Rodrick Rules? No — Wimpy Kid rules!
We hear that DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES, the second volume of Jeff Kinney's Wimpy Kid series, will debut at #1 on this Sunday's NY Times Bestseller list. Wimpy Kid book 1...
Shiga/Weing in Nick Mag
However did we miss this choose-your-own adventure tale by Jason Shiga and Drew Weing in Nickelodeon Magazine? Shame on us.
Jughead’s dynamic new look!
"Dynamic new look....a story that will shock you...." Can Dark Jughead be far behind? Or perhaps the heartbreaking storyline "One more shake."
Last year, one of the most talked about stories...
YALSA list is up
The final nominations for YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens list is up.
Via David Welsh, who has analysis, as does Blog@.
Tokypop and DC Comics lead the final nominations for the Young Adult Library...
Toon Books website ROCKS
Not only is Francoise Mouly launching a new line of comics/books aimed at very young readers, but the Toon Books website kicks all kinds of butt. Look at these awesome art previews --...
Mouly’s Toon Books
This Week's Publishers Weekly spotlights Francoise Mouly's new Toon Books imprint. Mouly will be publishing a new line of comics for very early readers.
Mouly has announced plans to launch a new line of...
Adventure on!
Over on his blog, Jeff Smith recently announced some impressive sales figures for Scholastic's BONE reprints:
I received some astonishing sales figures from Scholastic - - the paperback edition of BONE 6: Old Man’s Cave,...
NSA Crypto For Kids
Speaking of educating the kids, Occasional Superheroine leads us to the NSA's "kid's site" complete with lovable with cartoon characters.
We’re the CryptoKids and we love cryptology.
What’s cryptology? Cryptology is making and breaking codes....
John Green on DA cancellation
John Green, Disney Adventures freelancer recounts the end of the magazine
-- and by the way folks, he's now looking for work and anyone who doesn't hire him is stupid.
I can't say it's...
RIP Disney Adventures
Ad Age reports that after 17 years, Disney has cancelled Disney Adventures magazine, with the November issue the last one.
Disney Publishing attributed its decision to an effort to better focus resources and maximize...
DC adds new kids comics
Actual Chicago news that got us excited: continuing to serve audiences largely abandoned by current comics, DC is launching actual kids comics that aren't directly based on cartoons. The three new books are Billy...
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
We've been hearing a bit about this book lately, and it sounds quite interesting: a kid's book that blends fiction, art and movie stills in a form of "graphical storytelling." PopMatters has a review:
The...
