INTERVIEW: Dustin Nguyen’s Big Ideas behind LI’L GOTHAM
I caught up with longtime DETECTIVE COMICS and BATMAN artist Dustin Nguyen at WonderCon to find out about the L’IL GOTHAM phenomenon, a regular...
Preorder Astronaut Academy and get a sketch
Call this the easy peasy version of a Kickstarter reward: Preorder a copy of Dave Roman's Astronaut Academy Re-Entry from bookstore WORD! and you'll...
DC Comics launches a blog for families
Sharing your favorite superheroes with your kids is one of the most reward parts of the fan experience, and DC has just launched a Fan Family mini site to promote their family friendly offerings.
Kick-Watcher: Michael Moreci on MINI COMICS INCLUDED
One of the ways many people stumbled onto their first comic was through the promotional comics that used to come bundled in with action...
Riordan reveals cover for new Percy Jackson graphic novel
The trend of adapting prose authors into GN form seems to have slowed down a bit, but the third volume of the GN version...
Must read: Jesse Post’s Kids’ Comics Pep Talk
Speaking of ComicsPRO here's a link I found in the coverage, a slideshow put together by Papercutz marketin diector Jesse post on the power and potential of kids comics. The slideshow is embedded above but he does a walk through on his blog and although Papercutz-centric material is there, it's really big on stats and charts and studies. For instance:
IDW and Cartoon Network team up for Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo, Ben 10, etc.
The people at IDW are no slackards. After taking a look at the sales of their My Little Pony comics -- their best selling comics EVER -- and the current 90s cartoon nostalgia trend, they've pacted with Cartoon Network to bring out a bunch of old favorites—and current hits —in comics form, in a deal announced at last week's ComicsPRO meeting in Atlanta. Titles include The Powerpuff Girls, Ben 10, Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Johnny Bravo and Generator Rex.
Three graphic novels win Cybil Awards
The winners of the CYBIL Awards were announced last week—Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards -- recognizing books that librarians and kids love. The winners are:
Telegemeier announces Smile follow-up, Sisters
While cartoonist Raina Telgemeier has been revealing a few details of her next graphic novel on her tour for Drama, Publishers Weekly made it official: her next book will be a companion of sorts to the autobiographical Smile. Called Sisters it deals with “the inner workings of [Telgemeier’s] family,” specifically, her relationship with her young sister, which as you can see from the above artwork posted on her blog, wasn't always smooth sailing.
BookScan: Kids’ comics and The Walking Dead ruled bookstore sales in 2012
It's my FAVORITE day of the year, when Brian Hibbs posts the year-end sales from bookstores via the Bookscan chart. Now we know these numbers are significantly low, but as I always say, they present a metric.
The huge take away? Well, we all knew The Waking Dead was a juggernaut,—sales in this franchise would have made it the #3 publisher all by itself—but after that it's kids comics all the way, led by the maybe-comics of Dork Diaries, but following by Big Nate, Ninjago, Ursula Vernon's Dragonbreath, Drama and so on.
Interview and Exclusive Preview: Peyo’s BENNY BREAKIRON with Jim Salicrup of Papercutz
Following a multi-volume and ongoing celebrated run of bringing Peyo’s original SMURFS comics to English-speaking reader, all ages comics publisher Papercutz is poised to...
Dave Stewart will color Craig Thompson’s SPACE DUMPLINS
As you may recall, Craig Thompson's followup to the long-brewing HABIBI will be a kids' comic, called SPACE DUMPLINS, which will be published by...

























