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John Hogan talks to Copper author Kazu Kibuishi and Zeus creator George O’Connor at Graphic Novel Reporter. Also: Jenny Christopher, sales director for Boom! Studios, talks about how she grew to love comics, and our own Robin Brenner joins a librarians’ roundtable on how the Great Graphic Novels for Teens list is made. CBR has […]
Below is an alphabetical list of all the picks from the All Ages Comics and Manga list from the last year. You’ll find over 100 titles that were highlighted in comics, graphic novels and manga from the weekly release list. The titles cover a wide range of genres and stay with the the age range […]
This January, First Second released the first in a 12 part series by George O’Connor. The series, The Olympians, comes at the heels of the Percy Jackson series, which has caused middle-schoolers all over the country to rediscover Greek Mythology. I had the opportunity to interview George O’Connor to discuss the series and the release […]
The Disney Newsletter has a big story on Boom! Studios, which has taken over production of the Disney comics. Says Boom! CEO Ross Richie: My publishing philosophy is all about great characters. Stories are first propelled by character, then conflict … resolving that conflict won’t provide a good story if the characters are derivative and […]
It’s a good week for trades on the new releases list. The next volume of the Sonic The Hedgehog Archives comes out from Archie Comics. Boom! Studios has 2 from from it’s line of Disney/Pixar titles, Cars and Incredibles. From Marvel comes a trade from it’s soon-to-be-ending Marvel Adventure Super Heroes comic series. Check out […]
I remember the educational comics from my childhood: they were painfully square vehicles for addressing topics such as "staying safe around power lines" or "saying no to peer pressure." The art was subpar; the scripts were tin-eared; and the paperstock was even worse. Teachers usually distributed them in conjunction with a earnest safety lecture, and […]
Tsuyoshi is a spoiled middle-school boy from a wealthy Japanese family. When his strict grandfather gets tired of Tsuyoshi’s playboy ways, he tells the boy the family’s dark secret–they’re actually Korean! Well, 400 years ago. But that’s enough of a family tie for Tsuyoshi’s grandfather to decide to ship him off to Korea to learn […]
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, […]
Rainy weather (like we’re having in California) is the perfect to for settling into a cozy spot with a blanket, a mug of hot chocolate, and a good book. This week’s list has quite a few that qualify. Image finishes up the first G-Man mini-series, and Marvel has some trades coming out, including one that’s […]
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