Comments on: School Library Journal graphic novel section

By: Michele Gorman

Michele Gorman — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:29:42 +0000

It’s good to be a librarian these days! Thanks for the plug Heidi, and for always helping the comics publishing industry see the relevance (and importance) of librarians to the general care and feeding of the industry!

By: STWALLSKULL » Interesting Links: March 4th 2008

STWALLSKULL » Interesting Links: March 4th 2008 — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:22:42 +0000

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By: The Beat

The Beat — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:19:29 +0000

Hm, wasn’t someone the other day saying that Kat Kan is the new Brian Hibbs?

By: Kat Kan

Kat Kan — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:16:26 +0000

Isn’t it wonderful? And my job is even better – I selected all those 2,000 titles in that HW Wilson Graphic Novel Core Collection. That means I read every single blessed one of the books in order to assign the age ratings and subject headings. I’ve done presentations at school Career Days throughout my years as a librarian, but last year, I could honestly tell the kids, “I get paid to read comics!”

BTW, Wilson adds 50 titles every month to the Core Collection; that’s also my job, to read and select the books. And this isn’t even my main job; almost everything I do, except for the part time work in my son’s school library, is connected to comics and graphic novels. For someone who has grown up loving comics practically all my life, it doesn’t get a whole lot better.

By: Tony B.

Tony B. — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:51:06 +0000

My wife kills me with what she gets to do as a librarian! She did some thing on African comics last week with the University of Washington, has done numerous presentations on graphic novels at library conventions, and gets to read and buy graphic novels and such while she works!