As teachers, we’re always looking for new ways to help our students engage with texts. James Bucky Carter and the contributors to this collection have…
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Spring brings May flowers and Peanuts. Fantagraphics once again releases their run of Peanuts with an intro by animator Bill Melendez. This volume has strips…
Everyone in Rick Bickworth’s class is good at something, except him. One day, though, Rick discovers that he was born to bake. And there’s nothing…
Growing up in the 70’s was an exciting time when comic great Jack Kirby jumped ship from Marvel to DC Comics and took with him his…
Comic Creators Detail Their Storytelling And Artistic Processes by John LOWE Professional comic artists interpret scripts every day as they successfully transform the written word…
As Stan Lee used to say, "Nuff said!" The good folks at Drawn and Quarterly are up to their old tricks and teasing us with…
Bounce is the follow-up to Wiggle by Doreen Cronin and Scott Menchin. Here we find the ups and downs from their faithful doggie hero. Bounce a ball…
Growingold With BC: A Celebration Of Johnny Hart This Fall Checker Book Publishing marks the upcoming 50th anniversary of an American cartoon icon – B.C.…
Brian Mariotti from Funko, a cool site for the latest cartoon related toys is releasing CLASSIC HANNA-BARBERA COLLECTIBLES. This book is real funky and is…
Who would release a Santa Clause book in the middle of July? “The List” of publishers who would do that would be very small or…
John Burningham was born in 1936 and has a great collection of works and he believes that, "My audience is not just children, it’s broader…
Get ready for a wild trip of outlandish visual drawings from Neal Layton‘s funny book called That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown. Neal a native of…
Drawing Comics is Easy! (Except When It’s Hard) My little 8 year old daughter has a new hero. Alexa Kitchen is the youngest artist to…
Manga: The Complete Guide Not only are parents confused about manga, in the past three years Del Rey a division of Random House, as you…
Mouse Guard Volume One: Fall 1152 David Peterson is the author and illustrator of Mouse Guard, the hottest comic series in the past year. Mouse Guard…
The New Yorker illustrator Ian Falconer published his first Olivia book in the year 2000 and sold over 2.5 million books that were translated already…
Love and Capes With the release of Spier-man 3, the comic industry has their yearly celebration "Free Comic Book Day", on Saturday May 5th. Many…
Emily Gravett plays monkey see monkey do with her pronounced rippling art imitating different animals that kids guess out loud. Kids have an affinity with monkeys…
Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle (creators of the hit animated series Kim Possible) have a new book right now that deserves a look at. The…
Rhode Montijo is a very busy guy as of late, my kids really enjoyed his last book called Cloud Boy and he is already on…
Kevin Sherry sizes up the world around him in his first published book about a squid who examines his size in the ocean compared to…
This charming and beautifully crafted story follows a young cow who doesn’t quite blend in with the rest of his breed. The book comes from…
Need wisdom? Look no further the man of steel is willing to give it out with Magnetic Wisdom™ . You could say this is the…
Dan Piraro is coming to Montreal for the Blue Metropolis Festival, Bizarro will meet Montreal’s top cartoonist Aislin, aka Terry Mosher. This is a guaranteed…