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“Hatch” Library Maker Space in a Mall Draws DIYers, Students, and Entrepreneurs
No library card is required to use the tools at the Hatch maker space, located near Dunkin' Donuts in a mall in Watertown, MA, and launched by the Watertown Free Public Library with diverse community funding.
Preview: ‘No Ivy League’
Yesterday we brought you an interview with Hazel Newlevant, creator of the graphic memoir No Ivy League. Today we’re bringing you an extended preview, so you can see the story for yourself. This is a young adult comic about Newlevant’s first job, pulling ivy in public parks. Here’s how she described the story in our […]
Interview | Hazel Newlevant on ‘No Ivy League’
Just before Small Press Expo, which took place two weeks ago, Hazel Newlevant sent me a copy of the first issue of her new comic, No Ivy League. It’s a memoir of her first job as a teenager—I’ll let you tell her more about it below—and she plans to publish it in three issues and […]
Interview: Chris Duffy on ‘Fable Comics’
Today we have the honor of kicking off the blog tour for Fable Comics, First Second’s third anthology of short comics based on traditional tales. Like its predecessors, Nursery Rhyme Comics and Fairy Tale Comics, Fable Comics is ably edited by Chris Duffy and features comics by an array of well-known creators, including George O’Connor […]
Review: ‘Big Nate: Welcome to My World’
Big Nate: Welcome to My World By Lincoln Peirce AMPKids, $9.99 Ages 8 to 12 Lincoln Peirce’s Big Nate is an enjoyable comic, for sure, but it’s hard to see why it is so phenomenally popular. There isn’t anything particularly unusual about his formula: Big Nate is a sixth-grader with a somewhat overdeveloped ego and […]
Author, Artist, and, Now, Bookstore Owner: "Wimpy Kid" Creator Jeff Kinney's Latest Endeavor
Located in Plainville, MA, Jeff Kinney's An Unlikely Event is more than just a bookstore—it's "a vehicle to bring the community together," says the "Wimpy Kid" author.
Links: Dragons and Robots and Frankenfrogs, Oh My!
Hero Complex has a preview of Ben Hatke’s new book, Little Robot, as well as an interview with Hatke, who is also the author of the Zita the Spacegirl books. And here’s an in-depth interview with Ben by Alex Dueben. Archaia, which has published a number of comics based on Jim Henson’s The Storyteller, has […]
Preview: ‘Archie’ #3
As you have probably heard by now, Archie Comics rebooted their flagship series two months ago with a new look and a new, more “realistic” sensibility. The first story arc is written by Mark Waid (Daredevil) and illustrated by Fiona Staples (Saga), and we discussed the first issue thoroughly in our Archie Roundtable last month. […]
Previews: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #61
Let’s kick off this Labor Day weekend with an advance peek at Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #61. Here’s the executive summary: Usually, Shaggy and Scooby are the ones running scared, so the mystery’s even more mysterious when Velma’s being hounded by a courtroom creature her teammates can’t see! Velma’s not the type to cry wolf […]
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