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Papercutz launches a new series this week: Stardoll is all about “friends, fashion, and fun.” Here’s the blurb: Meet Claire Leo… she, along with her new friends Ashley, Kaya, Ruby and Sue-Ni, attends the Los Angeles High School of Fashion and Design (FAD) and hopes to make her dreams come true. In Claire’s, case that [...]
The Archie folks love to publish big, fat, colorful collections of their comics, and the latest one offers plenty of value for the money. The Archie 1000 Page Comics Extrvaganza, on sale tomorrow in comics shops and a bit later in bookstores, is a brick of a book filled with classic and newer Archie tales. [...]
The latest volume of Papercutz’ Power Rangers graphic novel includes two stories—and one features a 15-foot-tall villain made of trash! The book is out on Sept. 10, but you can check out this sneak preview right now. Enjoy!
Josh Elder, the writer of Mail Order Ninja, is writing a Scribblenauts digital comic (based on the game) for DC. Elder is known to many in the kids’ comics community as the driving force behind Reading With Pictures as well as the account manager for iVerse’s digital comics service for libraries, Comics Plus: Library Edition. [...]
It’s beauty vs. the budget in this month’s issue of Betty & Veronica Double Digest, which went on sale yesterday in finer comics shops everywhere. Check out our preview (and that lovely cover by Gisele Lagace and Tito Pena); there’s more information at the end of the post. BETTY AND VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #215 When [...]
The third Annoying Orange graphic novel is out today from Papercutz, and it’s as full of laughs as the first two. Here’s the blurb: Annoying Orange, Pear, Apple, Passion Fruit, and the rest star in five all-new juicy stories that explore the darker side of the supermarket. The forgotten scandals, the crazy kidnappings, the mysterious [...]
The Boxcar Children Graphic Novels Based on the books by Gertrude Chandler Warner Published by Albert Whitman and Company The Boxcar Children were a beloved children’s series when I was growing up, and these graphic-novel adaptations have a sort of old-fashioned charm to them. It doesn’t seem to have occurred to anyone to update them [...]
Mike Kunkel’s Herobear and the Kid is one of those timeless stories with a touch of magic to it. Ten-year-old Tyler’s grandfather has just died, leaving him a stuffed bear and a pocket watch as his inheritance. Tyler’s family has just moved into his grandfather’s house, which means Tyler is starting at a new school—and [...]
Hope Larson is following up her graphic adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time with an original graphic novel, Four Points, about twins who make their way across the country (having adventures on the way) in the 1860s. Rebecca Mock is illustrating the story, which will be released in two volumes. Archie and his pals are [...]
Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales books are a cheeky take on American history, but they are also sophisticated graphic storytelling that help bring the events to life in ways that simple prose could not. His latest book, The Donner Dinner Party, takes on a subject that has horrified and fascinated the public since it happened and [...]
Have a second helping of Stilton! Geronimo Stilton’s sister Thea is just as smart as her more famous brother, and she gets into just as many scrapes—er—adventures as well. In Thea Stilton, vol. 2: Revenge of the Lizard Club, a mysterious ship is polluting the shores of Thea’s island while everyone is distracted by the [...]
It’s the heroic story of the conquest of the air—done Smurf style. Flying Smurf talks Handy Smurf into helping him make an airplane, but the magnificent flying machine makes a mess of Smurfette’s garden. She goes off to get a bit of peace and quiet—and is kidnapped by Gargamel, leaving Flying Smurf to be her [...]
Abrams has revealed the cover of the latest Wimpy Kid book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck. It’s going to be a sort of electric green. Hit the link to see a very short trailer and download your own Wimpy Kid computer wallpaper. This is the eighth book in the series, for those who [...]
Here’s an early look at Disney Fairies #12, the latest volume in Papercutz’ Disney Fairies series, which I believe is imported from Italy. These books are charming, self-contained stories with lively characters and colorful art. Check out t…
We haven’t had a link post in a while because I was busy at San Diego Comic Con. Here’s my roundup of the kids’ comics scene at the con, and here are some more articles and panel reports worth checking out: Gene Yang and Paul Pope in Conversation Bongo Comics (publishers of the Simpsons and [...]
It’s Archie time! Here’s a preview of Archie Double Digest #242, which will be out in comics shops tomorrow and in the rest of the world two weeks later. The catalog information is after the preview. Enjoy! ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #242 When Archie has to make some quick cash to compensate for an accident he [...]
The children’s graphic novel Papercutz, already home to the Smurfs, Annoying Orange, and Lego Ninjago graphic novels, is adding another licensed property to its lineup: A series of graphic novels based on the movie Rio, which will fill in the story between the original movie, which came out in 2011, and the sequel, Rio 2, [...]
It’s time for some Betty & Veronica goodness! Here’s a peek at their latest digest, Betty & Veronica Friends Double Digest #235, due out in comics shops today and in the rest of the world in about two weeks. Enjoy the preview; there’s more info at the end of the post. B&V FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST [...]
We have a special treat to kick off this SDCC week: An exclusive preview of the Spy vs. Spy comic from this month’s MAD Magazine, which will be out on July 24. As I mentioned in a previous post, MAD Magazine is still alive and kicking (you can subscribe here) and Peter Kuper, who has [...]
Here’s an exclusive sneak peek at the cover of World of Archie Double Digest #33, which is due out in October. Cvoer artists George Frese and Tito Peña keep it simple in this startlingly iconic cover, in which Archie’s hair expands to fill the universe, but no doubt the interior will be crammed full of [...]
