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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Links: The Phoenix Debuts
By on January 7, 2013
Quite a bit happened while we were away on hiatus; here are the highlights. I’ve been waiting for this for a while: The UK children’s comic The Phoenix is finally available as an iPad app; before this, you could only buy it in a specific grocery store in the UK. The app includes a free [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
All ages comics and manga for 11/28/12
By on November 30, 2012
As November disappears into the rear view mirror, we look ahead to Christmas and find books on this week’s list to put under the tree or to distract prying eyes. Archie Comics releases the next volume in the Sonic The Hedgehog Archives, and Kodansha continues its release of the manga adaptation of the tween adventure [...]
All ages comics and manga for 11/21/12
By on November 24, 2012
Fight off (or speed up) that turkey coma with some titles from this week’s list! Archie Comics releases a special issue of their quarterly magazine Sonic Super Special with an issue of pull-out posters of Sonic and his friends. Kodansha releases another volume of their kid friendly title Animal Land, and Marvel Comics releases two [...]
All ages comics and manga for 11/14/12
By on November 16, 2012
Start planning for rewarding those good little boys and girls now, with some titles from this week’s list! IDW has the collected issues of their prequel to the movie Dorothy of Oz scheduled to come out next year. Marvel Comics collects their Toy Story prequel comic to Toy Story 2, Tales From the Toy Chest, [...]
All ages comics and manga for 11/7/12
By on November 9, 2012
Begin the holiday season with felines from this week’s new releases. Get a double dose of Garfield as Boom! Studios lets the large orange cat loose on Thanksgiving dinner in the latest issue of their ongoing series, while Papercutz has him coming Home for the Holidays in their graphic novel series. If you prefer your [...]
All ages comics and manga for 10/31/12
By on November 2, 2012
With Halloween come and gone, the end of the year looms ever closer, as does that final holiday, Christmas. Start preparing for it with some of the graphic novels on this week’s list. Amulet Books has the next volume in the popular series Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite. Ape Entertainment has another Dreamsworks tie-in, [...]
Review: Moon and Blood, volumes 1-2
By on October 25, 2012
Sayaka is a cheerful, outgoing girl, the complete opposite of the new house guest staying with her family, Kai Kuryuu. He’s handsome, aloof, and a complete mystery. But the more Sayaka tries to get closer to him, the more he pushes her away. Will she be able to reach him? More importantly, should she? Kai [...]
All ages comics and manga for 10/17/12
By on October 19, 2012
Even though the calendar says it’s autumn, the weather hasn’t gotten the memo. Oni Press is trying to get that chill in the air with the next issue of the spooky Courtney Crumrin ongoing series. Papercutz has some knuckleheads take on a Christmas classic with the second volume of the Three Stooges, and even Marvel [...]
Review: Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Volume 1
By on October 17, 2012
The Yu-Gi-Oh! saga continues with another jump into the far future. Duel Monsters are still all the rage, but now they take place in “augmented realities,” or virtual reality, which is activated using a device called a D-Gazer. A new potential “king of games” is also introduced, Yuma Tsukumo. He has a ways to go, [...]
All ages comics and manga for 10/10/12
By on October 12, 2012
October is the time for the weird and wacky, and there’s plenty of both on this week’s list. Drawn and Quarterly releases the first volume of long time childhood favorite Pippi Longstocking, making her graphic novel debut in English! Kids Can Press introduces Bigfoot Boy in his first graphic novel, and Papercutz has the next [...]
All ages comics and manga for 10/03/12
By on October 5, 2012
The days are getting shorter and finally getting cooler, so curling up with a warm blanket and a good comic is becoming more appealing. Amulet Books has the next volume of the well received Hereville series with Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword. Boom! Studios has another new issue of the well-insulated cat Garfield, and [...]
