Kids' comics

The Phoenix Weekly is a UK comics magazine for kids—somewhat in the tradition of the ancient Beano and the departed Dandy—but a little more...

Adventure Time comics have been a huge hit for Boom Studios, with variant covers by a who's who of indie ad animation stars as eagerly sought after as the latest Alex Roos variant. And the franchise has shown enough legs to warrant a stand alone original graphic novel by Danielle Corsetto and Zack Sterling. The cover is by Stephanie Gonzaga.

Dave Roman's Astronaut Academy is coming back in a second graphic novel this year, called Astronaut Academy, and First Second is running it as a webcomic prior to the book release. A fast paced manga-inspired comedy about the adventures and romances at a school for young space-farers, ASTRONAUT ACAEDMY stars a student named Hakata Soy. The story line involves some sinister romance:

2013 rolls in like a Swiss person being pushed down a hill, which means it's time for some more reviews! And some photos of...

It seems appropriate to ring in the new year with a blue moon and a stork-bourne baby Smurf. THE BABY SMURF, including the title...

Michel Gagné is an Award-winning (Annie and BAFTA) animator, but he's also known for his charming comics work in the FLIGHT anthologies as well...

Princeless was a runaway hit for new-ish indie publisher, Action Lab Comics, this year. The sassy fairy tale comic about a disgruntled princess who...

You may have thought of Kris Kringle jingling in your mind, but over at Diamond it's already planning for balmy May and Free Comic...

by Laura Sneddon The Dandy, a UK comic for children, is one of the oldest comics in the world, first appearing way back in...

All this week I'll be running interviews conducted at the Thought Bubble convention in Leeds, with self-published and small-press publishers right on through to...

Okay just in case you needed more proof that my bronies are real, check out MY LITTLE PONY #1's placement at the iBookstore: #13 in a garden of Shades of Gray and James Patterson.

If this weren't such am amazing year for comics the success of My Little Pony #1 would be maybe the story of the year: how did a comics book aimed at young girls get pre-orders of over 100,000 copies? Pony madness is such that a second printing, due December 19th has already sold out, and a 3rd printing is ALREADY under way. When all is said and done—and all the variant covers are counted up—MLP #1 will be one of the best selling books of the year.