Just a quick FYI, since I know I have a few parents who read: MangaBlog’s Brigid has announced the creation of a new blog called Word Balloons, which is devoted to childrens’ comics for preschoolers through young adults, which will include manga (like Eisner nominee Yotsuba&!) as well as other comics around the world. And the contributor list is pretty star-studded:

…our opening group of contributors includes super-librarian and former Eisner judge Robin Brenner*, PopCultureShock’s Manga Recon blogger Kate Dacey, Manga Xanadu blogger Lori Henderson, school media specialist Esther Keller, Diamond Comics Distributor’s Janna Morishima, webcomicker and blogger Jason Sigler, librarian and MangaCast reviewer (and current Eisner judge) Eva Volin, and teen librarian and Manga Jouhou reviewer Snow Wildsmith. Dan Hess, the talented creator of Angel Moxie and Realms of Ishikaze, was kind enough to draw the header image, and J. Dee Dupuy handled design (and was very patient about it, too).

* Robin Brenner is not only a former Eisner judge, she’s also a 2008 nominee!

All in all it looks like it’ll solidly fill a longstanding gap in comics blogs, and with such prominent talent? This can only be good.