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For those of us who are old enough to use words like “genre,” “allusion,” and “hermenutics” in our reviews, kid lit presents a unique set of challenges. Though it isn’t difficult to critique the quality of a book’s artwork or writing, it is fiendishly hard to predict what will resonate with young readers. Books that […]
Lot’s of good comics for kids again this week. Boom! Studios continues it’s Disney/Pixar releases. DC/CMX has another new manga for the girls. IDW has another Scott Christian Sava for both boys and girls, and Image makes a rare appearance. Viz brings out another young kid’s book for Pokemon fans, and Seven Seas is keeping […]
Digital Manga Publishing (DMP) has long been known for its yaoi titles published under the Juné and 801 Media lines. Yaoi is the term for romances written by women for women, but featuring a relationship between two men. Usually in the United States yaoi is used to mean the more explicit stories, whereas the term […]
Kids love mysteries. Encyclopedia Brown, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys; the kids book section is filled with young detectives taking on mysteries and solving them. Bluewater Productions introduces a new girl super sleuth with more than beauty or brains. Violet Rose is a sixth grade detective with supernatural powers, living in a town that is far […]
Recently I picked up two fantasy titles from Aurora, a publisher who specializes in shojo titles. Both are from authors that I’ve read and enjoyed before, but both titles still surprised me with how interesting, unique, and well-done they were. Since Aurora is a smaller publisher that I think probably flies under the radar of […]
Two publishers are launching new comics series for kids, while another teen-girls project folds. PWCW’s Calvin Reid reports that Papercutz, the publisher of the Nancy Drew and Bionicle graphic novels, will be publishing graphic novels based on the Disney Fairies series of prose books. The graphic novels will be original stories, not adaptations. Reid also […]
Last month, First Second released The Color of Earth, a critically acclaimed manhwa by artist Kim Dong Hwa. The story focuses on Ehwa, a young girl on the brink of adolescence, and her mother. The two live in a rural village in pre-war Korea, where Ehwa’s mother, a widow, runs a small tavern. The Color […]
Sometimes it’s hard for an adult to read a story for children and enjoy it for what it is. Just a story for children. On first read, adults reading The Big Adventures of Majoko might just shrug their shoulders wondering where is the complexity in this story or the oomph, but upon a second read […]
It’s another strong showing for all ages titles this week! At Archie Comics, Sonic the Hedgehog turns 200! That’s 16+ years of action and adventure from the blue blur, his tail-spinning sidekick, and all their friends and enemies. Joining Sonic is another 90’s icon, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with a trade compilation of the […]
I was away last Friday at the Massachusetts Library Association conference’s Graphic Novel Mini-Conference, where thanks to fellow Good Comics for Kids blogger Robin Brenner, I participated in the State of the Industry panel. For those who missed it, here are some blog posts that hit the highlights: Millie Gonzalez on Graphic Novels 101, featuring […]
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