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Do you hear a mewing? This week’s list has a good mix of fun and fantasy from Archie Comics holding a Beach Party, to the Wizards of Mickey continuing the Grand Tournament, to The Powerpuff Girls and the Imaginary Friends from Foster’s Home working together in one volume to keep the kids out of trouble though […]
Yesterday, Brigid Alverson, Robin Brenner, Esther Keller, Eva Volin, Snow Wildsmith, and I participated in a panel discussion at the ALA’s annual conference. Called “Good Comics for Kids,” the presentation focused on how to create a graphic novel collection for young readers: what to buy, how to organize the collection, and how to develop effective […]
Summer vacation is a time for relaxing and trying to do as little you can get away with. It seems publishers seem to be feeling the same way, considering the size of this week’s list. Boom! Studios hits hard with Disney superhero teams Incredibles and Ultraheroes, while DC manages some magic with Billy Baston and […]
This time, on this week’s comics list: When Comic Animals Attack! Hedgehogs from Archie, Ducks and pigs at Boom! Studios, and scaredy dogs running wild at DC! Marvel’s all animal super hero team, the Pet Avengers finishes up their second mini-series, and there’s more Oz with the Marvelous Land and the Little Adventures over at […]
This month’s column marks a sad milestone: the last time I’ll be writing about a new or recent kid-friendly title from CMX. Throughout its six-year existence, CMX licensed a variety of titles for readers in the eight-to-twelve range. And while some of these titles bordered on the insipid, many were excellent, offering kids age-appropriate stories […]
Sixteen-year-old Yayoi is descended from a powerful line of mystics tasked with protecting the human world from the demon. When Ura, a demon prince, attempts to steal her powers, Yayoi transforms him into a cat and treats him as a house pet, temporarily lifting the spell on him when she needs help defeating powerful foes. […]
Are the kids (or you) counting down the days until school’s out? It’s coming up, but with time being relative, it could be too fast or too slow. Why not pass some of that time with some of the books on this week’s list? Bongo Comics has a new collection of Bart Simpson comics for […]
The demise of CMX was a real blow to librarians who work with pre-teen and young teen readers, as CMX published a lot of terrific series for kids in this underserved 8-to-13 age group. As my colleague Robin Brenner noted last week, other companies may be publishing material for teens, but series like Black Bird […]
The latest installment of Good Manga for Kids focuses on two titles for the under-twelve crowd: Dinosaur King (VIZ) and The Lizard Prince (CMX). Despite their similar titles, Dinosaur King and The Lizard Prince couldn’t be more different. The first is a shonen (boys’) manga featuring time travel, talking dinosaurs, and evil scientists intent on […]
One of the trickiest aspects of reviewing comics for kids is knowing which titles they’ll actually like, as opposed to which titles well-meaning adults (like me!) think they ought to like. Case in point: in August 2009, I reviewed the first volume of ChocoMimi, a title I disliked for its rather dim, materialistic heroines. When […]
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