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February 10, 2022 by Esther Keller

Maus and Other Graphic Novel Challenges | Roundtable

Three librarians who serve teens and tweens discuss the removal of Maus from schools in Tennessee and other graphic novel challenges.

May 1, 2020 by Esther Keller

Roundtables: Can You Listen to a Graphic Novel?

Can you listen to a comic? The GC4K bloggers discuss what they think about audiobooks in general and comics adaptations in particular.

January 4, 2018 by Brigid Alverson

Roundtable: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Happy New Year! As we leave 2017 behind and plunge into 2018, some of the Good Comics for Kids bloggers paused to look back at what they liked best about 2017—and what they are looking forward to in the new year! Johanna: My favorite thing about 2017 was attending SPX and MoCCA Fest, two of […]

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Roundtable: Eisner Nominations Discussion

May 20, 2015 by Brigid Alverson

This year’s list of nominations for the Eisner award in the children’s and YA categories was a lot different from our list of the top ten graphic novels of 2014. We decided to throw the discussion open to the GC4K bloggers to get a sense of why this particular slate was chosen—and list our favorites […]

Roundtable: Why all the Drama about ‘Drama’?

April 20, 2015 by Brigid Alverson

Earlier this week, the American Library Association released its list of the most frequently challenged books in America. Last year’s list included Bone and Captain Underpants (which is sort of an honorary comic). This year’s list had three graphic novels: Saga, Persepolis, and Raina Telgemeier’s Drama. Saga has explicit sexuality, and Persepolis has come under […]

Roundtable: Boxers & Saints

November 11, 2013 by Brigid Alverson

Gene Luen Yang’s two-volume set Boxers & Saints is one of the most talked-about books of the year—the internet is dotted with reviews of the book and interviews with Yang—and when we started talking among ourselves, we quickly realized that we all had plenty to say—and we didn’t always agree. So we decided to put […]

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Roundtable: Should Parents Limit Comics Reading?

August 8, 2013 by Esther Keller

Limit comics reading to only one day a week? Are reading comics and prose equal? Do children have to read both comics and prose? Are comics “real” reading? Last week, in an article titled “Why My Daughter Isn’t Allowed to Read Comics,” Jonathan Liu at GeekDad posted that he and his wife have limited their […]

YALSA Hub Challenge: Friends with Boys

April 11, 2013 by Robin Brenner

Our fifth title from the YALSA Hub Reading Challenge is Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks.  Friends with Boys was highlighted as a Great Graphic Novels for Teens Top Ten title for 2013 . As a quick refresher, the Great Graphic Novels for Teens Selection list showcases titles “recommended for those ages 12-18, meet […]

Roundtable: Removing Persepolis from Chicago classrooms

April 8, 2013 by Brigid Alverson

The recent removal of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis from some classrooms in the Chicago Public schools attracted a lot of attention. Although it first appeared that all the books were being removed, it turned out that the school district had had second thoughts about teaching it to seventh-graders, largely because of a single page depicting torture. […]

Roundtable: The DC Fan Family website

March 25, 2013 by Michael May

When DC announced it’s new Fan Family website, we had some mixed reactions. And they were still mixed after we gave it a look. Mike, Robin, Esther, Lori, and I talked about what we like about DC Fan Family and what still needs work. What was your first reaction on hearing that DC created a […]

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