Good Comics for Kids

November 19, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

The Lexington Herald-Leader covers the rather lively debate about whether the Jessamine County Library should restrict circulation of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. It's fascinating reading; I especially liked this:

West Jessamine High School sophomore Alexis Kierstead brought a petition signed by 244 students asking that the board guide their reading decisions. She said they all believe that "it takes a village to raise a child." She also confessed to having hidden books from her parents.

So, please censor my reading, although I'll find a way around it if you do?

At PWCW, Terri L. Heard talks to NBM's Jim Salicrup about their par...Read More
Industries: Graphic Novels

November 18, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Colleen Mondor interviews Jim Ottoviani, author of Bone Sharps, Cowboys & Thunder Lizards, and T-Minus, at Chasing Ray.

Because you can never have too many YA vampire graphic novels: Melissa de la Cruz has inked a deal with Disney Hyperion that includes a graphic novel addition to her Blue Bloods vampire series.

Out from the Comic Shop lists this week's new kid-friendly comics.

Mike Perridge recently started a new blog in which he discusses vintage issues of The Fantastic Four and what they meant to him. He also se...Read More
Industries: Graphic Novels

November 16, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

The Argus Leader editorializes on the removal of the Stuck in the Middle anthology from school libraries in the Sioux Falls school district, saying "the possibility of banning this or other books from school libraries is an extreme act that is difficult to justify." However, the book remains in the schools' staff collection, so it can be used in the classroom. Tom Spurgeon has reactions from two of the creators at The Comics Reporter. (Links via Robot 6.)

Flight Explorer was well received by critics, and it even got its own panel at NYCC (I was there!), but Christopher Butcher ...Read More
Industries: Graphic Novels

November 15, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

The Friends of Lulu, an organization dedicated to promoting comics work by, for, and about women, have announced the winners of their annual Lulu awards. They are:

Kim Yale Award For Best New Talent: Kate Beaton for Hark, a Vagrant

Lulu of the Year: Danielle Corsetto for Girls with Slingshots

Woman of Distinction: ...Read More
Industries: Graphic Novels

November 12, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

YA novelist Sara Ryan (Empress of the World) has signed with Vertigo, a DC imprint, to write Bad Houses, a coming-of-age graphic novel, to be illustrated by Carla Speed McNeil. McNeil just won an Ignatz Award (for independent comics) for the latest episode of her long-running series Finder. (Via Chasing Ray.)

At Book Nut, Melissa has 10 questions for Neil Numberman and Aaron Reynolds, the creative team behind Joey Fly, Private Eye.

Rachelle Goguen talks to Gregg Schigiel, the writer of Marvel's X-Babies series and an artist for ...Read More
Industries: Graphic Novels