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Links: Could a graphic novel win the Newbery Award?

December 3, 2012 By Brigid Alverson Leave a Comment

Jonathan Hunt considers whether Hades and Little White Duck would be eligible for a Newbery Award.

Writer Katie Cook discusses her work on the new My Little Pony comics.

Crogan’s Loyalty author Chris Schweizer answers five more-or-less random questions from JK Parkin; click to see him dressed as J. Jonah Jameson!

Viz will be launching a line of Uglydolls graphic novels next summer.

Reviews

J. Caleb Mozzocco on vol. 1 of Adventure Time (Every Day Is Like Wednesday)
Greg Burgas on Broxo (Comic Book Resources)
Ryan P. Donovan on The City of Ember: The Graphic Novel (School Library Journal)
Ken H on vol. 1 of Heroman (Comics Should Be Good)
Elizabeth Bird on Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy and Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: Big Bad Ironclad (A Fuse #8 Production)
Brett Schencker on Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy and Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: Big Bad Ironclad (Graphic Policy)
Johanna Draper Carlson on Owly and Wormy: Bright Lights and Starry Nights (Comics Worth Reading)
Drew McCabe on Peanuts #4 and Little Miss Daredevil: The Incredible Race (Comic Attack)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 1 of Polterguys (Comics Worth Reading)
Rebecca Silverman on vol. 8 of The Story of Saiunkoku (ANN)

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About Brigid Alverson

Brigid Alverson, the editor of the Good Comics for Kids blog, has been reading comics since she was 4. She has an MFA in printmaking and has worked as a book editor and a newspaper reporter; now she is assistant to the mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts. In addition to editing GC4K, she writes about comics and graphic novels at MangaBlog, SLJTeen, Publishers Weekly Comics World, Comic Book Resources, MTV Geek, and Good E-Reader.com. Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters in college, which is why she writes so much. She was a judge for the 2012 Eisner Awards.

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About Good Comics For Kids

A collaborative blog covering good comics for kids by Brigid Alverson, Robin Brenner, Lori Henderson, Esther Keller, Michael May, J. Caleb Mozzocco, Mike Pawuk, Scott Robins, and Eva Volin.

We are a group of librarians, parents, and writers--and most of us wear at least two of those hats--who started writing about kids' comics in 2008 because, well, nobody else was. We like everything from Literary Graphic Novels to blatantly commercial (but fun!) licensed properties. And we don't lump all ages together; we're smart enough to know that a three-year-old has different abilities and interests than a 13-year-old.

Our goal is to cover kids' comics (for readers from birth to age 16) with both breadth and depth, through a mix of news, reviews, interviews, and previews, and to be both accessible to casual readers and interesting enough for serious fans.

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