#Library of American Comics

[downthetubes]

Recommded Reading: Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell's books charting the life and career of Alex Toth, "Artists' Artist"

American comic artist Alex Toth's work is still hugely admired to this day, and well-deserving of a three-book series of guides by Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell that chart his amazing 60-year professional career

[nando161mando]

It's not an accident that Republicans are censoring history books that mention the Nazi Holocaust or American slavery.

https://www.britannica.com/

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/special/index

https://libcom.org/

https://www.splcenter.org/

https://archive.org/

https://thewhiterosesociety.writeas.com/

https://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/

https://manybooks.net/

http://2020ok.com/

https://www.iww.org/

https://www.iwa-ait.org/

https://audioanarchy.org/

https://www.akpress.org/

https://deathtofascism.com/files/40ways.online.2020.pdf

[katabay]

steve and bucky, stometime in the 1930s!

it's. like. man, I haven't touched a marvel comic in forever and the mcu is dead to me, but I still love some of those characters so much and god, when winter soldier came out. that sure was an experience :')

anyway. nostalgia!! I ended up writing out a small scene just for kicks, but then I realized that no one was stopping me from drawing it and then it got out of hand because the thumbnails clocked in at a thirty pages, but I've cut it down to twelve through the power of editing, so. in the year 2023. I started working on a pre-serum stucky fancomic.

this feels like something I was doing a decade ago and I feel like I've been transported back in time lmao. you never forget your favorite comics or their movie adaptions!!

[creetchure]

Cool you're in America, you get to use DCUI to legally read your comics online have you considered: couldn't be me.

[clowngremlin]

did some reading today......this year i'm gonna try to read more because i used to love to read and then i stopped and i have a ton of books i want to read....

[randimason]

There’s a lovely article about Neil Gaiman by Tara Brady in the Irish Times which covers so many topics including the broadcast adaptions of Sandman, American Gods & Dead Boy Detectives; the stage adaption of Ocean at the End of the Lane; and the roots of the novel of Ocean at the End of the Lane.

Even with all that career retrospective, the screengrab is my very biased choice of pull quote.

Well worth the read.

[norahsinfinitecommonplace]

He set out to prove the church was more important than his own daughter. - American Cult, p. 138

(specific comic by J.T. Yost)

[the--art--of--reading]

book review | I Was Their American Dream

Author: Malaka Gharib

Cover Design: Danielle Deschenes - sorry for the blurry cover art in this post :(

Genre: Graphic Novel, Memoir

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

One part Mari Andrew, one part Marjane Satrapi, I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir is a triumphant tale of self-discovery, a celebration of a family's rich heritage, and a love letter to American immigrant freedom. Malaka Gharib's illustrations come alive with teenage antics and earnest questions about identity and culture, while providing thoughtful insight into the lives of modern immigrants and the generation of millennial children they raised. Malaka's upbringing will look familiar to anyone who grew up in the pre-internet era, but her particular story is a heartfelt tribute to the American immigrants who have invested their future in the promise of the American dream. The daughter of parents with unfulfilled dreams themselves, Malaka navigates her childhood chasing her parents' ideals, learning to code-switch between her family's Filipino and Egyptian customs, adapting to white culture to fit in, crushing on skater boys, and trying to understand the tension between holding onto cultural values and trying to be an all-American kid. I Was Their American Dream is at once a journal of growing up and a reminder of the thousands of immigrants who come to America in search for a better life for themselves and their children.

A quick read that gave me a lot to think about! I love reading the stories of immigrants and first generation Americans because I see so much of my experience reflected in theirs. Gharib does a wonderful job of balancing her own experiences with commentary on how many people from foreign backgrounds struggle to navigate straddling two (or three) cultural identities in addition to American life. The illustrations are fun (sometimes visually overwhelming, but in a good way) and I liked how it was organized into different sections. I do wish the pacing had been a bit slower, some parts flew by, but I feel like that's the case for many memoir style graphic novels. Overall, a great addition to this genre and a great weekend read! Similar reads: Almost American Girl by Robin Ha and Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. 

Find this book on Goodreads - I Was Their American Dream 

Check me out on Goodreads! 

[graphicpolicy]

Storm King Comics unveils Exclusive previews at the 2024 ALA Annual Conference

Storm King Comics unveils Exclusive previews at the 2024 ALA Annual Conference #ala #alaconference #ala2024

Renowned producer and editor Sandy King and legendary filmmaker John Carpenter present Storm King Comics at the 2024 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition from June 27 to July 2, 2024. Diehard fans of horror, scifi, and genre storytelling can find Storm King Comics at Booth #233 (Graphic Novel/Gaming Alley) in the San Diego Convention Center.  Horror fans can get an exclusive preview of the highly…

[thelegendofeowyn]

Wisps in the Americas

I can't say I know much about the historical background of this cartoon, but if you look on the right side, you'll see a barely-visible white light, which is supposed to be a will-o'-the-wisp.

Here's a not-great-quality zoomed in version focused more closely on the little wisp.

