MORE POSTS FROM FEBRUARY 2016
Archie may have a new look in the monthly comics, which were rebooted last year, but the comics digests are running a new story in every issue in the traditional style. In this month’s Betty & Veronica Comics Double Digest #241, Dan Parent continues his “Many Loves of Archie Andrews” storyline, which pairs the redheaded […]
The winners of the Cybils Awards have been announced, and the graphic novel prizes go to Victoria Jamieson’s Roller Girl in the elementary/middle grade category and Noelle Stevenson’s Nimona in the YA category. Madballs, those goofy toys from the 1980s, are getting their own comic series from Roar Comics, the kids’ line of Lion Forge. […]
Stock up for the long holiday weekend with some titles from this week’s new releases. DC Comics celebrates President’s Day with Scooby-Doo and the gang looking into some sightings of some Presidential ghosts in Scooby Doo, Where are You? #66. Love is in the air at IDW Publishing as they release Jem and the Holograms […]
Flop to the Top Writer/artists: Eleanor Davis and Drew Weing Toon Books; $12.95 How To Be Happy cartoonist Eleanor Davis returns for a second Toon Books comic for kids, following her 2008 Stinky, and this time she’s joined by Set To Sea cartoonist Drew Weing. Their collaboration is a quick, cute story about a self-obsessed, […]
Peter Pan Writer: Blake Hoena Artist: Fernando Cano Stone Arch Books; $6.95 For adults, who have spent most of their lives occasionally experiencing different presentations and interpretations of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan story in various media, the most interesting aspect of any new telling might simply be in seeing how its creators choose to depict […]
We’re big fans of Gotham Academy, the boarding-school story that’s set on the periphery of the Batman universe. If you’re new to the series, the “Yearbook Issues,” #14 and #15, are a great way to jump in, because they are a series of short stories set in the world of the series, so you get […]
Here’s a treat to start out a snowy Saturday: A preview of three stories from Archie Jumbo Comics Digest #266: The lead story, about Archie and his dog Vegas; a winter snow tale; and a classic from the early years of Archie, illustrated by Bill Vigoda (brother of the late actor Abe Vigoda). Here’s the […]
This week’s list is trade-rific with so many great titles getting collected. Action Lab Entertainment releases the third Hero Cats of Stellar City volume, collecting The Crow King Saga. BOOM! Studios has volume 3 of Lumberjanes ready to be picked up, and DC Comics releases the very funny Bizarro miniseries in one volume. The List: […]
Marissa Meyer, author of the Lunar Chronicles YA novels, has a two-volume graphic novel, Wires and Nerve, in the works, to be illustrated by Douglas Holgate: Set after the events of the “Lunar Chronicles,” it will feature many of the same characters, including Iko the android, as well as: Cinder, the teen cyborg who has […]
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #0 Writers: Kyle Higgins, Steve Orlando and Mairghread Scott Artists: Hendry Prasetya, Corin Howell and Daniel Bayliss Boom Studios; $3.99 It seems like just yesterday that I was telling you about the return of the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in a new comic book series, but that’s just because I […]
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