Evangelist: If Alan Moore isn’t porno, what is?
Even as our previous story on the Jessamine County Library LoEG controversy was getting Boing Boinged -- on Alan Moore's birthday no less --...
Study: 1 in 10 readers read comics
But wait! Maybe comics are not ruined. The brief of some kind of data crunch by Simba Information suggests that things may be...
Alan Moore, destroyer of library workers
Amy Wilson in the Lexington Herald-Leader has an in-depth story on just what went on when two Lexington, KY librarians library workers ...
Comic books do SO help children learn!
It's official! The battle has been won, according to the Telegraph:
Professor Carol Tilley, from the department of library and information science, said that comics...
YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teen nominations
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has their nominations for their annual great Graphic Novels for Teen list up. The list of recommended graphic...
Library report: Some good, some not as good
A couple of stories spotlighting the matter of graphic novels in libraries-- GNs remain among the most popular books to check out, and libraries...
FACTORING WITH MR. YANG AND MOSLEY THE ALIEN
Award-winning cartoonist Gene Luen Yang (AMERICAN BORN CHINESE) leads a double life: he's a teacher as well as a 'toonist. But he puts both...
Tonight! Katchor/Goldman/Landowne at Brooklyn Library
Tonight, I will be moderating what sounds like a dandy event at the Brooklyn Public Library as Ben Katchor, Dan Goldman, and Youme Landowne...
ALA’s 2009 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
As part of the Winter ALA fest, the list of 2009 Great Graphic Novels for Teens was also released. It's a wide-ranging sampling, from...
SLJ ‘s Best Adult Books for High School Students
School LIbrary Journal has released a list of adult books recommended for younger readers:
It was a banner literary year and so SLJ's Adult Books...
Crime watch: Avatar murder; proud papa goes too far
§ In Japan, a woman has been arrested for killing her husband. But it was only a MMORPG character that died, and the charge...
Every Dark Horse comic avaliable at Portland State University
CORRECTION: The PSU collection is NOT, as the headline for this post originally claimed, "The Country's First University Comic Book Archive," but one of...
