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Marvel will be relaunching its Marvel Adventures line of all-ages comics in April with Spider-Man #1 and Super Heroes #1. At Robot 6, Tim O’Shea talks to Paul Tobin, the writer of both comics, about what to expect in the new line. Heidi MacDonald sums up the recent brouhaha about Bluewater Comics, which apparently offers […]
Here’s a special treat: We asked educator and literacy expert Peter Gutierrez to pick ten of his favorite graphic novels for classroom use. Take it away, Peter! With so many great releases over the past year for K-12 classrooms, I don’t want to waste too much time teeing up. I do need to stress, though, […]
Artist George O’Connor talks about his upcoming The Olympians at Comic Book Resources. At Graphic Novel Reporter, John Hogan talks to Raina Telgemeier about her new book, Smile. And they have a sneak preview, too! Also at GNR: Fairbanks, Alaska, librarian Greg Hill writes about the Guys Read program, in which volunteers read to elementary […]
The American Library Association’s Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) announced their 2010 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list today, and since it’s hard to choose from such an abundance of goodness, they also narrowd it down to a top ten list. And here they are, with links to those that are available in full […]
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Is The Storm in the Barn, recent winner of the Scott O’Dell award, really historical fiction? Monica Edinger says yes, J.L. Bell says no, and he has further commentary here and here. Comic Book Resources has a nice 18-page preview of Lola: A Ghost Story, which Snow reviewed here last week. Also up at CBR: […]
ALA Midwinter is just around the corner, and I and several other Good Comics for Kids bloggers will be there. Drop us a line at wordballoons (at) gmail.com if you want to meet up. Straight from the horse’s mouth: Kristy Valenti interviews some actual children about their taste in comics. This made me feel old: […]
The big news this week is that the final nominations for the Cybil Awards have been announced. The finalists in the Graphic Novel category are Middle Grade Creepy Crawly Crime (Joey Fly, Private Eye) Adventures in Cartooning: How to Turn Your Doodles into Comics The Stonekeeper’s Curse (Amulet, Book 2) The Secret Science Alliance and […]
Here’s a great conversation between two cartoonists who both do historical fiction, although of very different types: Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo) and Chris Schweizer (Crogan’s Vengeance), brought together by The Comics Journal. Evelyne Aka talks to Marguerite Abouet about her graphic novels Aya and Aya of Yop City. (Via The Beat.) Geek Dad lists the […]
Arizona librarian Jordan Boaz writes about graphic novel workshops for teens at Graphic Novel Reporter. iFanboy has a video interview with Jeff Smith, the creator of Bone. Disney has launched digital comics for the Sony PSP. The Archie News blog posts the latest set of previews, plus the news that they are doing a talent […]
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