[...] Classics, the publisher of anthologies focused on historical creators and genres, has put online a catalog covering their line of books. The file’s 48 pages also [...]

[...] Hamster and Cheese [...]

[...] third in the series, after And Then There Were Gnomes and Hamster and Cheese, is the best yet. No wonder it got nominated for an Eisner [...]

[...] recognize Babymouse and that guinea pig PI, plus characters by Raina Telgemeier (Smile) and Faith Erin Hicks (with her ghost) and Vera Brosgol [...]

[...] daughter of Toon Books Editorial Director Francoise Mouly, returns to the line with another Zig and Wikki book. The two alien characters provide an excuse for science education content. In this case, [...]

[...] (book one), blue (book two), and now pink. But not a baby pink, more like Pepto-Bismol, suitable for treating [...]

[...] favorite part was the short history of Classics Illustrated that’s included in the middle. It has little connection to the rest of the piece, but Ryan [...]

[...] addition to Oni’s growing kids’ line (which includes such works as Salt Water Taffy and Possessions). Sketch Monsters: Escape of the Scribbles is due out at the end of October. The first five pages [...]

[...] first Possessions book, Unclean Getaway, was a pleasant surprise for me last year. I didn’t expect to like a kids’ book about a [...]

[...] about comics for younger readers regularly, but after three pieces last year — in January, March, and May — I got behind. So this edition will catch up with a lot of books released over the [...]

[...] was very surprised at how much I enjoyed Ray Fawkes’ Possessions: Unclean Getaway, so I’m glad to see a sequel, The Ghost Table (DEC10 1022, $5.99), coming in March from Oni [...]

[...] great series have adopted different strategies to put out more than one book a year. Frankie Pickle, for example, is illustrated text with just a few comic sequences. Lunch Lady has sketchier art [...]

[...] Zig and Wikki: Something Ate My Homework [...]

[...] Comics Worth Reading [...]

[...] Previous columns were published in January and March. [...]

[...] stories in the first include new tales of Matthew Loux’s Salt Water Taffy; Ray Fawkes’ Possessions (a new fave of mine); and Chris Schweizer’s Crogan Adventures. The stories are full of [...]

[...] Lady returns in her fourth adventure — I’ve covered the first two and third already — and the food-inspired inventions are as quirky as ever. After a quick demonstration [...]

[...] and Robert Louise Stevenson at $5, and the two newest (color) books, Science Fiction Classics and Louisa May Alcott, $9. I’ve also reviewed the Oscar Wilde and Gothic Classics volumes. [...]