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  • Stackfest: Librarians in the Comics Fray

    by Ann Kim, PW Comics Week | 02/27/2007 @ 07:00AM

    Four graphic novel panels aimed at librarians took up the trade day on Friday during the second New York Comic-Con. Sponsored by Brodart, Diamond Book Distributors and Library Journal, “Stackfest,” as the series of panels were dubbed, attracted 60—100 librarians of the 400 who had registered for the con.

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    Unshelved: Laughter in the Stacks

    by Allyson Lyga, Comics Week | 10/24/2006 @ 06:00AM

    Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum, creators of the Web comic Unshelved, are the comedic patron saints of the library world

  • Library Pulls 'Fun Home,' 'Blankets'

    by Calvin Reid, PW Daily | 10/13/2006 @ 10:30AM

    At a meeting to decide whether to remove two graphic novels from circulation, the board of trustees of the Marshall, Mo. public library have decided to appoint a committee to develop a materials selection policy.

  • Librarians Talk about Sex in Manga

    By Kai-Ming Cha | 02/25/2006 @ 07:00AM

    It's a classic manga scenario: a cute girl and a bumbling guy. A gust of wind blows up her skirt revealing her underwear and the guy gets a nosebleed. Nosebleeds represent sexual overtones and they are common in manga. So what's a librarian to do about supplying books to teens and children who may not be appropriate for them?

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