YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teen nominations
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has their nominations for their annual great Graphic Novels for Teen list up. The list of recommended graphic novels and illustrated nonfiction for those ages 12-18 is prepared...
Nick acquires Turtles for $60 million
Another giant IP deal unfolded yesterday, as Viacom/Paramount/Nickelodeon acquired the rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for $60 million.
Created in 1984 by two New England indie cartoonists, the Turtles have gone on...
The Big Blog of Kids’ Comics!
Mykal the Dog's The Big Blog of Kids' Comics! is what you'd expect. Jack Bradbury! Al Fago! Good stuff.
Wimpy Kid #4 printing hits 4 million; Jeff Kinney on tour
Via PR, the news that Wimpy Kid is really, really big, with a four million copy initial release for the next volume in the series. Author Jeff Kinney will also be on tour on...
Art Attack: The Toon Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics
Edited by Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly, The Toon Treasury of Classic Children's Comics is perhaps the most seminal historical comics anthology since A Smithsonian Book of Comic Book Comics, and a powerfully...
Sergio Aragonés to join Simpsons Comics
This press release is a little long, but it's worth it just to see Sergio Aragonés's accomplishments laid out in one very very long paragraph. In the time it takes to read it, he...
Shuster nominees in kids' comics announced
The Joe Shuster Award nominees in the kids' comics category have been announced. The nominees were chosen by a panel of teachers:
The Comics for Kids Award / Prix de Bandes Dessinées pour Enfants recognizes...
May we recommend: Magic Trixie
While Marvel and DC are apparently shipping enough comics to choke a rhino today, may we recommend the quality cartooning of Jill Thompson and the final book in the Magic Trixie trilogy? If there...
BOOM! gets Disney, Archaia gets Henson
It looks like kids' comics licenses are the new hot thing, as two new licenses were revealed yesterday: BOOM! Studios will be picking up the Disney Comics license formerly at Gemstone, and Archaia has...
Nickelodeon Magazine folds
The Beat has confirmed an LA Times report that Nickelodeon Magazine, the last studio kids magazine, has been canceled:
Viacom is shutting down Nickelodeon Magazine this week and will lay off about 30 staffers. Launched...
FACTORING WITH MR. YANG AND MOSLEY THE ALIEN
Award-winning cartoonist Gene Luen Yang (AMERICAN BORN CHINESE) leads a double life: he's a teacher as well as a 'toonist. But he puts both skills to use in this edu-comic titled FACTORING WITH MR....
Hugh Jackman goes to Ghostopolis
Hugh Jackman is joining the multi-comic club with a planned starring role in GHOSTOPOLIS, based on a graphic novel by Doug TenNapel. The book is upcoming from Scholastic.
The story centers on a man who...
