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...
John Jakala’s very very modest question
Is this guy the real-life Man With No Name or what?
Two questions inspired by my last post:1. What are the best candidates for...
Manga for…grown-ups?
While the online manga world continues to fret about whether manga will ever grow up, Chris Butcher spots some evidence in TIME Magazine:
Meanwhile, Time...
Brit warns comics are only hope of stopping those pesky girls
An English educator who has written government literacy reports recommends comics such as THE BEANO and DANDY as tools to get boys to...
