http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com Comics for kids and kids at heart Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:14:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We have exciting news: As of today, this site will no longer be updated... because we're moving onto the School Library Journal website. The content of the new Good Comics For Kids will stay the same—reviews, interviews, linkblogging, and noisy roundtable discussions—but we'll have a spiffy new home and hopefully ... http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=253 It's the end of another month, but there's no shortage of titles this week. Bongo gets an early start on Halloween with a new Treehouse of Horror, featuring a story penned by the creator of 30 Days of Night. Staying in the holiday spirit is also the second ... http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=249 Contrary to what the New York Times wants you to think, John McCain is suspending his campaign so he and Sarah Palin can catch up on all the blog analysis of the failure of Minx Comics. Here's your briefing book; follow the links for... even more links. David Welsh at Precocious ... http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=248 Newsarama seems to have a lot of interesting items this week. Zack Smith talks to Frank Cammuso about Knights of the Lunch Table, and Rik Offenberger interviews Paul Castiglia about Mecha Manga Bible Heroes, which is exactly what the title implies—the story of David and Goliath as interpreted by giant ... http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=237 Comic Book Resources is reporting that DC is shuttering their Minx line of graphic novels aimed at teen girls, and people are already using this as a reason to question the viability of the category as a whole. Some creators have been told their books will be published, but at least ... http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=246 Traditional comic companies Marvel and DC dominate the list this week with not so traditional titles.  DC's Billy Batson and Tiny Titans, are like training wheels to get kids started on their books.  Marvel's Power Pack is sort of the same, with the Power Pack interacting with all of Marvel's ... http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=242 Disney Fairies: Vidia and the Fairy Crown By Haruhi Kato Tokyopop, 208 pp. $9.99 ISBN 978-1-4278-1503-3 Recommended for ages 7-10 With loose ties to Peter Pan and Never land, this manga is part of the Disney Fairies franchise. It seems to me, that this manga is an adaptation of the series put out by ... http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=240 There's an interesting collection of books coming out this weeks for kids.  Little kids will like the Let's Find Pokemon.  Tweens will like High School Musical the Graphic Novel, Disney's newest franchise-in-the-making.  There's also a new Warriors series, centering on Tigerstar of the Shadow Clan and Sasha.  Graphix, the GN ... http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=234 The first volume of Misako Takashima's three-volume high school mystery, Detective Jermain, is due out on Tuesday, and she's celebrating with a book party from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18, at the 96th Street Library in New York. According to Misako, "There will be my little gallery, ... http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=232 Because comics are "not good tools for teaching reading", there are not one but two Phonics Comics out this week.  Comics made for early and developing readers in three increasingly difficult levels.  N-Guard and Dreamland Chronicles could never engage kids enough to make them think while they are reading.  And ... http://www.goodcomicsforkids.com/?p=228