Captain Underpants most challenged book for banning
Dav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants is the number one book most likely to be challenged for removal from a school and…
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Eisner Award nominations announced
The Eisner Award nominees have been announced. Several nominees are of interest to readers of this blog. Jerry Scott and…
Glyph Comic Award nominees announced
We’re well int award season. The nominees for the Glyph Comic Award have been announced. The winner will be announced…
IDW to release Bone Artist Edition; Smith starts webcomic
IDW will release a new Artist Edition collection for Jeff Smith’s Bone series. No date is set yet, but it…
CBR features 8 female artists during Women’s History Month
Comic Book Resources used Women’s History Month to highlight female creators in the industry. Creators included: Becky Cloonan, Danielle Corsetto,…
Mark Pett publishes 2nd children’s book
Author and illustrator Mark Pett has released his second picture book today entitled The Boy and the Airplane. It’s a…
Interviewed: Tom Batiuk on second volume of The Complete Funky Winkerbean
Comic Book Resources talks to Funky Winkerbean creator Tom Batiuk about his strip. The second volume of “The Complete Funky…
Harvey Awards ballot now available
This year’s Harvey Awards ballot is now available to comics professionals. Ballots are due May 6th. This year’s Harvey Awards…
The Complete Cul de Sac to be released in November
When Richard Thompson retired his award winning comic strip, Cul de Sac, last year the one hope I had was…
Check out: Tales Calculated to Drive You MAD: Artist’s Edition
From Tom Richmond’s blog: I saw an unboxing video of this book some weeks ago and blogged about it being…
First Snuffy Smith collection hits press after 18 years
The first Snuffy Smith collection by John Rose is now available. The book is entitled The Bodacious Best of Snuffy…
B&N to close one-third of its stores in next decade
The Wall Street Journal (via Huffington Post) is reporting that Barnes & Noble has said that it will close about…
Rick Stromoski launches second book collection Kickstarter campaign
Soup to Nutz creator Rick Stromoski has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the printing of a second printed collection…
Books: I Say, I Say… Son! A Tribute to Legendary Animators Bob, Chuck, and Tom McKimson
Another book that I think would be of interest to those of you who enjoy animation and historical aspects of…
Amazon launches Kindle subscription service for kids
Personally, I’d never had over my iPad (at least not unsupervised) to a toddler or young child, but Amazon is…