A middle schooler who is constantly bullied and a high schooler who’s in a rock band form an unlikely friendship in ‘Jo & Rus.’
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.
Comics News: Superheroes and Lumberjanes
September 18, 2020 by Leave a Comment
A new origin story starts for the Marvel superheroes, and the Lumberjanes monthly comic comes to an end—but their adventures will continue.
Comics News: New Graphic Novel from ‘Hey Kiddo’ Creator
September 16, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Jarrett Krosoczka has a new series in the works, and a new YouTube series as well; ‘Dog Man’ tops the best-seller charts; and other interesting tidbits of kids’ comics news.
Preview: First Look at ‘The Avant-Guards: Down to the Wire’
September 2, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Nicole takes a dramatic step away from the bassoon in this preview of the third and final graphic novel about The Avant-Guards.
Preview: ‘Goldie Vance: Larceny in La La Land’
August 22, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Goldie Vance and her friends go to Los Angeles, each with a different mission in mind—and Goldie tracks down a detective in our preview of ‘Goldie Vance: Larceny in La La Land,’ out next week from BOOM! Studios.
Exclusive First Look: ‘Forever Home’
August 19, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Today we’ve got an exclusive preview of Jenna Ayoub’s ‘Forever Home,’ a middle-grade graphic novel about a girl who won’t let some ghosts scare her away from her family’s new house.
Interview: Grace Ellis and Brittney Williams on Lois Lane
August 13, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Lumberjanes co-creator Grace Ellis and Goldie Vance artist Brittney Williams talk about how they created an origin story for Lois Lane.
Exclusive First Look at ‘Lumberjanes: True Colors’
August 12, 2020 by Leave a Comment
The girls have just rounded up a truckload of giant clams, Jan has been left in charge of the camp, and Ripley’s starting to wonder what her friends really think of her in this preview of ‘Lumberjanes: True Colors.’
News: New ‘Avatar’ Spinoff in the Works
August 7, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Here’s some news for Avatar the Last Airbender fans: Toph Beifong will get her own spinoff graphic novel series, Avatar: The Last Airbender—Toph Beifong’s Metalbending Academy, to be published by Dark Horse in February 2021. Faith Erin Hicks, who took over as writer from Gene Luen Yang, is the writer for this graphic novel as well, […]
Exclusive: First Look at ‘Encyclopedia Lumberjanica’
July 20, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Today we have an exclusive preview of ‘Encyclopedia Lumberjanica,’ a look at the real-life hard-core lady types that inspired the Lumberjanes.
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