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Graphic Novel Review: Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol

By Gene Ambaum on January 23, 2025 at 6:41 am

Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol. First Second, 2024. 9781250314864. 364pp. Includes an author’s note, sketches, beat boards, and two wonderful pages on the coloring process at the end. (The book was colored by the mighty Alex Longstreth.) Jane’s parents have just died, and her awful male cousin is set to inherit everything. He also intends to kick Jane out of her home. She has nowhere to go, but if she gets married, she’ll receive a sizeable dowry. Jane secretly loves Peter. He works with his father, a fisherman who enjoys his son’s manner as little as Jane’s parents liked how she looked. Jane works up her courage, though, and proposes to Peter. He’s more than a little rude about it, and then he’s kidnapped by a mermaid. With a little magical help from a woman in town, Jane sets off after him. What follows is an adventure involving selkies, a mighty water demon, undead sailors, and the […]

Trans Lifeline Fundraiser Success!

By Gene Ambaum on November 2, 2024 at 3:24 pm

On Friday I put up another run of limited edition LEGO Card Catalog kits in our store to raise money for Trans Lifeline. I assumed it would take a few weeks to sell these, but the kids sold out in just over 24 hours! Thanks to everyone who picked up a kit or two! If you missed out this year, we plan to  offer some of these again as part of a fundraiser in 2025. Updated 11/11/2024 — We’ve just donated $1800 to TransLifeline. Thanks again for your generosity.  

Will send out this week’s newsletters soon

By Gene Ambaum on October 24, 2024 at 4:34 pm

If you’re wondering what happened to our newsletter, all I can say is I’m working on it and will send back-issues soon. There’s an issue with my newsletter provider at the moment, and so far my questions have gone unanswered. I’m hoping to have this resolved by this weekend sometime. Thanks, -Gene

Fiends of the Library!

By Gene Ambaum on October 2, 2024 at 6:45 am

It’s that time of year again. Happy October! Library Comic will return in next month. If you’ve missed the past Fiends comic strips or want to reread them, you can find them here.  

Book Reviews and approval of Comments will resume in October.

By Gene Ambaum on August 30, 2024 at 6:45 am

I’m taking a bit of time away from my computer, but comics will continue to post until I’m back online. Take care! -Gene

Fiends of the Library

By Gene Ambaum on October 2, 2023 at 6:45 am

Happy October!  That means it’s time again for Fiends of the Library. If you’d like to see an archive of all Fiends comics, you can find one at fiendsofthelibrary.com

Graphic Novel Review: Sunshine by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

By Gene Ambaum on September 28, 2023 at 8:40 am

Sunshine: How One Camp Taught Me About Life, Death, and Hope by Jarrett J. Krosoczka. Scholastic Graphix, 2023. 9781338356311. 240pp. This is a sequel to Krosoczka’s graphic memoir Hey, Kiddo, about his parents and being raised by his grandparents. It’s worth noting if you loved that book, there are some great moments featuring Krosoczka’s grandparents in this one. But those are bookends to the main story, which is about the summer when he was sixteen when Krosoczka worked at Camp Sunshine, a place for kids with life-threatening illnesses. At the beginning, he says it changed his life, and if you’re an adult you can probably imagine what he learned from helping kids. But it’s the characters that bring it to life — Sister Francis, who puts up with no BS; Mrs. Gormley, the chain-smoking chaperone; Gary, team leader for the Teen Group; Diego, the quiet-at-first kid who Krosoczka helps one-on-one (his drawing skills help them connect); and the Orfaos, the […]

New stuff in the store!

By Gene Ambaum on August 4, 2023 at 2:42 pm

By request we now have our first bumper stickers in the store (one is NSFW), our first earrings, and a few new pins. Click on the image to have a look. All T-shirt designs are currently in-stock, as are Library Tarot decks and LEGO kits.

Thanks for helping raise money for Trans Lifeline

By Gene Ambaum on July 14, 2023 at 8:21 am

Just wanted to say thanks if you bought one of our special Pride Edition Card Catalog Kits in June! Via online sales we raised $1800 to donate to Trans Lifeline. We plan to do this again next year. -Gene and Willow

Happy Pride! Buy a Card Catalog Kit online, support Trans Lifeline

By Gene Ambaum on June 1, 2023 at 12:13 pm

This month if you buy a custom Card Catalog kit online for $45, Library Comic will donate $45 to translifeline.org You get a choice colors of “knobs.” (You also get a set of the regular gold color knobs with each set.) Supplies are limited. Order at https://read-something.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders/  Happy Pride!