New comic book day this week brings a nice variety of all age comic books, many of which that will appeal to girls more than boys. There’s Betty & Veronica, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Disney Frozen, Miraculous and a couple others. One great mini-series that upper middle school readers and old might enjoy is Archie Vs. Predator II. Issue 5 of 5 from this definitely teen comic book has violence and blends together things that you didn’t think could go together well. We love this series and if you like science-fiction with just a hint of dark humor this will be great for you too. In the podcast this week we’ll chat about Jim Henson Dark Crystal Age of Resistance, True Believers and how to find the right book for your reluctant reader.
Have you heard that the spookiest holiday of the year is
just around the corner? It’s also a great week for all age comic books and a
couple great releases are getting into the seasonal act. Betty and Veronica
Supernatural Stories, Star Wars Adventures gets spooky with Vader’s Castle and
there are still some fab Halloween Comic Fest Mini-Comics for you to get.
In the podcast we’ll chat about Dilbert Turns 30, a new
Super Sons novel-The Foxglove Mission by Ridley Pearson, Swamp Thing,
Lumberjanes and more.
For now, here’s the list of those all age comic books that’ll
be appropriate for readers as young as elementary school, but can skew just a
bit older too.
All age comic books and all age graphic novels. The former
are just individual comic books that come out in a monthly or as a mini-series.
The later are either an original story that’s out for the first time or a collected
series of comic books that encapsulate a story arc from comic books.
This week has some amazing examples of all of them. One of
our favorite original graphic novels has a new entry this week. Laser Moose and
Rabbit Boy is so much fun for elementary aged reader and (way…) up. Time Trout
is their latest adventure and is so fun to read. This is the manic sort of
story that will hook in anyone who picks up the book. It’ll make reluctant
readers want to read and give those kids who already love reading an excuse to
re-read it dozens of times. Elementary school readers will also dig Teen Titans
Go!, Catwad-It’s Me, Two and many others.
Middle school readers already have Guts on their radar. The
content might be too much for elementary ages, but some in upper elementary
will be OK with it. The Red Zone is a great example of a graphic novel as a
means of education and entertainment. Granted, the true story of an earthquake isn’t
entertaining, but kids might have difficulty processing massive scale
disasters. This graphic novel opens a window to that experience.
In the podcast we’ll chat about those things plus
Magnificent Ms. Marvel, Archie vs. Predator 2 and more.
Humor
Archie 1955 #1, UE, M
Bigby Bear For All Season, E, M, H
Disney/PIXAR The Incredibles 2: Secret Identities
Catwad, It’s Me Two, E, M, H
Guts, UE, M, H
Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy: The Trout, E, M, H
My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #82, E, M
My Little Pony Friendship is Magic vol. 17, E, M
My Little Pony Retro Coloring Book, E, M, H
Superhero
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #12, UE, M
Magnificent Ms. Marvel #7 UE, M, H
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers vol 9, TBP, UE, M, H
Teen Titans Go! #36, E, M
True Believers Hulk Professor Hulk,
Action/Science-fiction
Archie vs. Predator 2, #2 of 5, UE, M, H
Red Zone volume 1 Earthquake Story, UE, M, H
Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures Chapter Book, E
Steven Universe Harmony, UE, M, H
Steven Universe #23, UE, M, H
Tea Dragon Festival, UE, M
World of Reading Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes & Villains
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