Brigid Alverson
Freelance Writer at Freelance
She/her. Writer about comics at SLJ, PW, & ICv2; editor of Good Comics for Kids; part of Smash Pages team. Ally. Support trans youth (and adults)!
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1 week ago |
icv2.com | Brigid Alverson
R.I.P. Peter DavidProlific Writer Got His Start in Marvel’s Sales DepartmentBy Brigid AlversonAbstract: David, who had several well-respected runs on high profile characters, got his start in comics in Marvel’s sales department. Peter David, a prolific comics writer whose work on The Incredible Hulk. Aquaman, and other comics helped redefine the characters and became fan favorites, died on May 24, 2025, at the age of 68.
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1 month ago |
slj.com | Brigid Alverson |Kyle Higgins
Creaky Acres is a story about a girl, a horse, and a whole new way of life. Brigid Alverson spoke to the creators about their graphic novel featuring Nora, a competitive rider, who finds her way on a delightfully weird farm, inhabited by an equally quirky crew of young equestrians.
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1 month ago |
tcj.com | Brigid Alverson
It's been another dramatic week in the ongoing saga of the Diamond bankruptcy, with the original purchaser, Alliance Entertainment, dropping its offer and suing Diamond alleging, among other things, fraud and breach of contract, and Diamond making a quick pivot to sell to the backup bidders. The bottom line: Diamond will be sold to two bidders, the Canadian distributor Universal Distribution and Ad Populum, the parent company of collectible maker NECA and its subsidiary, WizKids.
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1 month ago |
slj.com | Brigid Alverson |Kathy Ishizuka |Amy Lilien-Harper |Sam Bloom
History Comics: Ellis Island: Immigration and the American Dream (Feggo) ©2025 by Tait Howard. Immigration is a lived experience for millions of Americans and their family members.
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slj.com | Brigid Alverson |Beth McIntyre
This seems like ancient history now, but one of the things that cemented the popularity of manga was format. Publishers who first brought Japanese comics to the American market did a lot of experimenting. Some colorized them and segmented them into monthly comics, while others kept them black-and-white but flipped the comics so they read left-to-right and published them as expensive graphic novels, often with a larger trim size than what we are accustomed to now.
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