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Lori Henderson

About Lori Henderson

Lori Henderson is a mother of two teenage daughters and an avid reader. She blogs about manga at her personal blog Manga Xanadu as well as contributing and editing for Manga Village. She blogs about all things fandom (mainly Doctor Who) at her other personal blog Fangirl Xanadu. She's been at it so for over 5 years now and counting!

This Week’s Comics: That Cat’s Got Some Big Claws

Lori Henderson
Atomcat

June is busting out all over with some ongoing titles you won’t want to miss. The next leg in Archie’s Mega Man/Sonic the Hedgehog mega crossover starts this week with the new Mega Man #26. BOOM! Studios continues chronicling the adventures of the Bravest Warriors with issue #9, and IDW Publishing finishes the My Little [...]

This Week’s Comics: Watch Those Papercutz!

Lori Henderson
HEROBEARSPECIAL_001v1

Start your summer reading with titles from this week’s list of new releases. Jump on the Kevin Keller bandwagon with the newest issue from Archie Comics, winner of the LGBT Media awards for Outstanding Comic Book. Papercutz releases the first Smurfs Anthology of original comics in publication order, and Viz Media has the next volume [...]

Review: Voltron Force Volume 1-2

Lori Henderson
Voltron Force 1

Voltron is a giant robot composed of five smaller lion robots that join together to create the most powerful force for good in the universe. Piloted by five brave warriors known as the Voltron Force, they are constantly battling the evil schemes of King Lotor, the Drule King, and his scientist henchman Maahox. Into this [...]

This Week’s Comics: Not the Usual Picks

Lori Henderson
Tommysaurus Rex

I was so tempted this week to go with the easy titles. BOOM! Studios is releasing an Adventure Time annual, and IDW is releasing the next issue in their My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic micro series, which features fan favorite Fluttershy. Archie Comics is concluding its Archie Meets Glee arc, and the Sonic the [...]

This Week’s Comics: Ninja Tails

Lori Henderson
Sonic Universe 5

Prepare for the long Memorial Day weekend with some comics! Archie Comics releases the second volume of the series Sabrina The Teenage Witch: The Magic Within. BOOM! Studios doubles the adventure with new issues of Adventure Time and Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake, while DC Comics releases the second issue of the digital first [...]

This Week’s Comics: Double the Boom!

Lori Henderson
Adventure Time playing OGN

If you like to wait for trade paperbacks, this week’s list is a treasure trove of titles! The fifth trade for Mega Man comes out this week from Archie Comics. BOOM! Studios has two for the adventurer and cat lover with the collection of Adventure Time: Marceline and the Scream Queens and Garfield, and IDW [...]

This Week’s Comics: Wolvie Breakiron

Lori Henderson
BennyBreakiron1

Mother’s Day is this weekend. Make Mom happy by keeping the kids out of her hair with some of the comics coming out this week! Archie Comics concludes the first arc in their huge crossover with Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man in Mega Man #25. Papercutz has a new volume of  Smurfs, and Viz [...]

This Week’s Comics: Going Ape for Sesame Street

Lori Henderson
Sesame Street 1

It’s May Day! If that’s a call for help to relieve the kids’ boredom, then check out this week’s list of new comics! Archie Comics releases the next installment of their epic Sonic the Hedgehog and Megaman crossover with the next issue of Sonic the Hedgehog. BOOM! Studios releases a new issue of Garfield, and [...]

This Week’s Comics: Super Stilton Family

Lori Henderson
SupermanFamilyAdventures12

Where did April go? It’s the last Wednesday of the month, and there are some great title to check out! Abrams Comicarts releases a book that should be in every middle school library and science classroom; How To Fake a Moon Landing: Exposing the Myths of Science Denial. It will make learning critical thinking fun! [...]

WonderCon Anaheim 2013: The Panel that Almost Wasn’t

Lori Henderson
Gert-Stephanie

On Sunday at WonderCon Anaheim, BOOM! Studios’ all-ages imprint KaBOOM! was scheduled to have a panel about all-ages publishing and the newest addition to their line up, The Regular Show, which is based on the Cartoon Network series. This was the panel description: Redefining All-Ages Comics with KaBoom! As the leader in all-ages publishing, KaBOOM! [...]