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Part I of the Adults Want to Have Fun (Too!) presentation for the OLC Reference Conference in Columbus, Ohio on July 10, 2008
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Adults Just Wantto Have Fun (Too!)
Graphic Novelsfor a Mature Audience
Don Boozer
Anastasia Diamond-Ortiz
What are COMICS ?• Comics are a
MEDIUM...NOT a genre• The average age of comics
buyers is 23 (TIME, 6/30/08)• Think comics are something
new?...
A Very Brief History ofVISUAL STORYTELLING
Visual storytelling started over 30,000 years ago. Skeptical?
A Very Brief History ofVISUAL STORYTELLING
Moving onto 1275 BC, it was eventually picked up by the Egyptians…
A Very Brief History ofVISUAL STORYTELLING
Next, we come to Trajan’s Column in AD 113…
A Very Brief History ofVISUAL STORYTELLING
Finally, we come to 1066 AD and the most famous piece of medieval VISUAL NONFICTION…
What is a GRAPHIC NOVEL ?
• Single issue comics• Trade paperbacks• Graphic novels
– “sequential art”– “comic-strip novel”– “picture novella”– “graphic literature”– plain old “comics”
How to Tell the DifferenceBetween Graphic Novels
for Children, Teens, and Adults• Rating Systems: • Varying levels of sex, blood, gore, & adult
themes...– “The Ten Gallon Rule”
• Don’s criteria: “Would I be comfortable recommending this to my 16-year old daughter?”
• “Adult” graphic novels vs. graphic novels “for adults”
Practical Concerns
• Purchasing
• Cataloging
• Shelving
Award-winning Graphic Novels
Pulitzer Prize, 1992
TIME Magazine #1 Book of the Year
Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2007
Hugo Award, 1988
– plus only graphic novel on TIME Magazine’s All-time 100 Best Novels, 2005
Films, Games, TV...
The BIG Guys!
Who Belongs to Whom?
Looks Can Be Deceiving…The Big Guys…Looking Independent
Independents & Self-Publishers
Independents & Self-Publishers
Dark Horse ComicsDrawn & QuarterlyFantagraphics BooksIDW PublishingImage ComicsTop Cow Productions, Inc.Top Shelf Productions
Manga! Manga!
International/European
Dealing With Challenges
…and this is just the beginning!For additional suggestions and resources, check out
the handouts and our SlideShare site at ….
THANK YOU...
