from regular graphic novel guest blogger, Francisca Goldsmith:
Mark Siegel’s experience in the graphic novel idiom is long, deep and informed by international strains and precepts. He brings all this to bear in a narrative that plumbs the mysteries first brought to literary ears by Homer: how very like the Sirens’ song is man’s belief in [...]
History, Mystery and the Power of Symbolism
By on October 24, 2012
Review: Billy Fog
By on October 24, 2012
I want to begin this post by welcoming our newest writer, Michael May, to Good Comics for Kids. You may have noticed Michael popping up in our roundtables; he has been eager to begin contributing to the blog, and because our host, SLJ, is still working on moving everything over to the new platform, he [...]
Links: New York, New York
By on October 22, 2012
If things have been a little slow around here, it’s because I was away at New York Comic-Con. Here’s my roundup of the kids’ comics scene for Publishers Weekly.
Oh, and I also put together a roundup of upcoming graphic novels for teens at SLJ Teen.
Graphic Novel Reporter has put together lists of the best fall [...]
Preview: Silly vampire fun with Upside Down
By on October 20, 2012
Just in time for Halloween, Top Shelf has a cute vampire book that’s more treat than trick: Jess Smart Smiley’s Upside Down: A Vampire Tale. You can see a preview of the first few pages at that link; below, we have a bit more of the story. Harold is a cheery vampire who lives in [...]
Librarians Flock to New York Comic Con
By on October 15, 2012 Leave a Comment
Digital comics, gaming, and, of course, costumes were among the draws for teachers and librarians who attended New York Comic Con’s (NYCC) Professional Day on Thursday, October 11, featuring panels by the American Library Association, among other organizations. Once again, as in past years, New Jersey librarians dominated as presenters at Professional Day, covering collection development, library programming, and the history of the science fiction and fantasy genres.
Exclusive: Chris Schweizer’s Moaning Myrtle paper figure
By on October 15, 2012
Chris Schweizer, the creator of The Crogan Adventures, has created a set of paper figures of the characters from Harry Potter. It’s an amazing set of 55 different figures that you can download, print out, and assemble, and he is giving Good Comics for Kids an exclusive on one of them, Moaning Myrtle. This is [...]
Private Galleries
By on October 11, 2012
from graphic novel guest blogger, Francisca Goldsmith:
Artists’ sketchbooks are the analogs to writers’ notebooks: individuals maintain them for different reasons and to suit different personal needs. Steven Heller is eminently suited as editor, critic and art director to curate this compendium of out takes from the wide array of artists who were willing to share [...]
Private Galleries
By on October 11, 2012
from graphic novel guest blogger, Francisca Goldsmith:
Artists’ sketchbooks are the analogs to writers’ notebooks: individuals maintain them for different reasons and to suit different personal needs. Steven Heller is eminently suited as editor, critic and art director to curate this compendium of out takes from the wide array of artists who were willing to share [...]
Review: Cardboard by Doug TenNapel
By on October 10, 2012
Cardboard
By Doug TenNapel
Scholastic Books/Graphix Imprint, August 2012
978-0-545-41873-7, softcover; 978-0-545-41872-0, hardcover
You’ve always known for years that the best toy you ever had wasn’t a Transformer, Strawberry Shortcake, or Star Wars action figure (though they are cool). The best toy you ever had was that big cardboard box your parents got from a new appliance that could [...]
Links: Everybody’s talkin’ comics
By on October 8, 2012
Doug TenNapel has been busy lately, with three books out in three years from Scholastic (Ghostopolis, Bad Island, and Cardboard), and he talks a bit about his work process, who he writes for, and the possibility of his books ending up as movies someday in a wide-ranging interview at Comic Book Resources.
George O’Connor, the [...]
Links: Everybody’s talkin’ comics
By on October 8, 2012
Doug TenNapel has been busy lately, with three books out in three years from Scholastic (Ghostopolis, Bad Island, and Cardboard), and he talks a bit about his work process, who he writes for, and the possibility of his books ending up as movies someday in a wide-ranging interview at Comic Book Resources.
George O’Connor, the [...]
Global History as a Teacher
By on October 4, 2012
from graphic novel guest blogger, Francisca Goldsmith:
World War II, rather like the Torah, is endlessly plumbable for lessons, insights and other instructions from the past that we can apply as we continue to move always toward the future. Keery and Wyatt’s concise and visually enriched version of Canada’s role and military experiences in that period [...]
From Sesame Street to Pocket God: A look at Ape Entertainment
By on October 3, 2012
At San Diego Comic Con, I had the opportunity to chat with Brett Erwin and David Hedgecock, the founders of Ape Entertainment.
Ape has a varied line that includes comics for both children and adults and a wide array of licensed properties. They have produced licensed comics based on popular films such as Shrek, Penguins of [...]
From Sesame Street to Pocket God: A look at Ape Entertainment
By on October 3, 2012
At San Diego Comic Con, I had the opportunity to chat with Brett Erwin and David Hedgecock, the founders of Ape Entertainment.
Ape has a varied line that includes comics for both children and adults and a wide array of licensed properties. They have produced licensed comics based on popular films such as Shrek, Penguins of [...]
Links: Reviews, interviews, and comics in the classroom
By on October 1, 2012
Ben Hatke chats with Jules of Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast about his new book, Legends of Zita the Spacegirl, what he’s reading, and what his kids are up to.
Hope Larson talks to Alex Zalben about adapting the classic A Wrinkle in Time into graphic novel form.
At Comic Book Resources, Alex Dueben talks to [...]
Watch and Read—Spotlight on Media Tie-ins: Go, Go Power Rangers: Refreshed Books and a New Graphic Novel Series
By on September 26, 2012 Leave a Comment
First introduced in 1993 with Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, this iconic live-action TV series starring a group of teens able to transform into a team of color-coded costumed superheroes is still going strong. Power Rangers: Samurai, the show’s l8th iteration, premiered in 2011 on Nickelodeon, followed by 2012’s Power Rangers: Super Samurai (TVY7), a second set of episodes featuring the same characters.
Reporting on US from the Inside
By on September 26, 2012
from graphic novel guest blogger, Francisca Goldsmith:
Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco form a team that is hard hitting as well as provocative, insightful as well as careful with detail. Neither journalist has ever been shy about taking a side in the story he is reporting and with the material here, side-taking is an essential aspect [...]
Review: Drama
By on September 17, 2012
This afternoon, a sixth grader came into the library and spotted a poster that was drawn by Raina Telgemeir for Scholastic’s Read Every Day Lead a Better Life Campaign. “Do you have it?” she asked breathlessly? “Do you have it?”
“What?” I asked.
“My favorite book in the whole world,” she answered breathlessly. (I promise! True story!)
“Which book?”
“Smile.”
Unfortunately, all my copies were checked out. But I kept thinking if only I had done my book order already, I know she’ll fall equally in love with Drama, Telgemeier’s latest release.
Touch and Go: Play Ball!
By on September 13, 2012 1 Comment
Baseball season may be coming to an end, but a true fan’s enthusiasm for the sport never wanes. Reason enough to consider two new digital products for your iPad: Ryan Woodward’s Bottom of the Ninth and The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. The first is an animated graphic novel, the second, a reference guide. Here’s what our reviewers had to say about these releases.
The Future of History
By on September 12, 2012
from graphic novel guest blogger, Francisca Goldsmith:
Authentic students of history recognize that what is past doesn’t just stand: it shifts and changes shape as interpreters armed with the present look back. And those same interpreters look back from a landscape shaped by that same set of events, circumstances and changes created by that history.
Stan Mack, [...]
