MORE POSTS FROM JULY 2013

Links: Retro Batman, New Archie

Brigid Alverson, July 8, 2013 | All Ages



Johanna Draper Carlson looks at a new format for Archie Comics that’s part digest, part graphic novel. Here’s the history of the British children’s comic The Phoenix, which is a family operation, told in comics format. Nice! CBR interviews writer Jeff Parker about his new all-ages, digital-first comic Batman ’66, which is inspired by the […]

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Sunday Smurfology: Matt. Murray on the color of Smurfs

Brigid Alverson, July 7, 2013 | All Ages, Graphic Novels, Previews



Our weekend preview is something a little different today: Papercutz sent along Smurfologist Matt. Murray’s introduction to The Smurfs Anthology, and it addresses a very interesting question: The color of Smurfs. Specifically, the color of Smurfs in the first Smurf comic, The Purple Smurf, which was published in French as “The Black Smurf.” Why the […]

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This Week’s Comics: Emerald Sea

Lori Henderson, July 5, 2013 | All Ages



Beat the heat with some cool titles from this week’s new comics! Over at Archie Comics, Sonic The Hedgehog hits another milestone as the comic reaches issue #250 and its massive crossover with Mega Man continues. BOOM! Studios completes the spin-off series Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake. I know I’m going to miss them. […]

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Interview: Karl Kerschl

Eva Volin, July 4, 2013 | Interviews



On Wednesday, July 11 through Sunday, July 15, while attending the Comic-Con International 2012 in San Diego, I ran around to as many of my favorite kids comics creators as I could and asked them all the exact same questions. Keep in mind, comic book conventions are crazy loud and crazy busy, so there is […]

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Preview: Archie Comics Spectacular: School Daze

Brigid Alverson, July 3, 2013 | All Ages, Previews



Just in time for summer vacation, Archie has another big comics collection, this one about school—well, it’s much more fun to read about it than to actually be there, right? Archie Comics Spectacular: School Daze is on sale in comics shops today and will pop up everywhere else in the next two weeks. (Do they […]

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Links: Dragon Ball creator’s new manga comes to the U.S.

Brigid Alverson, July 2, 2013 | All Ages



Writer Jim Ottoviani and artist Maris Wicks talk about Primates, which interweaves the stories of the three primatologists Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas, with insights into both their research and their private lives. Then the two creators go over to Comic Book Resources for a chat with reporter Alex Dueben. Akira Toriyama, creator […]

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