The Virginia Library Association has announced the winners of their first Graphic Novel Diversity Award; the winner in the Youth category is March Book 2, by Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell. The honor books are Flutter, Volume Two: Don’t Let Me Die Nervous, by Jennie Wood, Jeff McComsey and Chris Goodwin; Honor Girl, by Maggie Thrash; and Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess, Book One: Captain Raven and the All-Girl Pirate Crew, by Jeremy Whitley, Rosy Higgins and Ted Brandt.

This is a big year for Hope Larson, and at CBR she talks to Steve Morris about the three series that are debuting in 2016: Her detective series Goldie Vance, her adventure graphic novel Compass South, and her run as a writer on Batgirl.

Marsha Sutton reports in on some of the school and library oriented panels at Comic-Con International, including “Capturing the Attention of the Middle Grade Reader” and “Historical Comics.”

Previews

Labyrinth 30th Anniversary Special

Reviews

Stergios Botzakis on Bera the One-Headed Troll (Graphic Novel Resources)
Scott Cederlund on Bone: Coda (Panel Patter)
Gary Tyrrell on Compass South (Fleen)
Jamie on Dream Jumpers, Book 1: Nightmare Escape (The Roarbots)
Nick Smith on Ghosts (ICv2)
Julie P. on Jedi Academy: A New Class (Booking Mama)
Mark Dickson on Miraculous: Tales of Lady Bug and Cat Noir #1 (Panel Patter)
N. Emmett on Ms. Marvel #9 (Girls Like Comics)
Nick Smith on Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars (ICv2)