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RE: [GNLIBUK] Cartoon Classroom

andrew.edwa...@hotmail.co.uk (Andrew Edwards) — Mon, 10 Oct 2009 17:44:07 UT

Sorry - forgot to forward email and replied to the list by mistake instead
Andrew
Andrew Edwards BA MA PGCE PgDIP
Assistant Director for Great Britain,
Institute for Comics Studies.
andrew.edwa...@hotmail.co.uk
07515 552419

To: gnlibuk@googlegroups.com
Forwarded from David Lloyd... yes, David Lloyd!

RE: [GNLIBUK] Cartoon Classroom

andrew.edwa...@hotmail.co.uk (Andrew Edwards) — Mon, 10 Oct 2009 17:41:58 UT

Hi Dan

The email below may be of interest to you. It's from Mel Gibson via a libraries email group I joined.

See you Friday!
Andrew
Andrew Edwards BA MA PGCE PgDIP
Assistant Director for Great Britain,
Institute for Comics Studies.
andrew.edwa...@hotmail.co.uk
07515 552419

To: gnlibuk@googlegroups.com

Cartoon Classroom

me...@blueyonder.co.uk (Mel and David Gibson) — Mon, 10 Oct 2009 16:48:36 UT

Forwarded from David Lloyd... yes, David Lloyd!
I've linked his site with mine. Spread far and wide...
Much huggage to all
M

RE: [GNLIBUK] Adventure choice GN from 1970s?

carl.cr...@derbyshire.gov.uk (Cross,Carl (Cultural & Community Services)) — Tue, 09 Sep 2009 08:23:42 UT

I don't remember it (I was more a Fighting Fantasy man myself) but a
quick poke around wikipedia came up Sugercane Island:

[link]

And predate the CYOA books.

Any good?

Carl.

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Adventure choice GN from 1970s?

sushibo...@gmail.com (S-boy) — Mon, 09 Sep 2009 20:52:14 UT

I'm trying to find the tile of a series of books I read as a kid in
the 1970s.

They were fore-runners of graphic novels in which the reader chose the
path the hero would take on each page -- in the style of the Choose
Your Adventure series that came later -- then flip to the right page
for that option.

Classic British comics in the Guardian this week

carl.cr...@derbyshire.gov.uk (Carl Cross) — Mon, 09 Sep 2009 13:31:48 UT

Don't forget that if your library holds the Guardian (or yesterday's
Observer) to nab the rather nice reproductions of British comics
before somebody else does. Yesterday's was the 2000th Beano from 1981
and today's the "Roy Shot" issue of Roy of the Rovers.

We've got the Dandy and Bunty to come apparently.

Re: [GNLIBUK] Re: Studying Watchmen in school

me...@blueyonder.co.uk (Mel and David Gibson) — Tue, 09 Sep 2009 16:46:54 UT

Hi there,

Oh, what a shame! In terms of the validation of comics for study, you
might find this bit of my website useful... [link]

This website I wrote for lts scotland may also be useful... [link]

Re: Studying Watchmen in school

kookyd...@gmail.com (Lynne) — Tue, 09 Sep 2009 11:10:34 UT

Thanks Mel!

It's looking like this may be a moot point now. Would seem that he
won't be allowed to study Watchmen as it isn't classed as "continuous
prose", though I would have thought that the depth, scope, themes and
characterisation would have compensated for this!

My general impression is that graphic novels are not deemed to be of

Re: [GNLIBUK] Studying Watchmen in school

me...@blueyonder.co.uk (Mel and David Gibson) — Mon, 09 Sep 2009 17:31:08 UT

If they pick up on the Comic Studies Reader, Understanding Comics and
Eisner, they should be ok. There is probably enough out there to help
them 'get' the grammar of the comic bits nailed... It is working at a
high level, I have to say. The whole book is worth a number of books
worth of work, so they may want (if wordage etc allow) to focus down

Re: [GNLIBUK] Re: Minx graphic novels for girls

me...@blueyonder.co.uk (Mel and David Gibson) — Mon, 09 Sep 2009 17:22:52 UT

I know it is manga (although the manga influence varies considerably),
but I would go for the Manga Shakespeare comedies...
best
Mel

Re: [GNLIBUK] Re: Minx graphic novels for girls

me...@blueyonder.co.uk (Mel and David Gibson) — Mon, 09 Sep 2009 17:18:58 UT

Hope Larson a fab creator... have really enjoyed all the titles I've
come across so far.. Salamander Dream was lovely.

Mind you, nearly all British comics for girls were written and drawn
by men of that age and, amazingly, some of those titles sold 800, 000
a week at peak! I suspect that one can never be sure what readers will

Studying Watchmen in school

kookyd...@gmail.com (Lynne) — Mon, 09 Sep 2009 10:04:08 UT

Hi all,

I'm curious as to your opinions of a senior high school pupil choosing
'Watchmen' as their Higher English Personal Study text.

It is likely that the pupil would have a tougher job than his peers as
he would be investigating visuals as well as text, but I think
'Watchmen' is has so much to recommend it.

Re: Minx graphic novels for girls

kookyd...@gmail.com (Lynne) — Mon, 09 Sep 2009 08:44:18 UT

I think my 1st and 2nd year girls would love Chiggers, unfortunately
our book supplier doesn't stock it, so I'll have to go elsewhere!
Thanks Andrew!

Censorship and libraries (US)

matthew.im...@gmail.com (Matthew Imrie) — Mon, 08 Aug 2009 09:04:22 UT

Morning all
A link to a NY Times article on Libraries and contentious materials. It
includes mention of Tintin in the Congo and Lost Girls by Alan Moore.
[link]
Makes for interesting reading
Matthew

Re: Upcoming Publications

andrewsalm...@gmail.com (Andrew Salmond) — Fri, 08 Aug 2009 08:47:37 UT

Well, if I could be so bold...

We tend to highlight new material that gets us excited every week over
on [link] (that's the Gosh Comics blog). Plus
there's a general new release list.

In fairness, a number of stores actually do a weekly update on their
new GN releases, but most only reproduce the publisher's blurb.