Who\'s Afraid of Comic Books?

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 Baurkcorstel@gmail.com

Amanda Jacobs Foustafoust@co.marin.ca.us