Tag: mariko tamaki

Honey Badger, ready.

News books, old books, and an alligator at a comic con.

In its fourth year, Flame Con continues to be a haven for diverse voices among indie creators, artists and the fans that love them.

We all have things we’d like to explain to our teenage selves, and I have a feeling the older we get, the more we...

The character of Kara Danvers, aka Supergirl, saw a retelling of her origin story in the 2016-2017 Supergirl: Being Super. Written by YA author Mariko Tamaki, the story sets Kara in a small, urban town in America where the 16-year-old girl must discover her ever developing powers and deal with the struggles of adolescents. On today’s new comic books day, the four-issue miniseries has been re-released as a two-hundred and eight-page graphic novel.

The 2018 Toronto Comic Arts Festival continues to roll out the news, with the announcement that this year will have two full days of...

Acknowledging the importance of getting more young readers into their characters - and buoyed no doubt by the massive success of the DC Super...

"Identity is layered—you’re never a singular thing."

Today, the American Library Association released its State of America’s Libraries Report, an annual report released during National Library Week. It's not easy being a librarian,...

The ALA has released its annual list of the most challneged books of the previous year, and as is common in recent years, several graphic novels are on this list. This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jill Tamaki leads the list followed by Raina Telgemeier's Drama. Neither appearance on the list will be much of a surprise to library challenge watchers.

Two issues in, and Mariko Tamaki and Joëlle Jones' Supergirl: Being Super continues to be a gorgeously composed look at how Kara Danvers discovered the...

"Dad, I think something's wrong."