SLJ’s Best Comics for Kids 2009
Katherine Dacey at School Library Journal's Good Comics For Kids blog lists their Best Comics for Kids for 2009. Paging Buddy Saunders! Paging all...
Children’s comics: A not-so-phantom menace
As someone who spent the entire decade of the '90s trying to convince comics industry players that kids liked to read comics -- while...
Let’s get started with Dick Briefer
Doug Gray posts a vintage Frankenstein story by Dick Briefer: "The Return of the Mummy", with commentary, even:
This story, The Return of the Mummy,...
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...
