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Johanna Draper Carlson looks at several of the Manga Math Mysteries put out by Lerner Publishing and finds them to be a mixed bag. Brian Warmoth of Comic Book Resources covers the Disney Kingdom Comics panel at Chicago Comic Con, in which Christian Beranek had plenty to say. Deb Aoki interviews NaRae Lee, who is […]
Lots of comics again this week. Boom! Studios finishes it’s first Toy Story series. Image Comics has a new G-Man series, which it keeps at the lower $2.99 price point, instead of increasing to $3.99 as was originally planned. Marvel finishes it’s fantastic series for pet lovers Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers (Hairball is still […]
Scholastic made a big announcement during this year’s San Diego Comic-Con outlining publishing plans for Jeff Smith’s Bone for 2009 and beyond. I had an opportunity to speak with Jeff in Toronto just before a signing at Indigo Books where he gave details and background about about Rose, the upcoming Tall Tales collection and the […]
Okay, I confess! There are some popular teen fiction series that I have not read. Shocking, but true. Many times it’s not that I’ve been avoiding them because I don’t want to read them, but more because I don’t need to read them. The teens have already read them, so I need to know what […]
A full audience was treated to a panel of librarians who are also die-hard comic book and graphic novel enthusiasts to speak about graphic novel-related programming in their libraries. They included: Robin Brenner (Brookline Public Library), Snow Wildsmith (Charlotte-Mecklenburge Public Library), Mike Pawuk (Cuyahoga County Public Library), Nick Smith (Pasadena Public Library), Hilary Chang (McCully-Moiliili […]
Julian is sick of being a loser, tired of getting bullied, fed up with rejection. So when his parents announce that they’re moving to a new town, he decides that the time is right for a makeover: from nerd to normal. Unfortunately, it’s hard to hide who you really are inside, but fortunately for Julian, […]
A beautiful, poetic book, Bayou focuses on Lee Wagstaff, an eight-year-old girl living in Depression-era Mississippi. When Lee’s father is falsely accused of murdering a white neighbor’s daughter, Lee sets out to clear his name — a task complicated by the fact that Lily Westmoreland was, in fact, kidnapped by an honest-to-goodness bogeyman. Though the […]
Congratulations to Phil and Kaija Foglio, who won the Hugo Award for a graphic novel for Girl Genius. The award is for volume 6, but the whole comic is available online and highly recommended, so go, read. (You didn’t have anything else to do on a Monday morning, did you?) Also, the Archaia folks e-mailed […]
Art Baltazar discusses his work on Tiny Titans with the local paper. (Via Robot 6.) Kiel Phegley reports on David Peterson’s panel at Comic-Con, in which he talked about his plans for the next few volumes of Mouse Guard. Peggy Orenstein meditates on her daughter’s love of superheroes at the New York Times Magazine. Shaun […]
Not much is going on in the kids comics and manga front this week. It’s mostly just continuing titles and a few trades. Antarctic Press has a trade for it’s first volume of Land of Oz adaptation, and Archie continues it’s popular Sonic the Hedgehog Archives, with vol 11 out this week. The only newcomer […]
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