Yowza! The summer months are here and School Library Journal has just published their recommended reading list for kids in Kindergarten all the way up to the 12th grade. We’re tickled silly that Scratch9 is recommended right up there with our faves like Frankie Pickle by Eric Wight, My Boyfriend is a Monster: Made...
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In their regular feature “Food or Comics”, the bloggers over at Comic Book Resources Robot 6 say they’d rather pick up the Scratch9 trade paperback than spend money on the life-sustaining nutrients of food!! If I had $15, I’d start out with the trade of Scratch 9 ($9.99), a great kids’ comic about a...
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Scratch9 creator Rob M. Worley will be appearing at the Kids Read Comics/Teens Read Comics convention in Chelsea, MI on June 18th and 19th. Stop by and check out the new Scratch9 TPB, along with Rob’s new Actionopolis Junior novel The Legend of Tigerfist along with a chance to get the sequel ebook Heir...
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With Scratch9 #1 now available on the Comics Plus iTunes app, websites like Mania.com are catching up with the book! Here’s what they said: Scratch9 certainly has a good sense of self right from the start and it has a solid mix of fun and seriousness to it as Scratch deals with being out...
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Swah! The Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal has named Scratch9 one of the “Best Comics for Kids 2010″! They write: “Energetic, Looney Tunes artwork, brisk pacing, and a pun-filled script make Scratch9 a great read for young sci-fi fans and pet owners alike, while a sprinkling of smart science jokes...
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The Out With the Kids blog took a peek at Scratch9 #1 last week. The blog is the product of a father who navigates the world of kid’s music, books, toys & culture. A copy of our funny book landed on his desk and, while he isn’t a comics reader by nature, he quite...
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Kids are invited to the Canton Public Library for the Comic Collage Remix Contest with Comic City and Scratch9 creator Rob M. Worley! They’ve got horrible comics from the ’80s; mix, match and add your own art to make something fantastic and Comic City will display your creation at their store. Comic writer Rob...
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Scratch9 got a nice mention from the Forty Year-Old Fanboy Blog this week. His is apparently a family that reads comics together, and the family youngster has taken a shine to ol’ Scratch: “The Kid gave Scratch9 a look, and it’s now her other Wednesday Night Thing, next to her future husband Sonic the...
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Katherine Dacey of the Good Comics For Kids blog at School Library Journal posted a fantastic interview with Scratch9 creator Rob Worley last week.  They talked about early influences, the state of kids comics and the challenges of writing engaging material for young readers. Here’s an excerpt: Another way kids get short-changed is by...
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One of the cool people we met at New York Comic-Con was cartoonist Caanan Grall. He’s famous for creating Celadore, which was a winning entry on Zuda and is now in print from DC Comics. We’re reading the book now and it’s terrific. Celadore is a relentless vampire-hunting woman who gets bushwacked by some...
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