Showing posts with label comics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comics. Show all posts

We Recommend "WORD GIRL:FASHION DISASTER"

Duty calls for Word Girl, especially when her alter ego, Becky Botsford, sees her best friend it trouble! When Violet gets wrapped up in the evil machinations of Mr. Big and Lady Redundant Woman…can WordGirl save The City and her best friend from a FASHION DISASTER? And The Whammer just wants a home to call his own, but what happens when he decides to play house in The City’s brand-new playground? Find out in the Wham-tastic FORT WHAM-GROUND!

New TOY STORY Ongoing series!

BOOM! Studios does it again! This new Toy Story comic is going to be awesome! Following up on the hit mini-series, issue one of this new ongoing series features all new, never before seen original stories with your favorite Disney/Pixar’s TOY STORY characters. The Toys are back in town! Toy Story #1 is in stores NOW!

Muppets----> PIGS IN SPACE

PIGS IN SPACE! Fozzie Bear and Rizzo the Rat try to pitch a PIGS IN SPACE movie to a Hollywood producer! What could go possibly go wrong? Written by acclaimed scribe Roger Langridge, who continues his celebrated run on THE MUPPET SHOW COMIC BOOK! A stand-alone story that serves as a prelude to the launch of next month’s ongoing! click the pic for a hilarious preview!

Love Cars? Mater Tells All!

Lightning McQueen is hanging out with his friends in Radiator Springs when he realizes that everyone knows his story, but he doesn’t know anyone else’s. McQueen wants to know how his friends ended up in Radiator Springs…and why they decided to stay. As the others have told their stories, Mater has been desperate to tell his…and he finally gets his chance!
click the picture for a free preview! BOOM! Studios new comic book release, Cars: Radiator Springs #4, will be in stores Wednesday December 9th!

Toy Story Ongoing Series in 2010!

Back by popular demand! This October saw the historic re-release of TOY STORY and TOY STORY 2 in 3-D with TOY STORY 3 coming out next summer. And now… it’s an ongoing comic book series from BOOM! Kids. Following up on the hit mini-series, this new ongoing features all new, never before seen original stories with your favorite TOY STORY characters. Woody and Buzz are back… and Andy too! Get ready for the year of TOY STORY! as for now, cop Toy Story #0 in comic shops this Wednesday! click the cover for a preview of the new issue!

we recommend Monsters Inc comics!

The kooky creatures of Monsters, Inc aren't out to scare the kids anymore. they power Monsteropolis by making kids laugh instead of cry these days, but after months of planning, Mr. Waternoose and Randall have come up with the ultimate plan for revenge. They’re going to steal all of Monsters, Inc’s energy canisters, plunging Monsteropolis into darkness! After they place the blame on Mike and Sully, every monster in the city will be ready to tar and feather our heroes.
Mike and Sully are out to get to the bottom of this! But what does it all have to do with the disappearing toys? click the picture for a sneak peak at
Monsters, Inc #3!
-ChampionOfChildren.com

We Recommend: G-Man!

Anybody who's been routinely buying Marvel comics is already familiar with the work of Chris Giarrusso, whose parody strip Mini Marvels ran in Marvel books for years...
these led to his Comic Bits backup feature in Savage Dragon and eventually to his first G-Man series, Learning To Fly. Now G-man is back in G-Man: Cape Crisis. Giarrusso has a killer sense of humor, lacing what is actually a fairly action-packed book with lots of recurring gags and superhero parody.
if you've been reading Cape Crisis, click the cover for a preview of #4, but if not, do yourself a favor and go to ChrisG Comics.com and get familiar! G-Man: Cape Crisis #4 hits comics shops November 18th
-gM

FREE COMICBOOK DAY!

Hey kids! this Saturday May2nd is FREE COMICBOOK DAY! drag your parents or big brother or sister to you local comic shop and see what kinds of FREE STUFF they have for you this year! comic shops all around the country will have sweet free comics to give away!
if you're in the Dallas area, come out to see Champion of Children artist Samax Amen at Keith's Comics on the northeast corner of Trinity Mills and Midway. he'll be doing free sketches for the kids and reading comics between Noon and 4 PM. if you need to find a comic shop near you, go here! have a great day!

