Hmmm! I always go back to it, but there's the Avatar: The Last Airbender cartoon adapted to graphic novels. If your kids haven't seen the show, this might be a good way to start. It's more fantasy than it is superhero.
And speaking of superheroes, there are some books that I really can't resist: Blue Beetle (a lot of the characters are PoC including the teen hero Jaime Reyes!)It's straight-up superhero, but REALLY well written and beautiful art.
And maybe when he gets a little older: Runaways, which imo is more about coming-of-age teens (including PoC!) how happen to have powers, less super-hero-y. Young Avengers, again - a mixed racebag of teens. This one is straight-up superhero.
Bzuhhh I'm a little out of touch with kids these days, but. If you're looking for something a bit more lighthearted, Calvin and Hobbes is always a good bet. :D
Bayou is flat out awesome, but it is a comic with graphic depictions of lynchings and other violence. I mean, someone gets impaled, and not "off-screen." I cannot recommend it highly enough for both art and story, but it's not for little kids.
My 8 year old daughter loves the other suggestions you've gotten: Mouse Guard, Amulet, and The Elsewhere Chronicles are extremely popular in this house. I thought Mouse Guard might be too much for her but she was fine with it. The Bone series by Jeff Smith is another favorite. She likes Jellaby by Kean Soo, too.
The Knights of the Lunch Table series by Frank Cammuso is a favorite around here too. It's published by Scholastic Books' Graphix line. We've been pretty happy with all the books from that line we've gotten so far.
Kazu Kibuishi also edits an anthology called Flight, that we found at the library. I'm not sure how regularly it comes out, but my kid read the first one and immediately asked if there were more of them (last I checked they were up to vol. 5).
About Bayou: been reading it since March and though I love it to bits , not at all age-appropriate. I did however force my mother to read it last week, even when she said no more after the first lynching panel. It was really interesting how she'd look at the screen, say "There's something I don't like here." and it would take a while for her to clue in to what exactly it was (cotton bolls, the confederate flag, etc.)
I spent my post partum watching the full Avatar, and converted the kiddos to the Church of Aang. Boycotting the movie, of course, but enthralled to see there's a comic book adaptation (how this passed me by, I don't quite understand).
I'll let y'all know how the search goes, and keep you posted on how the mini-mes react.
Oh! Also if your kids like anthropomorphic animals, Usagi Yojimbo is incredibly fantastic. Particularly if the kids have already fallen into the joy that is Avatar: The Last Airbender. Usagi is essentially a world where only creatures like Momo and Appa get to be the protagonists!
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And speaking of superheroes, there are some books that I really can't resist:
Blue Beetle (a lot of the characters are PoC including the teen hero Jaime Reyes!)It's straight-up superhero, but REALLY well written and beautiful art.
I'm not sure if you can order this online, but the Secret Identities: Anthology of Asian Superheroes might also be a treat?
And maybe when he gets a little older:
Runaways, which imo is more about coming-of-age teens (including PoC!) how happen to have powers, less super-hero-y.
Young Avengers, again - a mixed racebag of teens. This one is straight-up superhero.
Bzuhhh I'm a little out of touch with kids these days, but. If you're looking for something a bit more lighthearted, Calvin and Hobbes is always a good bet. :D
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Recent runs of Hercules has an asian protagonist - Amadeus Cho. Mouse Guard is great as well.
Culdcept is a 3(maybe 5?) volume manga with a woman of color who summons monsters. It's very light and fun.
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My 8 year old daughter loves the other suggestions you've gotten: Mouse Guard, Amulet, and The Elsewhere Chronicles are extremely popular in this house. I thought Mouse Guard might be too much for her but she was fine with it. The Bone series by Jeff Smith is another favorite. She likes Jellaby by Kean Soo, too.
The Knights of the Lunch Table series by Frank Cammuso is a favorite around here too. It's published by Scholastic Books' Graphix line. We've been pretty happy with all the books from that line we've gotten so far.
Kazu Kibuishi also edits an anthology called Flight, that we found at the library. I'm not sure how regularly it comes out, but my kid read the first one and immediately asked if there were more of them (last I checked they were up to vol. 5).
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About Bayou: been reading it since March and though I love it to bits , not at all age-appropriate. I did however force my mother to read it last week, even when she said no more after the first lynching panel. It was really interesting how she'd look at the screen, say "There's something I don't like here." and it would take a while for her to clue in to what exactly it was (cotton bolls, the confederate flag, etc.)
I spent my post partum watching the full Avatar, and converted the kiddos to the Church of Aang. Boycotting the movie, of course, but enthralled to see there's a comic book adaptation (how this passed me by, I don't quite understand).
I'll let y'all know how the search goes, and keep you posted on how the mini-mes react.
Thanks again!
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And Ben 10 might be good as well.
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