Kids' comics

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.

Without going into all the is it a comic or a book arguments, let's just agree that Jeff Kinneys' Wimpy Kid series is incredibly successful. The newest volume, #7 in the series, came out on the 13th and in its first week sold 362,217 copies, according to Publishers Weekly's Bookscan lists. It's been the #1 book on Amazon for a few weeks and shows no sign of slowing down.

Well, the year is winding down, and with it comes the annual "Best Of" lists from various websites and media.  Publishers Weekly led the...

This weekend saw Thought Bubble 2012's convention, and.... phew, it was busy. I did my best to talk to everybody, but don't think I...

Speaking of family vacation, I'm staying with my cousins, a household that includes girls of ages 3 and 6 1/2 year old twins. Reading...

After a brief flirtation during publishing webcomics in the "graphic novel boom" of the Aughts, it's been pretty rare to see something picked up...