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It’s good list this week, especially after last week’s joke. Sonic the Hedgehog prepares to roll over into the 200’s. IDW releases the trade for Doctor Who: Forgotten, a great primer for anyone wanting to learn about the history of the Doctor. Papercutz "illustrates" come classic poems, and Viz brings some more great manga for […]
This year’s Eisner Award nominations are out, and comics for kids and teens got plenty of nominations not only in their own categories but also in some others. Here’s a list: Best Short Story "Murder He Wrote," by Ian Boothby, Nina Matsumoto, and Andrew Pepoy, in The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #14 (Bongo) Best Publication […]
Flipping through Luuna, one might easily conclude that Tokyopop had licensed yet another Disney franchise. All of the requisite elements are there: a trio of wisecracking animal sidekicks, a plucky princess on the verge of adulthood, and a handsome suitor, complete with granite jaw line and flowing hair. On closer inspection, however, Luuna proves darker, […]
Here’s a nice local-paper article about a 15-year-old girl who donated her manga collection to her local library. In the piece, the local librarian discusses how manga is inviting to reluctant readers but also challenges them to read at a high level. The girl herself is very interesting—she started reading manga at age 6 and […]
Stan Mack, whose Real Life Funnies ran in the Village Voice many moons ago, is illustrating a series of historical graphic novels for teens. Comics need pictures as well as words in order to be comics, so why are artists overlooked? Karen Green takes on the question of attribution, with particular attention to the case […]
Looking for new comics? April Fools! There aren’t any! Just kidding…well, there are some, it’s just a small list, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a good one! Boom! Studios is back with another comic due to sell out in no time. Marvel, getting into the spirit of the day, has two books to tickle […]
One of the most popular sections in my library, aside from the graphic novels, is books on drawing. It’s often that a student comes up to me and says they’re writing/drawing their own comic. These students request books on how to draw and how to write comics. And while Jessica Abel and Matt Maden’s Drawing […]
Last year, UDON Entertainment announced that it would be launching a new line of kid-friendly manga, to debut in April 2009. Acknowledging the paucity of titles for the under-twelve set, Chief Operating Officer Erik Ko promised to deliver “captivating,” age-appropriate stories in a variety of genres. I’ve had a chance to read two series from […]
Manga, or Japanese comics, has been around in the United States in various forms since the early 80s. Dark Horse and Viz Media inundated the market with a proliferation of series published first as single issues, and later collected in oversized $15 volumes. Soon, monthly anthologies, like Manga Vizion and Super Manga Blast gained popularity. […]
The last couple of months of Previews catalog has had quite a few titles for All Ages rating, or Kid Friendly as Previews likes to mark them. Maybe it’s because Free Comic Book Day is coming up in May, and Publishers want to have books available that parents won’t mind buying when they walk in […]
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