Seattlepi has an article on the efforts DC comics is making to recreate their vintage heroes into ones with more modern appeal: DC revamps its heroes for a grittier century.

Barbelith Underground > Comic Books
Barbelith is an online community that encourages discussion. Their comic book area is a very active discussion board all about comics and graphic novels.

The New York Times has an article on Manga for Girls that speaks to the different maturity levels of titles even within the same series and to why American girls are flocking to this new genre.
I was also interested to read that Harlequin has teamed up with Dark Horse Comics to release some of their romance novels in graphic novel format.

Amelia Rules is a great graphic novel series for children. But don’t take my word for it! Visit their dynamic site where you can read a sample, examine reviews, and of course buy the books.

Bookshelf Comics offers information on graphic novels, including news, reviews, feature articles, and new and forthcoming titles.

The Seattle Times: Faith & values: Christian comics growing on youth
Yet another trend in graphic novels and comics that libraries will want to keep an eye on. I would expect that more than a few of us will have clergy in the library suggesting that we purchase these to balance our graphic novel collections.

Kid-friendly comics return with ‘Marvel Adventures’ | The Arizona Daily Star
Marvel Adventures looks like a comic book series to watch for, especially with a Fantastic Four book coming out this summer. I really like that it is aimed for kids 10 or younger. This is definitely one series I will be looking to see at ALA. Is Marvel going to have a booth?

I had no idea that TIME Magazine offers coverage of graphic novels! Andrew Arnold has a biweekly column covering them. And they just ran an article on 5 Fantastic Graphic Novels. Very cool!

The CCBC now offers a Booklist of Graphic Novels for Children’s and Young Adult Library Collections. The bibliography is for building graphic novel collections in both public and school libraries. I appreciate the fact that there is a lengthy list of titles for elementary age kids as well as lists for middle school and high school age.