Good Comics for Kids
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A collaborative blog covering good comics for kids. We are a group of librarians, parents, and writers–and most of us wear at least two of those hats–who started writing about kids’ comics in 2008 because, well, nobody else was. Our goal is to cover kids’ comics (for readers from birth to age 16) with both breadth and depth, through a mix of news, reviews, interviews, and previews
Good Comics for Kids
2d ago
Agents of S.U.I.T. : From Badger to Worse
by John Patrick Green and Christopher Hastings, illustrated by Pat Lewis, colors by Wes Dzioba.
First Second, 2024, $12.99
Grades 3-8
It’s Punny. That’s how my son describes the world of the InvestiGators. Though my son has already started high school, he immensely enjoys these titles. And every time First Second sends a review copy to my home, it takes a week before I can read it as it circulates multiple times with my 3 oldest readers. (I give it another year until my little one joins the fray of who gets to read it first.)
Mango and Brash, the orig ..read more
Good Comics for Kids
4d ago
Unhappy Camper from Harper Alley tops this week’s list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, along with a new graphic novel for beginning readers from Random House Graphic. Other highlights include eXpets Volume 1 from Caitlyn Diouhy Books, a treat for fans of Captain Underpants and Dog Man. Kokila releases the middle grade graphic novel Fake Chinese Sounds, while Nubeocho releases a new Olivia Wolf with Olivia Wolf and a Million Olivias.
The List:
ANDREWS MCMEEL
Snoopy Beagle Scout Adventures TP, $12.99
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
World Of Betty And Veronica Jumbo ..read more
Good Comics for Kids
1w ago
We’ve got some big news this morning: In October 2024, JY, the middle-grade imprint of Yen Press, will publish The Weirn Books: The Ghost and the Stolen Dragon, the second volume of Svetlana Chmakova’s series about a middle school for supernatural students and their familiars. The first volume, Be Wary of the Silent Woods, was published in 2020, and the series draws on some of the concepts Chmakova came up with for her earlier YA series, Nightschool (see my interview with her for more about how she developed the characters and ideas).
Chmakova has been busy with her other series, the Berrybro ..read more
Good Comics for Kids
1w ago
K is in Trouble
By Gary Clement
Little Brown Ink, January 2024
Grades 5-8
In my new school, I have had many discussions about teaching YA literature in an English Language Arts Curriculum vs. Classic Literature. It’s an interesting debate, because while it’s imperative to hook young readers in and foster a love of reading, so many references may get lost on them without knowing the “canon,” the original works of literature. While I have never read much of Kafka’s work, I’m familiar with who Franz Kafka is and some of his more notable works.
What does this have to do with a middle-grade graphi ..read more
Good Comics for Kids
1w ago
Winnie-The-Pooh
Writer: A.A. Milne
Artist: Travis Dandro
Drawn and Quarterly; $29.95
Publisher’s rating: Age 7 and up
When A.A. Milne’s 1926 nursery classic Winnie-The-Pooh fell into the public domain in 2022, it perhaps became inevitable that there would be a comics adaptation of it at some point. It didn’t have to be as good as cartoonist Travis Dandro’s adaptation of it turns out to be, however, and for that we should be thankful.
Dandro, a cartoonist best known for his 2019 graphic memoir King of King Court, gave himself a daunting assignment in adapting Winnie-The-Pooh in the 21st centur ..read more
Good Comics for Kids
1w ago
Team Unihorn and Woolly Volume 1: Attack of the Krill from Harper Alley tops this week’s list of new comics, manga and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, along with the return of a classic 90s show from Maverick, Mad Cave’s YA imprint. Other highlights include the second volume of Batcat from Amulet Books, Sink or Swim. Graphix releases the new graphic novel Shiny Misfits while Keenspot releases a new all ages series Robot + Girl #1.
The List:
AMULET BOOKS
Batcat Volume 2 Sink Or Swim GN, $13.99
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
Archie Showcase Jumbo Digest #18 Halfway To Halloween, $9.99
BOOM ..read more
Good Comics for Kids
2w ago
Today we have some breaking news: BOOM! Studios has a new volume of Hex Vets coming our way, and this one features giant magical otters! Hex Vets: The River Guardian, by Sam Davies and Lisa Moore, is the third volume of Hex Vets, the series about two young witches who are also magical vets. We broke the news of the first and second books in the series, so we’re keeping the streak up with number three! It will be published under the KaBOOM! kids’ imprint on September 18, 2024, in comic shops and September 24 in bookstores and everywhere else. Here’s the plot summary:
A seemingly normal day at ..read more
Good Comics for Kids
2w ago
Monkey King and the World of Myths: The Monster and the Maze
Writer/artist: Maple Lam
G.P. Putnam’s Sons; $23.99
Publisher’s rating: Gr 3-7
The Monkey King, Sun Wukong, returns to comics in the first volume of a new series by Maple Lam, Monkey King and the World of Myths: The Monster and the Maze. As the title suggests, this is something of a mix-and-match of world mythology, with the familiar story of the Monkey King getting a retelling that positions the character for a story that interacts and interrogates other mythologies.
Lam starts with the basic origin of the Monkey King but overlays h ..read more
Good Comics for Kids
2w ago
Double Booking Volume 1 The Tail of the Mummy Cat from Papercutz tops this week’s list of new comics, manga and graphic novels for readers 12 and under, along with a new graphic novel series for early readers from Square Fish. Other highlights include a new volume in the Dragons of Ember City series, The Midnight Roar. First Second Books releases What Happens Next News-Room Nonsense while Rocky Pond Books releases Puzzled A Memoir About Growing Up with OCD.
The List:
ALADDIN BOOKS
Dragons Of Ember City The Midnight Roar GN, $9.99
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
World Of Archie Jumbo Comics Digest ..read more
Good Comics for Kids
2w ago
It’s time for some Sunday morning comics! Today we have a preview of World of Archie Comics Digest #139. Years ago, when I interviewed the late Archie Editor-in-Chief Victor Gorelick for an article about a collection of Archie covers, he explained the philosophy behind them: “All of our covers tell a story. It’s not just some superhero flying around in some poses; you get a gag on the cover. It’s a little bit extra for your money.” Editor Craig Yoe compared them to New Yorker covers. Anyway, today’s cover is a good example of that. I particularly love the shadow of the pizza slice on Archie’s ..read more