who\'s afraid of comic books?
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Presented at CLA Annual 2010 on behalf of BAYA with Jack Baur.TRANSCRIPT
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
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?
Amanda Jacobs FoustActing Electronic Services LibrarianMarin County Free Library
Jack BaurTeen Services LibrarianBerkeley Public Library
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?
Jeff! Smith!Author of Bone
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Comics Are…
Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud
“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?
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
Wait, Isn’t This Just Pointless Semantics?!
Giveaway!
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Manga too!
http://photos.jasondunn.com
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Organization
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books? Teen Appeal
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Reluctant Readers
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books? Circulation
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1 by Joss Whedon
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Value
Aya of Yop City by Marguerite Abouet
Giveaway!
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books? Wear and Tear
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books? Theft
Amazing Fantasy #15
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books? Reluctant Staff
Bookhunter by Jason Shiga
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Challenges
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Ratings
The Spirit by Will Eisner
Giveaway!
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Selection
Detective Comics #359
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
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Resources
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Resources for Selection
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Digital Comics
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Conventions
Who’s Afraid of Comic Books?Know Your Comic Book Store
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!
Giveaway!
Questions?
Thank you!Join! BAYA: http://baya.org/
Annual Membership: $15!
Jack [email protected]
Amanda Jacobs [email protected]