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Out from the Comic Shop lists this week’s new kid-friendly comics, with links to some previews. The Disney Comics Worldwide Blog notes the return of Mickey Mouse to comics, in new editions from Boom! Kids. ICv2 has more and the Disney Comics Blog has some previews. Faith Erin Hicks announces her next graphic novel, to […]
Months with a fifth Friday are usually sparse on releases on this week is no different. But even with the small selection there is still some good titles that are fitting in with the change in the season. Check those out as this week’s picks. First Second has a new edition of the second volume […]
Review: Beowulf: Monster Slayer and Amaterasu: Return of the Sun Beowulf is a brave and mighty warrior, known to have the strength of thirty men. At home in Geatland, Beowulf hears about the terrible troubles of his father’s friend, Hrothgar, the King of the Danes. Hrothgar’s land is plagued by Grendel, a vicious monster who […]
Jeroen stumbles across an old scrapbook while scrounging through his grandmother Helena’s attic. When he askes her about the book, it brings back hard memories of her experiences in Amsterdam during World War II, but she tells him her story anyway. Her father was a police officer working with the Nazis and one of her […]
Wow! A lot of good stuff this week made for some tough choices for my picks! Image Comics has another Silverline Books title with Timothy & the Transgalactic Towel, created by Runemaster Studios, who also created Lions, Tigers & Bears. It sounds very cool. CMX bids farewell to Palette of 12 Secret Colors, a wonderfully […]
At Suvudu.com, Dominique Cimina interviews Erik Craddock, the author of the Stone Rabbit series. I talked to Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly about The Toon Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics for this week’s issue of PWCW. Go, read—it’s a gorgeous book and they had lots to say about it. And if that whets your appetite […]
If you shopped at Target anytime last year, you would have seen this square, fuzzy brown figure with black beady eyes and a mouth in a perpetual roar. He is Domo. He started out as the mascot for the NHK, the Japanese Public Television station, but gained a following over the internet. He has had […]
Most librarians know Jill Thompson as the creator of Magic Trixie, a charming trilogy of graphic novels about a feisty young witch and her friends, but Thompson’s career has spanned a number of genres and major franchises, from Sandman to Wonder Woman to Swamp Thing. Her latest series, Beasts of Burden, pairs her with screen- […]
Wolverine is a popular comic character, first created in the 1970’s by Marvel Comics. He has been a member of the X-Men, The Avengers and has had countless solo comics that have explored every possible aspect of his life. He even got his own movie that just came out this week on DVD! Del Rey, […]
Archie Comics takes the spotlight again with it’s continuing saga of Archie and Veronica’s marriage, this time with them actually tying the knot. Other highlights include Dark Horse with the second volume of the Indiana Jones Adventures, new Indy stories of younger readers. CMX finishes it’s girl’s manga Lapis Lazuli Crown, and Top Shelf releases […]
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