Great Graphic Novels for Teens
I wanted to do a mini-round up of things related to the GGNT list. Graphic Novel Reporter has a roundtable discussion explaining the history behind the list. Over at Good Comics for Kids, a discussion...
View ArticleLibrary Wars: Love and War Volume 1 – review and giveaway
I will start out by saying that I am an unabashed fan of the Library War franchise. What is there not to love about stories where librarians fight censorship with machine guns? In Japan there are the...
View ArticleALA Conference Anyone?
I’m getting ready to go to ALA for the first time in several years! If you’re going to be at the conference and want to meet up, let me know!
View ArticleGood Comics For Kids
Here at the Good Comics For Kids Panel! It has quite the impressive handout listing resources. Brigid introduces panelists, and her own blog Manga Blog, the morning newspaper of the manga blog world....
View ArticleSave Our Library poster drawn by comics artists
ALA’s Direct Dispatch blog has a Save Our Library poster available for download that was drawn by the Fillbach Brothers.
View ArticleLibrary Blog Landscape with bonus Naval Gazing
The new issue of Cites and Insights has an excerpt of the book But Still They Blog: The Liblog Landscape 2007-2009, click on over for the PDF if you enjoy reading some interesting number crunching...
View ArticleBanned Books Graphics from First Second
First Second is releasing some graphics from the creator of Americus in support of Banned Books Week. They look cute:
View ArticleAmber by Night
Amber by Night by Sharon Sala and Mayu Takayama I’m always on the lookout for fictional portrayals of librarians so there was no way I wasn’t going to read Amber by Night after reading this summary:...
View ArticleTales from the Liberry back – in Podcast form
One of my favorite library blogs, Tales from the Liberry went on hiatus some time ago. But now it is back in podcast form! You can give the first episode a listen, as it details the misadventures of...
View ArticleUNL Comics Digital Library Collections
It is seldom that my interest in digital library collections and comic books intersect, but when they do I am always delighted. I stumbled across the Government Comics collection at University of...
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