Tag Archives: comics

Comics are a Medium, Not a Genre

Posted on September 25, 2017 by

I hear it on occasion at the library, parents telling their children, comics in hand, “you need to choose a real book,” or, “I don’t want you only getting superhero stories.”  After the infamous campaign against reading comics in the … Continue reading →

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Comedy in Comics Spotlight: Chip Zdarsky

Posted on September 7, 2017 by

Rose City Comic Con is coming up, the weekend of September 8-10, in Portland, OR. Comic book artist and writer Chip Zdarsky will attend as a guest. As he rarely travels south from the wilderlands of Canada (urban Toronto), this is … Continue reading →

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Hoopla for Comics

Posted on August 7, 2017 by

Hoopla is an online streaming service available to Seattle Public Library patrons, offering 20 checkouts of movies, TV shows, music, and comics each calendar month, accessible on both web browsers and mobile devices. On mobile devices, the app, which is … Continue reading →

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#BookBingoNW2017: Maximize your Blackout strategy with comic books

Posted on June 13, 2017 by

Comic books are one of your greatest strategic resources in scoring a blackout on your Summer Book Bingo card. Don’t feel like you should limit comics to the Graphic novel square. There’s a comic for any square, many of which … Continue reading →

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Immigration and the Refugee Experience Presented in Comics for Kids and Young Adults

Posted on February 6, 2017 by

Comics can be an effective gateway toward empathy and understanding. Both fiction and non-fiction comics can help the reader visualize and develop context for a wide variety of human experience. Here are a few comics which may help younger readers … Continue reading →

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Notable Comics of 2016

Posted on December 14, 2016 by

There were a lot of great comics published in 2016. Here are a few of my favorites from this year: March: Book Three by John Lewis The National Book Award winning conclusion to Congressman John Lewis’ comics memoir (created with … Continue reading →

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Quick Reads That Make My Queer Heart Skip A Beat

Posted on September 1, 2016 by

Introducing Teddy by Jess Walton. I don’t even know where to begin with this sweet and tender children’s book without spoiling it. Jess Walton knocks it out of the park with this one: it’s a children’s book that has a … Continue reading →

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