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A discussion group for library professionals in the UK to discuss all things about graphic novels. Inspired by the USA list GNLIB, but this one will be more focussed on UK issues in the library world.
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More seasonal tomfoolery from the Heanor Library manga group
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Hi everyone,
In what has become as much a tradition for me as the event itself here
is a quick rundown of Nakama!’s (Heanor Library’s manga and anime
group) 4th annual Christmas Con.
It was really nice to see some new members but also some old faces
come back to celebrate Christmas with us. Well, actually they mostly... more »
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Bryan Talbot at work!
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Bryan Talbot wanted me to pass on that he has a talk he can give for older
audiences, called 'The Making Of 'Grandville' And The Anthropomorphic
Tradition'. 'Grandville' is, tho' I know you know, J, a graphic novel which is a
Victoriana/Art Nouveau steampunk tale of murder and intrigue (with added... more »
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Cartoon Classroom
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Forwarded from David Lloyd... yes, David Lloyd! I've linked his site with mine. Spread far and wide... Much huggage to all M
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Adventure choice GN from 1970s?
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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.
-----Original Message-----
...Behalf Of S-boy
Sent: 14 September 2009 21:52... more »
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Adventure choice GN from 1970s?
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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.... more »
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Classic British comics in the Guardian this week
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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.... more »
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Studying Watchmen in school
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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.... more »
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Censorship and libraries (US)
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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
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Manga article (blatant self-promotion)
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Hello all Earlier this year an article I wrote on manga was published in the Public Library Journal - for those of you that are interested it is now available online here: [link] All the best Matthew
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Graphic Novels Research
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Dear All,
Angela got in touch with me and told me about this discussion group.
I'm pleased to be invited to join in and hope that you might be
interested in what I am doing. (Apologies for any cross posting via
other methods!)
My name is Emiliebeth Arwen Caddy and I am a postgraduate
librarianship student at the University of Sheffield, currently... more »
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