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The Phenomenon of Haruhi Suzumiya! The latest craze that’s sweeping Japan is Haruhi mania, and there seems to be no stopping it! Novels, comics, TV shows, and endless merchandising. Now, the fandom is making its way over to the U.S., with the release of the first manga volume a few weeks ago, and the […]
The Phenomenon of Haruhi Suzumiya! The latest craze that’s sweeping Japan is Haruhi mania, and there seems to be no stopping it! Novels, comics, TV shows, and endless merchandising. Now, the fandom is making its way over to the U.S., with the release of the first manga volume a few weeks ago, and the […]
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As I was straightening the graphic novels in the teen section of my branch library last night, I reflected on how the mess of books strewn everywhere is all Cartoon Network’s fault. Technically it had been made by one eight-year-old boy with spectacularly unobservant parents, but I know the real reason he was over there—Naruto. […]
It’s a small week this week, sadly devoid of any manga. DC continues its push to get younger kids into their universe, with new Super Friends and Tiny Titans issues. Gemstone keeps the tradition of Disney comics alive, with one title, Walt Disney’s Comics & Stories reaching Detective Comics and Action Comics issue number heights! […]
Wolves get a lot of bad PR in fairy tales: they menace grandmothers and little pigs, snack on sheep, and stalk cute kiddies who get lost in the woods. The five stories in There’s a Wolf at the Door may not do much to change our perception of wolves as the “bad guy” in “The […]
It’s long been my hope that good, seasoned comics creators would take on the classics in literature in comic book form and Marvel Comics is doing just that with their Marvel Illustrated line. And while the line has already seen entries retelling stories like Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey, as well as more modern […]
By: Masashi Kishimoto; Adapted by Tracey West Publisher: Viz Media/Vizkids Age Rating: 7-10 Genre: action, fantasy Price: $4.99 Naruto is an immensely popular title both here and in Japan. Every time a new volume of the manga comes out, it hits the USA Today’s Top 150 Booklist, and is often the only manga to do […]
Librarians, start your budgets: This morning’s big news is that Viz is once again going to publish Naruto on an accelerated schedule, with 11 volumes due out between February and April 2009. The anime is going to be pushed even harder, with a subtitled version streaming for paid subscribers on Crunchyroll about an hour after […]
I interviewed Barry Deutsch, creator of Hereville, for this week’s Publishers Weekly Comics Week. If you’re not a regular visitor to the main SLJ site, you should drop in and check out this month’s articles on nonfiction graphic novels for teens and middle schoolers. Christopher Butcher posts on an unfortunate oversight. Recently, Mariko Tamaki, nominated […]
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