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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
