Upstaged | This Week’s Comics

Upstaged from Little Brown Ink tops this week’s list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, along with a new graphic novel for beginning readers from Tundra Books. Other highlights include an new graphic novel from First Second Books, Plain Jane and the Mermaid. Keenspot Entertainment releases the third issue of Squish and Squash, while Penguin Young Readers releases Amber Brown is Not a Crayon.

The List:

A WAVE BLUE WORLD
Becoming Who We Are GN, $16.99

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
Archie Giant Comics Frenzy TP, $10.99
World Of Archie Jumbo Comics Digest #140, $9.99

BOOM! STUDIOS
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #120, $4.99

DC COMICS
Barkham Asylum TP, $12.99

FIRST SECOND BOOKS
Plain Jane And The Mermaid GN, $14.99

IDW PUBLISHING
My Little Pony Set Your Sail #2, $3.99
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Saturday Morning Adventures Continued #13, $3.99

KEENSPOT ENTERTAINMENT
Squish And Squash #3, $5.99

LITTLE BROWN INK
Upstaged GN, $12.99 **Weekly Pick**

PENGUIN YOUNG READERS
Amber Brown Is Not A Crayon GN, $9.99

SIMON SPOTLIGHT
Creepover Volume 6 Best Friends Forever GN, $11.99
Dog And Pony Show Dog Gets A Pet GN, $6.99

TUNDRA BOOKS
Fluffle Bunnies Volume 1 Buns Gone Bad GN, $9.99 **Weekly Pick**

The Picks:

Upstaged GN – Little Brown Ink releases a middle grade novel about goodbyes and new beginnings. Ashton Price has been spending their summers at theater camp with their best friend and enduring crush since the sixth grade. Now its the last summer before high school and they part ways, and Ash is determined to end it on a high note. Everything is shaping up as Ivy gets the lead in this year’s musical while Ash takes on the job of stage manager. Ash even hopes to work up the courage to ask Ivy out! But between Ivy rehearsing long hours with her co-lead and Ash throwing themself into an ambitious stage production, they might just end up drifting apart instead. One way or another, as September looms, Ash and Ivy’s friendship will change forever. Fans of The Tryout and The Girl from the Sea will love this heartfelt graphic novel.

Fluffle Bunnies Volume 1 Buns Gone Bad GN – Tundra Books releases a chapter book series for early readers. Three bunnies, Flop, Biggie, and Boingie, are left without their mother when she goes off to Brazil to learn jiujitsu. The trio have to learn some hard truths about life pretty fast. One, squirrels will take over your cozy nest as soon as you leave and refuse to give it back. Two, dogs are to be avoided at all costs. Three, raccoons will believe anything you tell them. Armed this this knowledge, the three buns will take on all comers. Using quick thinking, ingenuity, and a little bit of raccoon manipulation, they are determined to be the rulers of the park. Fans of The Bad Guys series will enjoy this origin story of three bad-bunny kingpins.

Filed under: All Ages