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Sid the Kid Makes the Senior Strippers List
Sid Jacobson was born 90 years ago today, and so joins our Senior Strippers club. Sid, born October 20, 1929, is probably most famous for being a longtime editor, and sometime writer, for the Harvey comic book company. Sid has a claim on creating Richie Rich. Though the Harvey kids are most recognizable, Sid […]
Posted on: Oct 20, 2019, Section: Comic Books, Comic strips, Graphic Journalism, Graphic Novels, Comments: 1 Comment
Hey Kids! Comics! Bookfest, Day Two
So many releases we had to make two posts. Here are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for October 2019 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic book shop is a good idea. The Peanuts Papers: Writers and Cartoonists on Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and […]
Posted on: Oct 15, 2019, Section: Books, Cartoons, Comic Books, Comic strips, Graphic Novels, Comments: 0 Comments
Hey Kids! Comics! Bookfest, Day One
Here are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for October 2019 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic book shop is a good idea. SCREWBALL! The Cartoonists Who Made The Funnies Funny If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Eat ‘Em The World is Askew […]
Posted on: Oct 14, 2019, Section: Books, Comic Books, Comic strips, Graphic Novels, Comments: 0 Comments
A Fire Story – Two Years Later
Two years ago, in October 2017, Brian and Karen Fies’ home was among the thousands that burned to the ground in the infamous Tubbs Fire. In late March [2019], nearly 18 months after Fies and his wife Karen fled the wildfire that destroyed roughly 3,000 Santa Rosa homes and more than 5,300 countywide, they finally […]
Posted on: Oct 6, 2019, Section: AAEC-feed, Graphic Journalism, Graphic Novels, Comments: 1 Comment
Graphic Books Return to NY Times Best Seller List
The New York Times sent out a notice today that the graphic books best seller list will be returning to the newspaper. Today The New York Times Book Review announced changes to the Best-Seller Lists, in print and online. The Best Sellers team will begin tracking Mass Market Paperbacks (genres including romance) and a combined […]
Posted on: Sep 26, 2019, Section: Books, Children's Books, Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Newspaper industry, Comments: Comments Off on Graphic Books Return to NY Times Best Seller List
Reincarnation Stories by Kim Deitch is (P)reviewed
The fun begins innocently enough: after eye surgery, Deitch had to keep his eyes closed and his head turned down for days on end while he healed. After a few uncomfortable and sleepless nights, he starts accessing his memories with shocking clarity and mines the recesses of his mind for details of his past lives. […]
Posted on: Sep 18, 2019, Section: Books, Cartooning, Graphic Novels, Comments: Comments Off on Reincarnation Stories by Kim Deitch is (P)reviewed
Hey Kids! Comics! A Good Harvest Moon Crop
Here are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for September 2019 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic book shop is a good idea. Snug Harbor Stories: A Wallace the Brave Collection! Silly Symphonies Volume 4: The Complete Disney Classics 1942-1945 (the last volume) […]
Posted on: Sep 15, 2019, Section: Books, Cartooning, Children's Books, Comic Books, Comic history, Comic strips, Graphic Novels, Comments: Comments Off on Hey Kids! Comics! A Good Harvest Moon Crop
Democracy – A Graphic Guide to Governance
Only one quarter of grown-ass adults can correctly name all three branches of the U.S. government, according to a 2017 study by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. This bad. This very bad. But a new project by Vermont’s Center for Cartoon Studies offers a glimmer of hope that the […]
Posted on: Aug 23, 2019, Section: AAEC-feed, Comic Books, Graphic Journalism, Graphic Novels, Publications, Comments: Comments Off on Democracy – A Graphic Guide to Governance
Tariff-ic Books and Magazines
With one exception, to please his evangelical base (“America’s Christian publishers no longer have to render to Caesar an extra 10 percent.”) and Rupert Murdoch, all material printed in China then sent to the United States will be taxed tariffed. The only print product completely removed from the list of proposed China tariffs was […]
Posted on: Aug 15, 2019, Section: Books, Children's Books, Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Greeting Cards, Magazines, Publications, Publishers, Comments: Comments Off on Tariff-ic Books and Magazines
Comics 101
AMP Kids has reinvigorated their blog with a new series – Comics 101. Amp Kids is Andrews McMeel‘s publishing arm for young readers. Among others things they have recently started a more or less weekly series about Comics for Kids. Why Comics are Great for Kids (and Libraries) The numbers speak for themselves: When […]
Posted on: Jul 30, 2019, Section: Blogs, Comic strips, Graphic Novels, Publishers, Comments: Comments Off on Comics 101
Hey Kids! Essentials Comics!
Essentials is a series from IDW Publishing through their Library of American Comics imprint. These books are 4.4 inches high and 11.5 inches long and ?1.2 inches thick, printing one daily strip per page. The books more or less cover an entire year. And for this Independence Week IDW is offering them at a 25% […]
Posted on: Jul 2, 2019, Section: Books, Cartoonist's Cartoonists, Comic strips, Graphic Novels, Comments: 1 Comment
Middle School Graphic Novels – It’s a Big Thing
Brian Hibbs, at ComicsBeat, goes in-depth for us examining the BookScan numbers for the 2018 Graphic Novel section. It’s time to look at graphic novel sales in 2018. Implausibly, this is the sixteenth annual report of something that is hard to exactly perceive and understand: the size and shape of the sales of graphic novels […]
Posted on: May 20, 2019, Section: Books, Cartooning, Graphic Novels, Publishers, Comments: Comments Off on Middle School Graphic Novels – It’s a Big Thing
2019 NCSFest Reuben Divisional Awards
National Cartoonists Society Divisional Awards presented May 18, 2019. Nominees listed, winners highlighted EDITORIAL CARTOONS Clay Bennett Michael Ramirez Rob Rogers MAGAZINE/NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION Tom Bunk Amy Kurzweil Jim Woodring FEATURE ANIMATION Shiyoon Kim – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Peter Ramsay – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Justin K. Thompson – Spider-Man: Into the […]
Posted on: May 19, 2019, Section: AAEC-feed, Animation, Awards, Cartooning, Cartoonist's Cartoonists, Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Graphic Novels, Greeting Cards, Illustration, Magazine cartoons, National Cartoonist Society, NCSFest, Reuben, web comics, Comments: Comments Off on 2019 NCSFest Reuben Divisional Awards
Hey Kids! Comics! May Books Be With You
Here are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for May 2019 release. Images and links via Amazon (though ordering through your local comic book shop is a good idea.) The Complete Peanuts 1971-1972 (Vol. 11) Paperback Prince Valiant Vol. 19 1973-1974 30 Years Of Matt Superman: […]
Posted on: May 14, 2019, Section: Books, Comic strips, Graphic Novels, Comments: Comments Off on Hey Kids! Comics! May Books Be With You
Kids’ Graphic Novels Lead Comic Book Sales
Led by sales of the graphic novel format, total sales of graphic novels and periodical comics in the U.S. and Canada was approximately $1.09 billion in 2018, according to a joint estimate by trade news sites ICv2 and Comichron. From Publishers Weekly: Although sales via the direct market (aka the comics shop market) were […]
Posted on: May 6, 2019, Section: Books, Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Comments: Comments Off on Kids’ Graphic Novels Lead Comic Book Sales
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