The official selections for the Angouleme International Comics Festival have been announced, and a number of children’s and YA books, including Nimona, Ms. Marvel, and The Unsinkable Walker Bean, have made the cut.

Jennifer Sheehan does a thorough job of reporting on a comics course offered at Phillipsburg High School in Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania, interviewing the teacher, parents of students, and experts in the field of comics and education, making this a good introduction to the topic as a whole.

Previews

Jem and the Holograms #10 (Comic Book Resources)
Jughead #3 (Comicosity)

Reviews: Comics scholar Aaron Kashtan posts brief reviews of a number of recent comics, including Lumberjanes #21, Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #3, and Ms. Marvel #2, at his blog, The Ogre’s Feathers.

Johanna Draper Carlson on The Manga Guide to Physiology (Comics Worth Reading)
John Freeman on Asterix and the Missing Scroll (Down the Tubes)
Stergios Botzakis on Michael Jordan: Bull on Parade (Graphic Novel Resources)
Michael Buntag on Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1 and Ms. Marvel #1 (NonSensical Words)
Johanna Draper Carlson on Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor (Comics Worth Reading)