Library Cataloging
Comics and Google
The Google Chrome comic is by Scott McCloud. Google was wise to choose him since he is a master of the nonfiction sequencial graphic format. His ground breaking work was using a comic to describe comics, Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
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Archie Visits The Library
Reserve your copy of this Archie Comic now. They are sure to be hard to find.This October, Archie Comics is pleased to present a very special story in the pages of Archie #570. In the past, the cause of public libraries has been championed in several...
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More On 741.5 Cartoons, Caricatures, Comics, Graphic Novels, Fotonovelas
The Dewey folks are still considering classifications for comics. Still time to make your voice heard. Notice at the end of the announcement is that there will soon be a Dewey weblog. Although we continue pondering what development would be best, the...
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Off Topic
This is somewhat of a golden age for comic books. It has been quite some time since I've found so many excellent comics being published. I don't like books, of any type, with too much sex or violence. Sin City and Pulp Fiction are not my cup of...
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Recent Reading
I had a chance to read Reinventing Comics while on vacation. An excellent discussion of possible futures for the medium, especially the section on digital creation, distribution and the next wave. The idea that digital separates the form from the nature...
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Comic Books
Free Comic Book Day is May 3. I hope some libraries participate in this. I'll donate some comics to any library in the League City, Texas area, if they want to get involved. Then the kids could get an old and new comic from the same place....
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