Publisher Title EAN # Release Date Recommended Age Ablaze A Difficult Thing: The Importance of Admitting Mistakes 9781950912438 9/28/2021 Children (ages 4 – 8) Ablaze Action Panels: The Innovative How-To Blank Comic Book Journal That Gets You Creating In Minutes! 9781950912315 10/12/2021 Children (ages 4 – 8) Ablaze Jurassik Diaries Vol 1 9781950912469 10/26/2021 Children…
IDW Announces Finale to Long-Running My Little Pony Series
Since its very inception in 2012, the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic monthly comic book series from IDW has captured the hearts and minds of filly fans everywhere. Now, after almost a decade of publication, we bid a fond farewell to Friendship is Magic with September’s issue #102, the oversized conclusion of the official “Season 10” storyline that picked up…
A Brief History of LGBTQ+ Representation and Comics
While comics have embraced lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) themes and characters, historically this content was intentionally omitted due to censorship and notions that comics were only for children. With homosexual content banned by the Comics Code Authority between 1954 and 1989, mainstream comics portrayed only subtle hints regarding any character’s sexual orientation. While not an…
LGBTQ+ Comics – Why We Can No Longer Afford to be Scared
Teacher Librarian Sara Smith discusses the importance of LGBTQ+ representation in today’s school libraries. Drama by Raina Telgmeier, This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki – both were part of the ALA’s Top 10 Most Challenged Books in 2018 (Office for Intellectual Freedom, 2020). Both graphic novels include LGBTQ+ characters. With two of the top…
George Takei Talks ‘They Called Us Enemy’
George Takei is probably best known for his role as Lt. Hikaru Sulu on the classic 1960s science fiction TV series, Star Trek and its many feature film sequels. Since then, he has gone on to become an iconic pop culture figure, advocating for LGBTQ rights and cultivating his trademark exclamation of “Oh, My” into…
The Team Behind Oh ‘Joy Sex Toy’ Talks About It (Sex)
In 1991, Salt-N-Pepa made the declaration: “Let’s talk about sex.” And while that song is a generational touchstone, the conversation is far from over. As a matter of fact, that was clearly just the beginning. Enter creators Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan. The duo behind Oh Joy, Sex Toy has created a teenager’s guide dedicated to not just…
Jim Lives: The Mystery of the Lead Singer of The Doors and the 27 Club Post
Jim Lives: The Mystery of the Lead Singer of The Doors and the 27 Club Written by: Paolo Baron Illustrated by: Ernesto Carbonetti Publisher: Image Comics Format: Softcover, 128 pages, Color ISBN: 9781534319639 Ages: 13 and up Baron is back with yet another story centered on music. His previous titles include “Paul Is Dead” and…
Upcoming Releases: August 2021
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New Releases: May 2021
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Noe’s Comics Nook: Teaching Artfully
Teaching Artfully Published by: Clover PressCreated by: Meghan ParkerISBN: 9781951038205Ages: 13+ Review Teaching Artfully, Meghan Parker’s Master of Arts thesis turned into published work, is a little different from the comics usually reviewed here, in that it is unlikely you’d assign this full comic to students in a K-12 environment. The more likely audience for…