As part of our participation in this month’s Manga Moveable Feast—which is focused on manga for children, specifically Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma (published by Yen Press)—we thought we’d speak with Traci Todd, Senior Editor of VIZ Kids. Traci started at VIZ in May of 2008. Before that she was a children’s editor at Chronicle Books for three years. She also spent several years in educational publishing, and started her career as a writer for You Don’t Know Jack and its educational sister That’s a Fact, Jack!
Good Comics for Kids: How do you select the… Read More
For this week, bloggers, commentators, and reviewers will be discussing Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma from Yen Press plus one kids friendly manga title of their choice. For more on the Mange Movable Feast, please check out the call for entries here. Participants, please send your links to entries to me at robin (at) noflyingnotights.com.
To give everyone a bit of background on the series:
From the Yen Press site:
“Yotsuba is a strange little girl with a
As summer vacation winds down, it’s time to take a look at what books the Good Comics for Kids bloggers were tucking into their beach bags or dropping into the pool this week.
Kate Dacey: I recently finished The Sons of Liberty, a supernatural adventure set in the Revolutionary War era. The first in a projected series, Sons focuses on two runaway slaves who acquire super-strength after Benjamin Franklin’s son conducts a nasty experiment on them. As the boys learn how to control their powers, they… Read More
Starting next Monday, August 29th, we will be hosting a special installment of the Manga Movable Feast zeroing in on kids manga.
What is the Manga Movable Feast? For one week, a wide assortment of reviewers, bloggers, and commentators agree to discuss one manga title. The brain child of the first host, David Welsh over at the Manga Curmudgeon, the Manga Movable Feast is a dedicated forum for reviews, commentary, features, and opinions. Discussion expands through cross-posting and comments as the week continues. … Read More
The summer doldrums continue as the all ages list falls into a familiar pattern of weekly releases. Archie, Boom! Studios and DC have all their regulars of Archie, Sonic, Disney, Muppets and Superheroes coming out. Marvel is taking its sweet time getting its kid’s line back up and running with just Spider-Man. And the second volume of Chi’s Sweet Home is out from Vertical! More kitten-y goodness! In the picks it’s a new superhero and some old detectives, but all good reads!
The List:
ARCHIE COMICS
Betty & Veronica #249, $2.99
Jugheads Double Digest #163, $3.99
Sonic The… Read More
Johanna Draper Carlson asks an interesting question at Comics Worth Reading: How frequently should children’s comics appear?
Some of my all-time favorite comics are graphic novel series for kids, such as Owly or Amelia Rules!, but I’m an adult, and waiting anywhere from six months to two years for a new installment is nothing for me. I’m not sure kids have that much patience. When an original series like Amulet puts out a book every year, are kids still interested? Or does it depend on how old they are?
The problem, of course, is that kids age… Read More
I should be writing how much I hated Sonic Select. If anything that I’ve read lately has shown me that I’m getting old, these two volumes of Sonic Select have accomplished that. Read More
DC announced last month that it is retooling its kids’ line, and the first issue from the new generation is The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Newsarama’s J. Caleb Mozzocco talks to writer Sholly Fisch about what has changed and what the new comic will be like.
Gabby is a shy vegetarian whose hobbies include recycling, gardening, and playing the tuba. Gator is, well, an alligator whose passtimes include blogging and snacking on housepets. Both feel lonely and misunderstood, she for having “uncool” interests, he for capitulating to his hunting instincts. When a football player from Gabby’s school steals her hat and mocks her, Gator intercedes on her behalf, thus initiating a sweet, if improbable, friendship.
Gabby & Gator
By James Burks
Rating: All Ages
September 2010, Yen Press, ISBN: 978-0759531451
192 pp., $16.99
James Burks’ energetic illustrations and simple, grid-like layouts make Gabby
