who's afraid of comic books? developing graphic novel collections in libraries
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Presented by Jack Baur and Amanda Jacobs-Foust at the 2010 CLA-CSLA Joint Conference.TRANSCRIPT
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Building and Maintaining
Graphic Novel Collections in Your LibraryPresented by BAYA
Watchmen, Alan Moore
CLA Annual ConferenceSacramento, CA
Sunday, November 14, 2010
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?
Amanda Jacobs FoustActing Electronic Services LibrarianMarin County Free Library
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Jack BaurTeen Services LibrarianBerkeley Public Library
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?
Jeff! Smith!Author of Bone
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Comics Are…
Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud
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“Just to be polite, he followed up by inquiring, ‘Oh, yes? Which comics have you written?’ So I mentioned a few titles, which he nodded at perfunctorily; and I concluded, ‘I also did this thing called Sandman.’ At that point he became excited and said, ‘Hang on, I know who you are. You’re Neil Gaiman!’ I admitted that I was. ‘My God, man, you don’t write comics,’ he said. ‘You write graphic novels!’
“He meant it as a compliment, I suppose. But all of a sudden I felt like someone who’d been informed that she wasn’t actually a hooker; that in fact she was a lady of the evening. This editor had obviously heard positive things about Sandman; but he was so stuck on the idea that comics are juvenile he couldn’t deal with something good being done as a comic book. He needed to put Sandman in a box to make it respectable.“
- Neil Gaiman
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Pick the Graphic Novel!
Sandman #1
40 pages
Most single issues are 22 pages long
Preludes & Nocturnes
Collects Sandman #1-8
240 pages
Absolute Sandman v.1
Collects Sandman #1-20, plus extras
612 pages
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Wait, Isn’t This Just Pointless Semantics?!
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Giveaway!
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Manga too!
http://photos.jasondunn.com
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Organization
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books? Teen Appeal
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Reluctant Readers
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books? Circulation
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1 by Joss Whedon
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Value
Aya of Yop City by Marguerite Abouet
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Giveaway!
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books? Wear and Tear
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books? Theft
Amazing Fantasy #15
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books? Reluctant Staff
Bookhunter by Jason Shiga
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Challenges
Maus by Art Spiegelman
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Ratings
The Spirit by Will Eisner
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Giveaway!
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Selection
Detective Comics #359
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Resources
Good Reads Who’s Afraid of Comic Books ? Listhttp://tinyurl.com/cla-baya1
GNLIB-L Graphic Novels in Libraries Listserv (Yahoo Groups)http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GNLIB-L/
More than just funny books: Comics and prose literacy for boys http://www.cclcca.ca/CCL/Reports/LessonsInLearning/LinL20100721Comics.html
Comic Book Project http://www.comicbookproject.org/
Comic Shop Locatorhttp://www.comicshoplocator.com/
Book Clubs in a Boxhttp://www.calbook.org/bcb/comix.html
Early Word Newsletter (Robin Brenner’s Go Graphic! Column)http://www.earlyword.com/
Graphic Novel Reporterhttp://www.graphicnovelreporter.com/
YALSA’s Great Graphic Novels for Teenshttp://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/greatgraphicnovelsforteens/ggnt10.cfm
Graphic Novel Cataloginghttp://wrltechserv.pbworks.com/w/page/14495767/Graphic-Novel-Cataloging
Cooperative Children’s Book Centerhttp://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/graphicnovels.asp
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Resources
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Resources for Selection
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Digital Comics
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Conventions
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Know Your Comic Book Store
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Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Free Comic Book Day
• Contact your stores in early February for a list of titles and order deadlines
• Select books from roughly two dozen offerings
• Price per book is 12 to 40 cents
• Make it an event! Promote at schools and in your library
• Offer activities, games snacks, guest speakers, or whatever you have on hand
• Raffle off GN ARCs, or ask local bookstores for donations
•Promote your GN collection and surprise people!
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Giveaway!
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Questions?
Thank you!Join! BAYA: http://baya.org/
Annual Membership: $15!
Jack [email protected]
Amanda Jacobs [email protected]