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What I Read Last* Week:

Adrift by Natalie Serber | The Rumpus We Are The Ionians (Video) | Indie Alaska Mothers are not ‘opting out’ – they are out of options | Al Jazeera Stepping into the Stream: Bringing Netflix-style Video to Libraries | Library Journal How a child’s food preferences begin in the womb | the Guardian A CountryContinue reading “What I Read Last* Week:”

2013 Eisner Award Winners

2013 Eisner Award Winners San Diego Comic Con is this weekend and that can mean only one thing! (Well, actually many things…) When the nominations were posted earlier this year, I posted a list of my hopefuls. 8 winners out of 11 isn’t too shabby, and good job Saga for cleaning house!

MoCCA 2013

Back in April, I volunteered at MoCCA Arts Fest – an annual festival held by the Society of Illustrators and the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in New York City. It was an interesting experience in terms of attending a graphic arts festival and volunteering. The festival was small, and showcased many homegrown, DIY graphic artistsContinue reading “MoCCA 2013”

2013 Eisner Nominees

The nominees for the 2013 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were announced a few weeks ago, and I’ve been mediating about the nominees and hopefuls. I don’t follow the industry closely enough to know if there were any upsets or snubs, but I was pleased to see some familiar works on the list.  We won’tContinue reading “2013 Eisner Nominees”

Free Comic Book Day 2013

“Valerie, get her signed-up for the email list NOW!” – the owner/cashier as I was checking out, in regards to me being the only female participating in FCBD upon my own free will and not for my son/father/boyfriend/husband. The first Saturday in May has been a scared day for as long as I can rememberContinue reading “Free Comic Book Day 2013”

Tuesday Trivia

Ok, Peanut butter and peanut Easter chocolates for the first correct answer. Cassidy won last week and picked the subject of “Comic Books.” So here is goes: What comic book super hero was a novel invention in 1963, considering that it was one of the first times where a comic book hero fought crime thanksContinue reading “Tuesday Trivia”

Life is rad – My visit to the Joe Kubert School

My final project for e-Humanities and Social Science Reference is collection development for graphic novels and graphic arts. This morning I met with the librarian at The Kubert School to see what is like to develop a collection entirely of comics, graphic novels, and figure study books. I also wanted to gain a better understandingContinue reading “Life is rad – My visit to the Joe Kubert School”

Looking Ahead…A Great Big Pile of Awesome

Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings – April 9th David Sedaris Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls – April 23rd Koji’s first full-length album – April 30th            (/crying – proud) Iron Man 3 – May 3rd The Great Gatsby – May 10th The Front Bottoms’ new album/tour – May 21st Sarah Dessen’s The Moon and More – JuneContinue reading “Looking Ahead…A Great Big Pile of Awesome”