July 5th, 2010 No Comments

Mark Williams interviews Trickster editor Matt Dembicki at Guys Lit Wire.

Booking Mama reviews Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown and author Jarrett J. Krosoczka pens a guest post as well.

Darkwing Duck writer Ian Brill sits down for an interview at 4thletter!

Karen Green reproduces her ALA onstage interview with Tracy White, the author of How I Made It To Eighteen, at comiXology.

George O’Connor… Read More

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July 3rd, 2010 No Comments

One of the big announcements at ALA was the winner of the Toon Books sweepstakes, which was co-sponsored by our mothership, School Library Journal. The grand prize, a visit from Benny and Penny creator Geoffrey Hayes and original artwork, went to Ann Niederkorn from Graham & Parks Alternative Public School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hayes won the Geisel award for best book for beginning readers for his Benny and Penny in The Big No-No, which puts an extra-sweet spin on the grand prize.

The other 50 winners each received a complete set of Toon books. Over 2,300 teachers and… Read More

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July 1st, 2010 No Comments

The Good Comics for Kids team was at the American Library Association meeting in Washington, DC, last weekend, and on Sunday, June 27, we presented a panel titled “Good Comics for Kids.” I’m happy to say that over 100 people attended the hour-and-a-half session and the vast majority stayed until the last question was answered. We handed out a list of core titles at the presentation, and at the request of several people, we are posting them here as well. We have added ISBNs for some titles for your convenience.

CORE TITLES LIST

Grades K-2
Non-Fiction

Western

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June 22nd, 2010 No Comments

The American Library Association’s Summer 2010 conference is coming up this weekend, and Good Comics for Kids will be there! Graphic Novel Reporter has a rundown of all the comics related programming, including panels by Toon Books, Abrams, and NBM Papercutz, appearances by Raina Telgemeier (Smile), Geoffrey Hayes (Benny and Penny) and Tracy White (How I Made It to Eighteen), and panel discussions, including a special Good Comics for Kids panel (Sunday from 4-5:30 p.m. in room 152A) and a discussion of “The Best Manga You’re Not Reading” (Saturday at 11:30 on the Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage) featuring Robin Brenner… Read More

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June 20th, 2010 No Comments

Darkwing Duck #1 debuted last week from BOOM! Studios; here’s a peek at that first issue, courtesy of the Boom press folks. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge each image.

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June 7th, 2010 No Comments

John Hogan reports on the Hot Fall Graphic Novels for Libraries panel at BEA (which featured GC4K blogger Eva Volin) and presents their full list at Graphic Novel Reporter. GNR also has their own lists of the hottest graphic novels of summer 2010, broken out by age and category.

Every week, my colleagues at Robot 6 and I report in on what we are reading. The stack always includes a lot of children’s comics, so check out this week’s edition and see what’s on our nightstands.

Jason Green talks to Raina Telgemeier about Smile

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June 5th, 2010 1 Comment »

BOOM! Kids has provided us with a preview of the Cars #6, part of the ongoing series, which they will be releasing on June 10. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge each image—and enjoy!

Cars #6

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June 1st, 2010 No Comments

Rick Marshall talks to Dave Roman, co-writer of The Last Airbender: Zuko’s Story (a prequel to the movie) at MTV’s Splash Page.

At The Graphic Classroom, Peter Gutierrez visits the Comics in the Curriculum exhibit at Columbia University and talks to the curator, Karen Green, and Chris Wilson interviews Alexander and Joseph Lagos, the creators of The Sons of Liberty. Also, Nate Stearns compares Trickster, an anthology of Native American folk tales, to Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess.

Here’s a great idea: Hope Larson asked 198 women what types of comics they liked as girls… Read More

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May 17th, 2010 No Comments

Rick Marshall talks to Dave Roman, co-writer of The Last Airbender: Zuko’s Story (a prequel to the movie) at MTV’s Splash Page.

Here’s a great idea: Hope Larson asked 198 women what types of comics they liked as girls. Her post is entertaining and the comments are great as well. I added my thoughts at Robot 6, and my CBR colleague Kiel Phegley added his two cents at The Cool Kids Table.

Darkwing Duck writer Ian Brill talks to Blog@Newsarama’s David Pepose about moving to a monthly format.

Archie Comics is bringing back The Man from R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E.,

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May 17th, 2010 No Comments

Editorial Anonymous chats with Calamity Jack writer Shannon Hale about hairfighting, doofuses, and the popularity of graphic novels.

Librarian Christian Zabriskie talks about how manga knits together the multicultural teenage clientele at the Queens library:

“This kind of secret, hidden knowledge gives them a power and an empowerment,” he said. “It’s this generation’s esoterica.”

But, he said, unlike other teenage rituals like graffiti or, at the extremes, gang membership, manga fandom increasingly happens at one of the safest places around — the library.

“Rather than seeking out things that may be harmful, having your secret coding be foreign literature that you read… Read More

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