“I have the answer to your question,” Morgan told me the other day. It took me a moment to remember what question I had asked her, but glancing down at the 3 comic books she was returning, all Archie Double Digests, I remembered. I had asked her to tell me why she enjoyed the Archie comics so much. Read More
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Archie Everlasting
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011Interview: Kean Soo
Thursday, July 28th, 2011On Sunday, May 8th, while attending the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, I ran around to as many of my favorite kids comics creators as I could and asked them all the exact same questions. Keep in mind, conventions are crazy loud and crazy busy, so there is a lot of background noise. Let me know in the comments if you have trouble hearing anything and I’ll translate for you.
Jellaby! Jellaby is awesome! We early adopters got our first look at Kean Soo’s work in the Flight anthologies and we quickly fell for his stories… Read More
Interview: Scott Chantler
Thursday, July 21st, 2011On Sunday, May 8th, while attending the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, I ran around to as many of my favorite kids comics creators as I could and asked them all the exact same questions. Keep in mind, conventions are crazy loud and crazy busy, so there is a lot of background noise. Let me know in the comments if you have trouble hearing anything and I’ll translate for you.
If you follow the GC4K team on Twitter, you’ll remember Brigid gloating and chortling over getting to read the second book in Scott Chantler’s Tower of Treasure series… Read More
Interview: Jim Zubkavich
Thursday, July 14th, 2011On Sunday, May 8th, while attending the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, I ran around to as many of my favorite kids comics creators as I could and asked them all the exact same questions. Keep in mind, conventions are crazy loud and crazy busy, so there is a lot of background noise. Let me know in the comments if you have trouble hearing anything and I’ll translate for you.
Here at GC4K we’ve done quite a bit of business with Jim Zubkavich. First we spoke to him about his role as project manager for the UDON Kids line… Read More
Interview: Colleen AF Venable
Thursday, July 7th, 2011On Sunday, May 8th, while attending the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, I ran around to as many of my favorite kids comics creators as I could and asked them all the exact same questions. Keep in mind, conventions are crazy loud and crazy busy, so there is a lot of background noise. Let me know in the comments if you have trouble hearing anything and I’ll translate for you.
Here’s the thing: If anyone ever invites you anywhere and you find out Colleen AF Venable is going to be there, accept the invitation. Colleen is smart, funny, talented… Read More
Review: Drawing From Memory
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011Allen Say’s father did not approve of his dreams of becoming an artist. After his parents’ divorce, Say is shunted off to the home of his harsh maternal grandmother, who offers him to set him up in his own apartment if he passes the entrance exam for a prestigious middle school. He passes and at twelve is on his own, able to make his own decisions about his future. He seizes the opportunity and arranges an apprenticeship with a prominent cartoonist. This decision sets Say on the road to becoming an artist and an eventual Caldecott Medal Winner
Interview: Eric Wight
Thursday, June 30th, 2011On Sunday, May 8th, while attending the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, I ran around to as many of my favorite kids comics creators as I could and asked them all the exact same questions. Keep in mind, conventions are crazy loud and crazy busy, so there is a lot of background noise. Let me know in the comments if you have trouble hearing anything and I’ll translate for you.
The first Eric Wight book I read was My Dead Girlfriend. I didn’t expect to like it. I am a snob after all, and a cartoony, horrorish romance… Read More
Interview: Barry Deutsch
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011On Sunday, May 8th, while attending the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, I ran around to as many of my favorite kids comics creators as I could and asked them all the exact same questions. Keep in mind, conventions are crazy loud and crazy busy, so there is a lot of background noise. Let me know in the comments if you have trouble hearing anything and I’ll translate for you.
We’ve gone a bit Hereville crazy here at School Library Journal. It’s been discussed here and here and here, not to mention here. I was lucky enough… Read More
Links: Alternative superheroes
Monday, June 20th, 2011At The Daily Crisis, Ryan K. Lindsay chats with Mark Andrew Smith, the writer of Gladstone’s School for World Conquerors (and in case you missed it, check out our preview of the second issue).
Nick Winstead interviews G-Man creator Chris Giarrusso for Comicbook.com.
Gene Luen Yang and Thien Pham talk about gaming, Asian parents, and Level Up at 8Asians.com.
At Oz and Ends, J. L. Bell ponders the question of whether Zita the Spacegirl has too much “Ozziness.”
Julie Danielson writes about TOON Books for Kirkus.
Reviews: Drew McCabe… Read More
Preview: Uncle Scrooge: The Mysterious Stone Ray and Cash Flow
Saturday, June 18th, 2011It’s been a while since we featured any classic Disney comics, and this one is a particularly good choice. Uncle Scrooge: The Mysterious Stone Ray and Cash Flow, due out in comics shops next week, is 54-page trade paperback collecting two stories by classic Disney writers: Carl Barks’s “The Mysterious Stone Ray” and Don Rosa’s “Cash Flow.” Below is a preview of the Barks story to get you started.
