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It’s the start of new month, and the holiday shopping season. While retailers may not start counting their sales until Black Friday, publishers are getting their wares out now. Viz has a bevy of titles that kids will love, including Pokemon and Naruto. The chapter books will definitely appeal to young readers who love Naruto. […]
Here’s what you need to know about Don Wood’s graphic novel, Into the Volcano: it’s really, really good. The action is really good, the adventure is really good, the characters are really good, and the ending is really good. There is even a lot of comic book swearing (of the @#$% variety), and for many […]
Newsarama’s Zack Smith talks to Matthew and Jennifer Holm about Babymouse, which Robin Brenner found to be one of the top-circulating graphic novels for kids in her library system, although it’s less well known among adult comics bloggers. One commenter complains that the book shows "little artistic skill," but others chime in to point out […]
It has long been an issue for parents to get their children interested in the teachings of the Bible. Colorful pictures, simpler retellings of the marvelous stories, publishers have used various techinques to try and appeal to the younger demographic and had varying success with each one. Well now JMG Comics has added one more […]
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Art Spiegelman doesn’t usually do a lot of reviews, but with several new books out, including the early-readers title Jack and the Box, he has been a bit more talkative of late. In part 3 of a five-part interview at The Daily Cross Hatch, he talks about the Toon Books, the lack of comics for […]
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror—Dead Man’s Jest story and art by Matt Groening, et al Bongo Entertainment/Harper Collins, 128 p. $15.95 Middle School (age 12+/grade 6+) It’s Halloween, so time once again for The Simpson’s Tree House of Horror special, complete with bad puns, nonsensical storylines, and, of course, special guest stars. This oversized […]
With costumes chosen and pumpkins carved, all that left is to find some suitable scary stories to make this Halloween complete. This week’s list has come interesting titles to check out, but you’re going to have to take your little ghost, ghoul or goblin out to find them like any good trick-or-treater! It’s a week […]
Does presidential hopeful Barack Obama have a hidden talent? Grandpa bought me all the DC Comic books, and I was the only one who had them, so Barry and Yanto would borrow the books and copy pictures of Batman and Spider-Man out and ask me to judge which was better. Barry was always better than […]
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