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BOOM! Studios launched their new line of Peanuts comics a little while, and if that seems rather audacious, given that Charles Schulz was the sole author of the newspaper strip, consider this: I attended the Peanuts panel at San Diego Comic-Con, where I learned, to my surprise, that there were Peanuts comic books in the [...]
The cliché about Comic-Con International is that it isn’t about comics any more, but that’s not really true. While the cameras focused on people waiting in line to see the cast of Doctor Who or paying $75 to be chased through an obstacle course by zombies from The Walking Dead, the media largely overlooked a bustling comics and graphic novel scene. About 130,000 people came to this year’s event, held July 11–15 at the San Diego Convention Center.
BOOM! Studios has done something interesting with their Adventure Time comics, which are based on the Cartoon Network series created by Pendleton Ward: The comics are kid-friendly in their own right, but BOOM! has tapped a number of indy comics creators with adult followings to work on the series. The result is something that’s fun [...]
The latest Geronimo Stilton graphic novel, Geronimo Stilton #10: Geronimo Saves the Olympics, jumps right on the Olympics bandwagon with a wacky tale set mostly in the first modern Olympics, which were held in 1896. Geronimo Stilton stories always involve a gang of low-life cats who go back in time and try to change history [...]
Last week, at San Diego Comic-Con, the Power Rangers joined the Papercutz lineup, taking their rightful place alongside NInjago, Nancy Drew, Geronimo Stilton, the Three Stooges, and other childhood favorites. Vol. 1 of Power Rangers Super Samurai, the first Power Rangers graphic novel—ever!—was written by Stefan Petrucha and illustrated by Paolo Henrique, both Papercutz veterans. [...]
I’m just back from San Diego Comic-Con, where BOOM! Studios was hot-hot-hot! And their hottest comics seem to be in their kaBOOM! line, with Adventure Time getting a lot of attention for its great storytelling and side stories by indy creators, and Roger Langridge walking off with the Eisner for Best Publication for Kids (ages [...]
In January, Papercutz released the first volume of Dance Class, a French series that focuses on a trio of best friends, Julie, Luce, and Ali who study dance together. Each volume of the series focuses on their efforts to master different styles. The first, released in January, explored the world of hip-hop; the second, which [...]
I was pretty dubious about House of Night: Legacy, when I first picked it up. Does the world really need another graphic novel about a school for vampires—preciously spelled “vampyres”?
The answer turns out to be yes, if it’s this one. I’m not familiar with the Casts’ prose novels, on which this is [...]
Next week is the biggest event of the comics year: San Diego Comic-Con, a sprawling, four-day event that encompasses not only comics but also TV, movies, even prose books. There’s so much going on that it can be hard to sort it out, but here’s a list of programs about kids’ and young adult graphic [...]
Independence Day is an excuse for fireworks and barbecues, but it’s also a good opportunity to think about how our nation was formed and evolved. With that in mind, the Good Comics for Kids bloggers decided to have a conversation about our favorite graphic novels about American history—and there’s a surprisingly strong selection to choose [...]
Just a few posts today, as we seem to be having a slow holiday week. But watch for our special Fourth of July roundtable tomorrow!
Here’s something we don’t see too much about: Pikitia Press interviews New Zealand cartoonist Bob McMahon about his work drawing children’s comics.
Archie Comics is getting ready for Comic-Con with a digital [...]
I don’t have much to say today because the comics creators are doing all the talking: Check out this awesome page of video interviews with Faith Erin Hicks, Dave Roman, Raina Telgemeier, and Chris Giarrusso, among others, all done in the Artist Alley of the ALA Annual Meeting. Grab a cup of coffee, sit back, [...]
Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld is one of those iconic comics that women are still talking about years later. (True confession: Being a bit older than the Amethyst Generation, I never read them.) The original series, published by DC in the 1980s, was about a 13-year-old girl, Amethyst, who discovers that she is actually a princess [...]
Roger Langridge’s Snarked is one of the freshest new comics on the kids’ scene today. Langridge starts with Lewis Carroll’s characters, the Walrus and the Carpenter, and reimagines them as con men in the kingdom of the Red Queen. Here’s a quick look at issue #8 of the ongoing series; the first volume of the [...]
Here’s a look at the latest WordGirl comic from BOOM! Studios, in which WordGirl and Bob become involved in a fashion competition (a la Project Runway). Here’s the blurb:
Duty calls for WordGirl, especially when her alter ego, Becky Botsford, sees her best friend it trouble! When Violet gets wrapped up in the evil machinations of [...]
