Graphic Novel Review: Vague Tales

Vague Tales by Eric Haven. Fantagraphics, 2017. 9781683960324. http://amzn.to/2Ck2GDd This nearly wordless graphic novel starts with a man in a red polo shirt. There’s also a crystalline man, a hooded soul-eating monster, a masked barbarian, a sorceress in a green […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Dalston Monsterzz

Dalston Monsterzz by Dilraj Mann. Nobrow, 2017. 9781910620359. 76pp. This oversized graphic novel is beautiful and odd and slightly hard to follow in a way that feels like part of its epic strangeness. East London is full of colorful monsters […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Blackbird Days

Blackbird Days by Manuele Fior. Fantagraphics, 2018. 9781683960836. 104pp http://amzn.to/2QlRnSA – As a balding middle aged guy, I should probably support the decision to put Inspector Marcuzzi and his futuristic car on the cover of this collection of short graphic […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Edison Beaker, Creature Seaker: The Night Door

Edison Beaker, Creature Seeker: The Night Door by Frank Cammuso.  Viking, 2018. 9780425291924.  160pp. While hanging out with their Uncle Earl, Edison, his sister Tess (short for Tesla), and her hamster Scuttlebutt learn the truth about the family business: they’re […]
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Enter Pat Coleman — comic 496

Please help me welcome by buddy Pat to the Library Comic team. He’s an illustrator and artist who’s also done a bit of cartooning (and is now going to be doing more more more) and a lot of work for […]
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The End Is The Beginning

Today marks the end of Chris Hallbeck’s time co-creating Library Comic with me. He’s been great to work with for the past two years on this project (and even farther back on Unshelved), plus he’s brought me back into the […]
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Thanks!

Just wanted to say thanks on behalf of Chris and me for making Library COMIC’s first year a success.  It’s been a fantastic, surprising year, from our first library conference to our enamel pin Kickstarter to regularly being read by more than 300,000 […]
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Support Library Comic’s First Kickstarter

Show your love of reading and libraries and your support for Library Comic by wearing our beautiful, hard enamel pins. Plus we’ve just reached our first stretch goal. Now everyone who pledges at a $25 pledge level or above will also get 5 […]
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Thanks for the American Library Association Conference memories!

A big thanks to all of you who stopped by the Library Comic booth at the American Library Association conference last weekend. Our first conference appearance was a huge success, and I hope you all had a chance to meet some […]
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Library Comic at ALA Annual 2017

Library Comic will have its first ever booth at an American Library Association Convention in Chicago June 23-26! Gene will be at booth #1321 in the exhibit hall’s Graphic Novel Pavilion. Please stop by to check out our new merchandise, tell him a […]
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