Those readers familiar with Toon Bok’s comics for emergent readers will be pleasantly surprised by their latest release. Geared to a slightly older and literary audience, this latest release is a masterpiece.
Links: Smile!
July 30, 2012 By 1 Comment
Raina Telgemeier’s Smile was the top-selling comic on this week’s New York Times Graphic Novel Bestseller list. That feat would be impressive under any circumstances, but Telgemeier’s book was released in February 2010 — over two years ago! TCAF organizer Christopher Butcher explains what this week’s chart reveals about the state of the comics industry. [...]
SPECIAL PREVIEW: Geronimo Stilton rescues the Olympics
July 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
The latest Geronimo Stilton graphic novel, Geronimo Stilton #10: Geronimo Saves the Olympics, jumps right on the Olympics bandwagon with a wacky tale set mostly in the first modern Olympics, which were held in 1896. Geronimo Stilton stories always involve a gang of low-life cats who go back in time and try to change history [...]
All ages comics and manga for 7/25/12
July 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
As we move into the last leg of summer, and kids start preparing for the new school year, there is still time to pick up some comics for that last-minute vacation or stay-cation. Capstone Press has another round of DC Super-Pets featuring detective cats, flexy frogs and zombie pets? Archie Comics has the Occupy movement [...]
Interview: Kazu Kibuishi
July 26, 2012 By 1 Comment
On May 4th through 6th, while attending the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, I ran around to as many of my favorite kids comics creators as I could and asked them all the exact same questions. Keep in mind, exhibit halls are crazy loud and crazy busy (even when they’re held in a library), so there [...]
Preview: Power Rangers Super Samurai #1
July 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Last week, at San Diego Comic-Con, the Power Rangers joined the Papercutz lineup, taking their rightful place alongside NInjago, Nancy Drew, Geronimo Stilton, the Three Stooges, and other childhood favorites. Vol. 1 of Power Rangers Super Samurai, the first Power Rangers graphic novel—ever!—was written by Stefan Petrucha and illustrated by Paolo Henrique, both Papercutz veterans. [...]
Links: A*Tomcat walks into a bar…
July 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Digitial Manga Publishing has successfully raised $49,411 for the publication of three kid-friendly titles by the God of Manga, Osamu Tezuka. Those titles are Unico, a full-color manga about a unicorn; A*Tomcat, a spin-off of Tezuka’s beloved Astro Boy series; and Triton of the Sea, an undersea adventure. Ed Sizemore, host of Manga Out Loud, [...]
Preview: Snarked #10
July 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I’m just back from San Diego Comic-Con, where BOOM! Studios was hot-hot-hot! And their hottest comics seem to be in their kaBOOM! line, with Adventure Time getting a lot of attention for its great storytelling and side stories by indy creators, and Roger Langridge walking off with the Eisner for Best Publication for Kids (ages [...]
All ages comics and manga for 7/18/12
July 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
While San Diego Comic Con has come and gone, leaving some exciting announcements (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic!), there is still plenty already coming out to be excited about! Archie goes to summer camp (as a counselor) in Archie Comics’ Archie Double Digest, Bongo Comics as a hardcover archive of Radioactive Man comics, the [...]
Review: The Clockwork Girl
July 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Clockwork Girl, a fantasy-adventure for middle school readers, originally ran as a six-issue comic. Arcana Studios collected those issues into a single volume in 2008, which is now being reprinted through HarperCollins. As its publishing history suggests, The Clockwork Girl continues to find new audiences among readers looking for a fanciful yet heartwarming tale. [...]
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