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New comic book day, it’s every Wednesday and this week has some great releases. There are some books this week that are perfect for pre-K readers! Granted they are Golden Books, but did you know that they produced some jamming, fun books that geeklings would like to have read to them? We’ll cover that, as well as, Science Comics, Dogman, Showtime at the Apollo, a great 60’s mash-up and more in the podcast and Youtube. For now let’s look at three great new releases that are perfect for readers in upper middle school and up.
Science Comics: Polar Bears
Science Comics are a regular series of original graphic novels from :01 First Second Books. Each one of these releases is as entertaining as they are educational, but don’t tell some younger readers that. Science Comics: Polar Bears is told from the perspective of two polar bear cubs as they navigate the tundra that is their home. The story that they weave is all true, with some biology, climate science and anatomy in there, plus more jokes than you would expect. I love this series. Our 9 year-old is a bit too young to really enjoy them; but if you have a middle school reader or up they will really enjoy this fun and subversively educational graphic novel.
Star Trek Vs. Transformers #4
The Star Trek Vs. Transformers mini-series has really lived up to the buzz. It puts the crew of Enterprise in no-man’s land as the Klingons have teamed up with the Decepticons. The Autobots and Captain Kirk (of course) aren’t far behind to save the day, upstage Spock and possibly kiss the girl (or robot). Surprisingly, this mini-series really resonated with our 9 year-old. He did not know the mythology of the characters, but he loved the art and could easily read the story. This comic book and mini-series are OK for readers 8 and up. Those younger will be fine with the content, just unable to read the words needed to get the most from the plot.
Lumberjanes #58
Pick up any issue of Lumberjanes and it’s all but guaranteed to be awesome. With equal parts humor, science-fiction and fantasy, this series about the world’s coolest summer camp, Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet’s Camp for Hardcore Lady Types, is fun for any reader. The main characters are Jo, April, Molly, Mal and Ripley, they’re all girls and given the name of the camp it’ll probably skew more towards girls than boys. Between the art, the unpredictable stories of yetis, friendships and lake monsters this is great fun and OK for ages 8 and up.
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