Good Comics for Kids
Tag: graphic novels
Mexikid 2: Electric Boogaloo. Truthfully, It’s Called Mexikid Dreams. Look, I’m Just Excited to Talk to Pedro Martín Today.
Not only is Mexikid Dreams good, it may even be better than its predecessor. But how? I talk with its creator today to try to figure out how this could have happened.
Ahead of Their Time: Comics for Kids in Need of a Reprint
It seems to me that many publishers are sitting on a great big, beautiful backlog of comics just ripe for re-publication. Here are the titles that I think deserve another chance.
Odysseus on the Brain? Let’s Talk to Gareth Hinds About His Own Odyssey!
Got kids hankering for more info on The Odyssey? We're talking with Gareth Hinds, who did a graphic novel version that you can always turn to. Now re-released, we talk about it today.
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Reflections of Identity: An Opting Out Conversation with Creators Maia Kobabe and Lucky Srikumar
Queer content in children's books has been growing harder to find the last few years. All the more reason to celebrate this loving collaborative graphic novel about wanting nothing to do with the whole puberty thing.
Review of the Day: Chernobyl, Life and Other Disasters by Yevgenia Nayberg
When your kids have devoured the samey samey GNs out there and they want a comic that’s a cut above (and doesn’t look like anybody else), that’s when you hit ‘em in the Chernobyl. Far and away a favorite of the year.
Cover Reveal: WINNIE-THE-POOH: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
Just in time for the 100th anniversary of that silly old bear we've yet another adaptation of the original work on the horizon. And this one? A beauty.
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Keep Your Head on a Swivel: An Endless Game Interview with J.D. Amato
"...there was a palpable 90s dream of kids building their own societies and sorting things out on their own." Join us for an interview today with the creator of a comic that brings to vibrant life that feeling all over again.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Comics and Graphic Novels for Kids
I may have gone a bit overboard...
Review of the Day: Fresh Start by Gale Galligan
This came out early in the year, but I'd like to remind you to give it a close look. Highly sophisticated art with an incredible batch of storytelling. Galligan's greatest is here.
Dan Santat Has a New Graphic Novel Series! We Have the Cover Here Today! And a Q&A! Can You Tell I’m Excited?!?!
"After publishing A First Time for Everything I’ll admit I was a little burned out and wanted to shift back into doing something silly and appealing to kids." Dan Santat discusses his latest (very silly) graphic novel series.
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