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 robots.

The Kids Love Comics group will be out in force at the Baltimore Comic-Con this weekend. Plus surprise guests! Check the list at the link to see who will be there—lots of talent in that group. And if you can’t make it there, maybe you can be at the Poughkeepsie Public Library on Oct. 3 to see Mail Order Ninja creator Josh Elder do his thing.

Ypulse writer Alli has some thoughts on graphic novels:

I think it’s ironic that at my school we are hearing some concerns about some of the graphic novels on our shelves. Specifically the questions are around age-appropriateness and balanced reading. The fact is that some boys just want to read graphic novels and what teachers refer to as “fun stuff.” As a result they’re not getting enough text to read, in their opinion– not enough old fashioned, straight forward reading. This is the essential issue isn’t it? It just doesn’t look or feel like serious reading. What to do?

She is also looking for suggestions for graphic novels for grades three, four, and five, so if you have any ideas, bring ‘em on.

Folks tell me that Misako Takashima (a.k.a. Misako Rocks!) had a great launch party for her new series, Detective Jermain, last week. If you missed that, but you’re heading to New York Anime Fest, you’re in luck, as Misako will be holding a panel and book signing there.

Here’s some sad news: the mom-and-kids team of Tracy, Shelby, and Susan, who ably review all ages titles for Newsarama and at their own site, are with his six-year-old son, and they both enjoyed it.”>ending their run. As a reviewer, I have some sympathy for the kids, who want to be able to just enjoy their comics and not think about reviewing them, but I will miss their insights.

At Manga Xanadu, Lori Henderson defends comics against Diane Ravitch’s charge that “they are not good ‘tools’ for teaching reading.”

Brian Cronin has a brief profile of Raina Telgemeier (The Babysitters Club), including some samples of her work, at Comics Should Be Good.

I’m Learning to Share provides a generous helping of stories and covers from the vintage kids’ comic Mr. and Mrs. J. Evil Scientist.

Newsarama has a preview of the Princess Bride comic, which seems to have been created solely to promote the Princess Bride game.

Blog@Newsarama’s Michael May read vol. 1 of Flight Explorer with his six-year-old son, and they both enjoyed it.

Reviews:
Chris Mautner on The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby (Panels and Pixels)
Conor Carton on Castle Waiting (Comics Village)
John Mitchell on J. Edgar Hoover: A Graphic Biography (Shuffleboil)
Ed Sizemore on Knights of the Lunch Table: The Dodgeball Chronicles (Comics Worth Reading)
Greg McElhatton on Mo and Jo: Fighting Together Forever (Read About Comics)
Charles Tan on One Piece, vol. 1 (Comics Village)
Dave Ferraro on Prince of Persia (Comics And More)

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