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Find magic and adventures in this week’s new releases! IDW continues its My Little Pony Micro-series, this time featuring the ruler of Equestria, Princess Celestia. Papercutz releases the 12th volume in their Disney Fairies series, Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure, and Seven Seas releases the final volume of Young Miss Holmes, a wonderful series [...]
Prepare to bid summer farewell with some of this week’s new releases. Archie Comics takes you behind the looking glass into “Mirrordale” in Archie #647. Papercutz releases the third volume of that freaky fruit Annoying Orange, and Viz Media has a slew of media tie-ins including the new series Max Steel. The List: ARCHAIA ENTERTAINMENT [...]
Beat back the last of the dog days of August and enjoy the long Labor Day weekend with sweet comics! Archie Comics releases the third volume of their re-imagined series Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Magic Within. Issue 3 of the popular Cartoon Network series Regular Show comes out this week from BOOM! Studios, while [...]
If you have young children and/or emerging readers who love superheroes, Capstone Press has you covered! They have released several books based on DC superheroes featuring Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. IDW extends their My Little Pony Micro-series with a new issue featuring the Cutie Mark Crusaders, while Marvel releases the Pixar Presents magazine that [...]
Capstone is doing its part to get younger readers interested in superheroes with some board books out this week featuring Superman. Lerner Publishing releases the 10th volume of their adaptation of the The Little Prince, The Planet of Trainiacs, and Marvel has two Disney magazines aimed at young and tween girls, Girls Presents and Princess [...]
Limit comics reading to only one day a week? Are reading comics and prose equal? Do children have to read both comics and prose? Are comics “real” reading? Last week, in an article titled “Why My Daughter Isn’t Allowed to Read Comics,” Jonathan Liu at GeekDad posted that he and his wife have limited their [...]
It was hard picking just two titles to spotlight this week. There were so many good titles even though the list is a little sparse. BOOM! Studios has another Adventure Time special issue; this time it’s the Summer Special, featuring lots of summertime stories. Vertical, the boutique manga publisher, has the new volume of Heroman, [...]
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With the weather being so wacky, some good comics are perfect to take your mind off the heat and humidity! Can’t get enough of Adventure Time? How about a whole encyclopedia of fun facts and info about the land of Ooo? Abrams released the hardcover this week. If you prefer something more old school, as [...]
It’s the week of San Diego Comic-Con, so as usual, publishers are keeping their releases light. Nonetheless, there are some goodies to be had for non-attendees. Action Lab releases the second trade in their popular title Princeless. The Sonic the Hedgehog/Mega Man crossover hits its penultimate issue in Sonic Universe #54 from Archie Comics, and [...]
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Beat the heat with some cool comics coming out this week. Action Lab Entertainment has another Princeless one shot, telling Tales of the Family Ashe. Dark Horse Comics has the second part of the Avatar The last Airbender series The Search, and Hyperion releases a graphic novel adaptation of the third Artemis Fowl book, The [...]
Beat the heat with some cool titles from this week’s new comics! Over at Archie Comics, Sonic The Hedgehog hits another milestone as the comic reaches issue #250 and its massive crossover with Mega Man continues. BOOM! Studios completes the spin-off series Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake. I know I’m going to miss them. [...]
2013 is now halfway over. Where has the time gone? It’s easy to guess with all the great titles that have been coming out! Archaia Entertainment, which just this week announced a merger with BOOM! Studios, releases the beginning of second volume of the popular Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard series. BOOM! Studios has [...]
Enjoy the longest day of the year with some comics! BOOM! Studios releases a new trade of Adventure Time, collecting the third story arc. Dark Horse Comics has a new Star Wars Clone Wars trade featuring everyone’s favorite Jedi, Obi-wan Kenobi, and Marvel Comics has a magazine special for the new Monsters University movie that [...]
Start your summer reading with titles from this week’s list of new releases. Jump on the Kevin Keller bandwagon with the newest issue from Archie Comics, winner of the LGBT Media awards for Outstanding Comic Book. Papercutz releases the first Smurfs Anthology of original comics in publication order, and Viz Media has the next volume [...]
