Moose Blasts Off GN, $12.99

FLYING EYE BOOKS
Cactus Kid And The Battle For Star Rock Mountain GN, $15.99

HARPER ALLEY
A For Effort GN, $15.99

IDW PUBLISHING
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Saturday Morning Adventures Continued #11, $3.99

PAPERCUTZ
Casagrandes Volume 5 Going Out Of Business GN, $7.99
Smurf Tales Volume 4 Smurf And Turf And Other Tales GN, $14.99

RANDOM HOUSE GRAPHIC
Magic Girls Volume 1 Kira And The Maybe Space Princess GN, $13.99

SIMON AND SCHUSTER BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
Spy School Volume 3 Evil Spy School GN, $14.99

TEN SPEED PRESS
Nothing Special Volume 1 Through The Elder Woods GN, $22.99 **Weekly Pick**

UNION SQUARE
Alterations GN, $14.99
Bunny Vs. Monkey And The Human Invasion GN, $12.99
Schnozzer And Tatertoes Shoot the Moon GN, $9.99

The Picks:

Blue Stars Volume 1 The Vice Principal Problem GN – Candlewick Press debuts a new series about two cousins who set out to save the world starting with their school. Cousins Riley Halfmoon and Maya Dawn move to Urbanopolis to live with their activist grandma. They get off to a rocky start as outgoing Riley thinks they’ll be instant BFFs, but introvert Maya just wants some space for herself. They start to feel at home at school, where Maya joins the Robotics Club and Riley bonds with some fellow gymnasts. When the two decide to run for sixth-grade class president, they find a common foe in the money, power, and lies they come up against. Shifting from competition to cooperation, they join forces like a pair of superheroes, using their individual strengths to save the day. With themes of family, community, and compromise, this first volume will entertain and inspire middle-grade readers.

Nothing Special Volume 1 Through The Elder Woods GN – Ten Speed Graphic releases the first volume in a new series by creator Katie Cook. Callie, a teenager with the ghost of a radish as a friend and a father who owns a magical antique shop, thinks she’s nothing special. She’s grown up in the human world and has only caught glimpses of the magical realm where her father collects his inventory. On her seventeenth birthday however, Callie and her friend Declan go to her home and find it in disarray and her dad missing. Finding signs of a struggle that point to the portal to the magical realm, Callie, Declan and Radish dive in together to find her dad and bring him home. Setting off on a fantasy adventure of a lifetime, the not-so-human teenagers may find they are both special in their own ways after all. This volume collects the first season of the Webtoon Nothing Special and features behind-the-scenes materials fans new and old will not want to miss.

Filed under: All Ages