Alyssa Huang interviews the creator of Bone


check out this GREAT interview of Jeff Smith, the writer and artist of a fun adventure/fantasy comic called Bone. it feels like a cross between Lord of the Rings and Donald Duck, but it's also totally different! the original Bone comics were in black and white (which is cheaper and easier to make), but now Scholastic has reprinted the stories in color, so it's even MORE like reading one of those cartoons from tv! take a look inside Bone Volume 1: Out From Boneville here.
-Champion of Children.com

Power Pack takes it Back!

Power Pack rocked hard in 2008 taking adventures with Iron Man, Spiderman, Avengers, the Hulk and more... now they are running around with Wolverine! Marc Sumerak and Gurihuri are crafting a fun, fabulous tale that entertains kids and adults alike starring the world's foremost kid superteam!

Jack Power and Franklin Richards take a wild trip through the time-stream and end up face-to-face with a pre-teen Wolverine! But since young James Howlett is nothing at all like the hero he is destined to one day become, it'll be up to our time-tossed troublemakers to teach the once-and-future-Wolvie how to kick some butt!
peep preview pages below!





Wolverine/Power Pack is in stores now. For more Power Pack, go here!


ChampionOf Children.com

Shadow Rock and Rolla!

the creators of Chocolate Thunder, Fierce and Blind Monkey Style dropped something strictly for the kids! Jeremy and Robert Love have gone all Goosebumps on us with the kids' action-ghost story comic Shadow Rock. Murder, ghosts and mystery take the center stage in this full-color 80 page original graphic novel from Dark Horse Comics.

After his mom's death, young Tim London moves from the hood to the small fishing town of Shadow Rock to live with pops. His new home is up the hill from a legendary haunted lighthouse where Timothy discovers the ghost of Kendahl Fog, a little boy who died under mysterious circumstances. Timothy and his new ghostly companion set out to solve the mystery of Kendahl's death. and of course there is a cute girl... gotta have a cute girl who can help Tim adjust to his new surroundings, find clues, and brighten the scenery! the story and art, crafted to appeal to kids, also held my attention too. so cop this joint for self, or for a friend, young or old! New and used copies available mad cheap in the gM store!
uno.
-ChampionOfChildren.com

get ready for Crumb Snatchers, from Little Foot Comics!

Nonsensical, upside down craziness! Tag along with Zoey, the cutest girl in school and messy hair Elliott as they run amok with their friends the Frog King, the devious Koala Bear, and a gang of penguins known as the AnkleBiters. Where imagination reigns and anything can happen.

60 pages Full Color - Digest-Sized
Story by Stephanie Butto
Art by Evan Keeling
SPR: $4.95

Coming October 2008

According to Mark...

i went to the local Half-Price Books to dig for cheap graphic novels and came across (among other things) a book called PowerMark. i copped the PowerMark Series One TPB, which encapsulates issues 1-12 for $5 (the regular price is $9.95). Within the context of a futuristic adventure comic, PowerMark is a christian comic, so if you're one of those people that hates christians, pass on it!

that said, the book has the personality of classic sci-fi adventure shows like Land of the Lost, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, etc. it is action-packed, but the package is good for young children. like the comics from my youth, it uses big words and ideas in context, which will encourage kids to figure them out.
Another thing i really appreciate is the multi-cultural cast, starting with the alpha-male Mark, from Singapore. it has the feeling of shows like Bionic Six or the 80's X-men.
i haven't read the whole thing yet, so i can't speak to the overall quality of the book yet, but i certainly applaud the spirit of it so far. feel free to check them out at www.PowerMarkComics.com

Captain Carrot and the Final Ark!

One of my favorite comics when i was a kid was Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew, which took place on a world where animals talk and behave like people, and people were like bigfoot and aliens... one of the best things about Zoo Crew was the great use of humor. all the cities had names like Piggsburg and Gnu York, and there were lots of puns and one-liners. still, there was plenty of slapstick superhero action as well. i didn't buy every issue of Zoo Crew, but i was still disappointed when it got canceled.
So imagine my surprise when i saw Captain Carrot and the Final Ark at my local comic shop! Final Ark picks up in the aftermath of previous Zoo Crew storylines, but i didn't read those books, and i still liked it. in a parody of current Marvel storylines, Final Ark opens in a world where superheroes are banned by the "Collar I.D. Initiative," and the Zoo Crew has long since disbanded. but when villains like the Salamandroid, Frogzilla and Starro the Conqueror attack, the Zoo Crew reunite to stop them!
Captain Carrot and the Final Ark
(a 3 issue Limited Series from DC Comics) is a good comic for kids who like humor or action, as it has plenty of both.

-samax