The background given by the Library of Congress is as follows:

About this Item: Title - Ignis fatuus / Th. Nast. Summary - Print shows men lurking in a swamp at nighttime; one man slices a poster entitled "Military Bill" with a knife; one man wears a hat that says "Ex-CSA"; snakes laugh in the foreground; and a will o' the wisp containing the words "Hope Connecticut" hovers over the water. Names - Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902, artist Created / Published - 1867

I wonder how wisps have managed to become a coherent, popularized singular type of entity in the modern day. I have no doubt that there was evolution (and likely appropriation) from some previous entities to the present idea of a wisp. Perhaps finding out when the European motif of wisps reached the United States will assist me in solving the puzzle of what previous entities or phenomena added characteristics to today's depictions of wisps.

[totallyhussein-blog]

Let's talk about books for young minds

Two books which would make a marvelous addition to Wood Street Mission's 'Books Forever Appeal' are, 'I Sang You Down From the Stars' by Tasha Spillett-Sumner and 'Osnat and Her Dove' by Sigal Samuel.

These are ideal for kids aged 4-11 and both books engage young reader's in Native American heritage and traditional Jewish storytelling. In last year's 'Books Forever Appeal', both were a much welcomed contribution.

Donating to Wood Street Mission’s ‘Books Forever Appeal’ couldn’t be easier! You can drop off a book in person or have it delivered direct to the Wood Street Mission, 26 Wood Street, Manchester, M3 3EF, The UK.

[redgoldsparks]

My very last comic for The Nib! End of an era! Transcription below the cut. instagram / patreon / portfolio / etsy / my book / redbubble

The first event I went to with GENDER QUEER was in NYC in 2019 at the Javits Center.

So many of the people who came to my signing were librarians, and so many of them said the same thing: "I know exactly who I want to give this to!" Maia: "Thank you for helping readers find my book!" While working on the book, I was genuinely unsure if anyone outside of my family and close friends would read it. But the early support of librarians and two American Library Association awards helped sell two print runs in first year.

Since then, GENDER QUEER been published in 8 languages, with more on the way: Spanish, Czech, Polish, French, Italian, Norwegian, Portugese and Dutch.

It has also been the most banned book in the United States for the past two years. The American Library Association has tracked an astronomical increase in book challenges over the past few years. Most of these challenges are to books with diverse characters and LGBTQ themes. These challenges are coming unevenly across the US, in a pattern that mirrors the legislative attacks on LGBTQ people. The Brooklyn Public Library offered free eCards to anyone in the US aged 13-21, in an effort to make banned books more available to young readers. A teacher in Norman, Oklahoma gave her students the QR code for the free eCard and lost her job. Summer Boismeir is now working for the Brooklyn Public Library. Hoopla and Libby/Overdrive, apps used to access digital library books, are now banned in Mississippi to anyone under 18. Some libraries won’t allow anyone under 18 to get any kind of library card without parental permission. When librarians in Jamestown, Michigan refused to remove GENDER QUEER and several other books, the citizens of the town voted down the library’s funding in the fall 2022 election. Without funding, the library is due to close in mid-2024. My first event since covid hit was the American Library Association conference in June 2022 in Washington, DC. Once again, the librarians in my signing line all had similar stories for me: “Your book was challenged in our district" "It was returned to the shelf!" "It was removed from the shelf..." "It was moved to the adult section."

Over and over I said: "Thank you. Thank you for working so hard to keep my book in your library. I’m sorry you had to defend it, but thank you for trying, even if it didn't work." We are at a crossroads of freedom of speech and censorship. The future of libraries, both publicly funded and in schools, are at stake. This is massively impacting the daily lives of librarians, teachers, students, booksellers, and authors around the country. In May 2023, I read an article from the Washington Post analyzing nearly 1000 of the book challenges from the 2021-2022 school year. I was literally on route to a festival to talk about book bans when I read a startling statistic. 60% of the 1000 book challenges were submitted by just 11 people. One man alone was responsible for 92 challenges. These 11 people seem to have made submitting copy-cat book challenges their full-time hobby and their opinions are having an outsized ripple effect across the nation. WE NEED TO MAKE THE VOICES SUPPORTING DIVERSE BOOKS AND OPPOSING BOOK BANS EVEN LOUDER. If you are able too, show up for your library and school board meetings when book challenges are debated. Send supportive comments and emails about the Pride book display and Drag Queen story hours. If you see a display you like– for Banned Book Week, AAPI Month, Black History Month, Disability Awareness Month, Jewish holidays, Trans Day of Remembrance– compliment a librarian! Make sure they feel the love stronger than the hate <3

Maia Kobabe, 2023

The Nib

[nando161mando]

Yikes 😬

The wolf is at the door now. We are at that point in time.

Via: Utah Library Association

6:12 PM · Feb 3, 2024

"If you are a Utahn concerned about ongoing threats to librarians and teachers, and book-banning, go to Let Utah Read to learn more about the issues and how you can help."

#Utah #BookBans

[kmbezner]

ooooooh writing about comics i love writing about comics oooooh libraries how i love libraries

[rejects-comic-strip]

These kids are apparently inspired by posts from Stephen King.

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After you go to the library be sure to visit my store at https://zazzle.com/store/tom_zilis_design. Enjoy.