MORE POSTS FROM FEBRUARY 2017
Time for some Saturday morning cartoons! Teen Titans Go #20 fights February’s snow and slush with a story about spring break and a heart-warming (not really) Valentine’s Day tale. Here’s the 411: Robin’s “Poetry Jam” was supposed to be romantic, but things are about to get really gross instead. We’re shocked. Then it’s time for […]
Don’t look for love in all the wrong places—you can find it here on this week’s list of new releases! Graphix releases the second volume of Bunny Vs Monkey, now with a laser-firing hovercraft, kitten cannon, and hamster mobile. Marvel Comics has a new issue of Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #17, with thrilling scenes of students learning […]
Joey Weiser’s Mermin started out as, literally, a “fish out of water” story: A strange sea creature washes up on a beach, a boy takes him home, and we get to watch Mermin—the mer-man from Mer—cause general chaos at his new friend Pete’s home and school. But from the very beginning there are hints of […]
I’ve always had a soft spot for retold or fractured fairy tales. I marvel at the ingenuity of an author to take an existing story, keep it recognizable, and give it a unique spin. There’s a long history of fractured fairy tales from Gail Carson Levine’s Ella Enchanted to Margaret Peterson Haddix’s Just Ella. And […]
How to Train Your Dragon: The Serpent’s Heir Writers: Dean DeBlois and Richard Hamilton Artist: Doug Wheatley Colorist: Wes Dzioba Cover artist: Pierre-Olivier Vincent Dark Horse, $10.99 Age 10 up. A preview of the graphic novel follows this review. Whenever I review a book that’s connected to a movie or other media property, the first […]
Time for some space hijinks with Scooby and the gang! In this week’s exclusive preview of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #78, the Mystery, Inc., crew goes to space camp—and things start going sideways when a mysterious space alien shows up: Sci-fi turns into sci-fright! Outer space camp goes scary when an angry alien tries to […]
The shortest month starts out with a short list of new releases this week. Goldie Vance takes on her rival Sugar Maple in a new story arc starting in BOOM! Studios’ Goldie Vance #9. Jem and the Holograms gets a superhero makeover in the 2017 Annual from IDW Publishing, and just as Peter Capaldi announces he will […]
It feels like yesterday that I was hearing about a new graphic novel series featuring the Greek gods in comic form, and now we’re up to number nine in a planned series of 12. And still it doesn’t disappoint! I admit, I’ve been negligent with this series and have missed a couple of titles—I keep […]
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