Select some comics for the long weekend! Archaia Entertainment finishes the Mouse Guard: Black Axe mini-series this week. Get a dose of the Marvel animated universe with new issues of The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Ultimate Spider-Man Digest. And in honor of Charles Darwin’s 114th birthday, Smithsonian Books releases a graphic biography of the [...]
Review: Mameshiba Love Winter
By on February 14, 2013
Mameshiba translates literally to “Bean Dog,” bean-shaped creatures with dog faces and ears. They started out as a series of TV trivia shorts in Japan and became so popular they got their own merchandising line. Viz Media picked up these popular and cute pups and have created an original series of books for young readers. [...]
All ages comics and manga for 2/6/13
By on February 8, 2013
Now this is a list! The Penguins of Madagascar are back at Ape Entertainment with a new trade. It’s the dueling cartoon hits as BOOM! Studios has the next issue of Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake while IDW has the third issue of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Viz Media has more Voltron [...]
Review: Hikaru no Go, volumes 1-23
By on February 5, 2013
You wouldn’t think a story about an ancient Japanese game that consists of placing stones on a board would be very exciting. But in the case of Hikaru no Go, you would be very wrong. The writer-artist team of Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata created a series of well developed characters and games filled with [...]
All ages comics and manga for 1/30/13
By on February 1, 2013
The fifth Wednesday in the month is usually sparse, but it’s hard to tell when the whole month of January has felt like this! BOOM! Studios’ big hit Adventure Time is about to turn one year old with this month’s issue. The final volume of Roger Langridge’s Snarked is out, completing this great title. And [...]
All ages comics and manga for 1/23/13
By on January 25, 2013
It’s another very short list this week. BOOM! Studios has the next issue in their Peanuts comic series. Marvel continues their Ultimate Spider-Man series as the TV series goes into its second season, and you should pick up Young Justice while you still can. With the cartoon teetering on the edge of cancellation, the comic [...]
A Mom’s Journey into Homestuck Part 4
By on January 22, 2013
As I was working on my posts for Act 3, my youngest daughter came up to me and said “Did you know you’re on the Homestuck Wiki?” I responded with a no, and asked how she knew. She said her sister told her. So I asked my oldest daughter how she found out. She told [...]
All ages comics and manga for 1/16/13
By on January 18, 2013
It’s a small list this week! Do publishers do inventory as well, and just not stock their shelves in January, like retail? Despite that, there are still some good titles to check out. Marvel Comics has a new issue of the Disney Junior Magazine, and Papercutz has the latest volume in their Garfield and Co. [...]
Review: Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake #1
By on January 16, 2013
Adventure Time is a cartoon series that is popular with both boys and girls. In its third season they did a one-off episode that gender-swapped all the characters, which surprisingly became one of their most popular episodes. I know my kids loved it. When we went to Wondercon last year, there was a lot of [...]
All ages comics and manga for 01/09/13
By on January 11, 2013
It’s a new year, and that means—more of the same of your favorite titles! Capstone continues to feed young readers’ desires for superhero books with the DC Super Heroes line. DC Comics releases the first trade collecting the first arc of Green Lantern: The Animated Series, IDW collects the first arc of Popeye for his [...]
Review: Mortensen’s Escapades #1: The Mysterious Manuscript
By on January 9, 2013
Science has achieved one of man’s greatest dreams: time travel! Using a time gun, one can travel through time, but criminal forces have gotten their hands on this technology and are robbing the past of its treasures. All over the world, secret time agents work to keep history in its correct order. Mortensen is one [...]
All ages comics and manga for 12/19/12-01/03/13
By on January 4, 2013
The holidays have come and gone, and while the blog was on hiatus, the new releases of comics weren’t! Get out those gift cards and prepare to catch up on two weeks of comics as well as picking up this week’s new releases. Action Lab Entertainment releases the second issue of their short stories collection [...]
All ages comics and manga for 12/12/12
By on December 14, 2012
Celebrate the end of the triple digit dates this century with some comics from this week’s list! Archaia Entertainment releases the second volume of Rust. Archie Comics collects the next story arc in Mega Man with its fourth trade volume, and Boom! Studios celebrates its Adventure Time series with a special issue that showcases the [...]
A Mom’s Journey into Homestuck Part 3a
By on December 11, 2012
Webster’s Dictionary defines an intermission as “an interval between the parts of an entertainment (as the acts of a play).” In Homestuck, an intermission is another act that doesn’t feature the main kids. Even though there have been short animations between Acts 1 & 2, and 2 & 3, this is the first actual intermission. [...]
A Mom’s Journey into Homestuck Part 3a
By on December 11, 2012
Webster’s Dictionary defines an intermission as “an interval between the parts of an entertainment (as the acts of a play).” In Homestuck, an intermission is another act that doesn’t feature the main kids. Even though there have been short animations between Acts 1 & 2, and 2 & 3, this is the first actual intermission.
Act [...]
All ages comics and manga for 12/05/12
By on December 7, 2012
With winter break a week away, kids are no doubt looking forward to coming holidays. Keep them entertained with titles from this week’s list! Sonic the Hedgehog from Archie Comics starts a new story arc featuring frenemy Knuckles. Scooby Doo and the gang have a seasonal issue as they help save a Chanukah celebration from [...]
All ages comics and manga for 12/05/12
By on December 7, 2012
With winter break a week away, kids are no doubt looking forward to coming holidays. Keep them entertained with titles from this week’s list! Sonic the Hedgehog from Archie Comics starts a new story arc featuring frenemy Knuckles. Scooby Doo and the gang have a seasonal issue as they help save a Chanukah celebration from [...]
All ages comics and manga for 12/05/12
By on December 7, 2012
With winter break a week away, kids are no doubt looking forward to coming holidays. Keep them entertained with titles from this week’s list! Sonic the Hedgehog from Archie Comics starts a new story arc featuring frenemy Knuckles. Scooby Doo and the gang have a seasonal issue as they help save a Chanukah celebration from [...]
All ages comics and manga for 12/05/12
By on December 7, 2012
With winter break a week away, kids are no doubt looking forward to coming holidays. Keep them entertained with titles from this week’s list! Sonic the Hedgehog from Archie Comics starts a new story arc featuring frenemy Knuckles. Scooby Doo and the gang have a seasonal issue as they help save a Chanukah celebration from [...]
Review: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #1
By on December 4, 2012
