Kids Read Comics. Holy cow. Where to begin. This is the cutest little comic con in the world. Last month KRC held its fifth annual celebration at the Ann Arbor District Library, and it was the best year yet. What makes this kid’s con so cool? See below.
Reminder! We Want YOU to Apply to be our New Arts or Lifestyle Editor
THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED. We are looking for two experienced editors to join our staff. One as our shiny new Arts Editor, the other as our sparkly Lifestyle Editor. What do we mean by these categories? We mean to work with you to define how these will look. The sky’s the limit! The world…
August All Ages Comics/Books
Benny and Penny in Lost and Found Geoffrey Hayes (W & A) TOON-Books Release date 8/5 Those two adorable mouse ragamuffins are back at it. This time they get lost! How will they find their way home? This is from TOON-Books, and everything those people touch is guaranteed awesomeness.
Abby SUCKS: An Argument So Weak It’s Gotta Be A Joke
Late last night, as the clock crept towards the witching hour, this was posted to Tumblr: Since then the post has been spreading like a virus, you could even say it’s gone viral. At this point in time, sixteen hours after the initial post, it has 2, 089 notes.
Know What’s Better than SDCC? Crafts!
Are you going to the San Diego Comic-Con? No? Pray tell, why not? Because it costs a ton, you hate waiting in line for 45 minutes to take a piss, and you think it’s a tad overrated? Me too. Let’s do crafts instead. Wait, did I hear you right? You’re not super into crafts and…
Interview with Dani Jones
Dani Jones is a graphic artist and writer with a gorgeous portfolio. Her book publications include Monsters vs. Kittens, My Sister the Freak, and Zombie Bunny. Jones’ work maintains a consistent theme of scary things mashing up with cute things, with an end result of everyone ending up adorable. The world needs more instances of…
Review: The Fourteenth Goldfish
The Fourteenth Goldfish Jennifer L. Holm Random House Books for Young Readers I received a copy of this book from the publisher for an honest review. The Fourteenth Goldfish is about valuing the natural order of life. Youth, puberty, young adulthood, regular adulthood, and old age are each equally as valuable (and awkward) as the rest….
Review of Beautiful Darkness
Beautiful Darkness Fabien Vehlmann (W) Kerascoet (A) Drawn and Quarterly Beautiful Darkness is a modern fairy tale darker than any other. This story is absolutely nothing like Frozen. The first pages are presented in a clean cut, fairy tale format with a couple discussing a recent dance ball they attended. Then mid-tea sip their world…
Interview with Trevor Mueller from Reading With Pictures: Comics That Make Kids Smarter
Kids love comic books. Kids love to learn. Introducing comic books to the classroom is a sure-fire way to hold students’ interest and help them retain the information being taught. There are so many ways to incorporate comics into education, and Reading With Pictures is an organization devoted to tackling this idea. Their main focus is…
Classic Nerd Movie Club
This month marks WWAC’s first Classic Nerd Movie Club meeting! Once a month, we will don our black cloaks, meet under cover of night, and select one film to rule them all (for the month). To join the fun, all you must do is pop the flick on at the designated time—whether through Netflix, Amazon…
The Diary of a Teenage Girl Coming to the Big Screen
Phoebe Gloeckner’s The Diary of a Teenage Girl is in post-production for the big screen. That’s right. We’re talking Tinseltown, baby. La La Land. Hollywood.
Wonder Woman in Sensation Comics
This fall DC Comics will be unveiling a new anthology devoted to Wonder Woman. This comic series will debut on August 20th, titled Sensation Comics. The stories will first be published in an online format, with a printed version projected for an October release date. The contributors range the gamut from Gail Simone to Caitlin…