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It’s official. Summer is here. I know. I know, it’s been here for a week, and weather wise, a bit longer, but today was the last day of school in NYC and so now I can say it: its summer. And with onset of summer come thoughts and memories of camp. So, when I recalled that I’d never reviewed Brain Camp, I thought, that’s the best way to start my summer vacation!
Tim O’Shea talks to Roger Langridge (The Muppet Show comics, Thor: Mighty Avenger) about his newest project, Snarked, which picks up where Lewis Carroll’s “The Walrus and the Carpenter” left off. The interview winds up with a preview of the comic, which will be released in August. At Comics Alliance, Caleb Goellner also has a […]
It’s summer vacation—time for some Archie Comics fun! Today’s preview is from Betty & Veronica #254, which is due out next week. I have nothing deep to say about this comic—just read and enjoy!
In 2004 documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock went on a diet of nothing but McDonald’s for one month. His film “Super Size Me” (which can be seen on his website) followed his health during that month and took a scathing look at America’s fast-food culture and industry. Supersized is a companion graphic novel, which has some […]
Ivy wants more. She hates her high school, her mother, her stupid friends. She wants more than her boring, annoying life. When she and her mother finally come to a breaking point over Ivy’s determination to go to art college rather than business school, she runs away with Josh, another artist who is the only […]
Campfire is a relatively new graphic novel publisher based in India. The folks there started out focusing on retellings of classic works of literature, but in the last year they’ve begun broadening their horizons, expanding into original works, retellings of mythological tales, and biographies of famous people from around the world. Two of the biographies […]
Takasu Ryuuji is a nice guy; he takes care of his flighty mother, is a good friend to those who’ll have him, and has a sweet personality. Unfortunately he inherited his father’s thug-like glare, so no one at school believes that he’s anyone but a killer. Things seem to be looking up at the beginning […]
Gurgazon, the world’s cutest pit demon, has settled into life at The Llewellyn-Vane House for Captured Spirits and Ghostly Curiosities…if by “settled in” you mean “still tries to escape on a regular basis but is consistently thwarted by the implacable butler Mr. Thorne.” But a visit from Mrs. Llewellyn-Vane’s fellow collector and her zoo of […]
The Reading Pile is back this week with an eclectic assortment of titles that run the gamut from video-game tie-ins (Mega Man) to fairy-tale spoofs (Beauty and the Squat Bears) to sports manga (Cross Game). As always, we encourage you to join the discussion by telling us what kid- and teen-friendly titles are on your […]
I’ll admit it, I’m a recreational reader. My favorite books are the ones that make me laugh or cry, but don’t require me to think much beyond what is on the page — much the same way most people watch television. Sure, when I’m reading to review or for committee work I read with eyes […]
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