By now anyone without web in their eyes has read the truly shocking and equally tragic news that the deal between Marvel Studios and Sony to share the rights of Spider-Man is no more, and[…]
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Author: Jack Phoenix
Libraries are helping baby boomers find love. D’awww.
When I was the program coordinator at both a small library and a larger library system, I had the idea of hosting a program to help older adults navigate the online dating world. I drafted[…]
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Art Spiegelman is right and the Folio Society are cowards (and maybe Marvel, too)
Let’s be clear about something; when Art Spiegelman agrees to write for you, you do not censor him, especially when he is speaking truth. He is legendary comics creator Art Spiegelman, and you are not.[…]
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I am still not okay from last week’s mind-blowing House of X #2, send help
This morning before work, I picked up today’s copy of Powers of X #2. The comic shop had no copies available to anyone who didn’t reserve it beforehand; each and every copy was reserved by[…]
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One more X-related post; I got my “Krakoa seeds,” did you?
It’s a bit late in the summer to be planting seeds, but this is a cool marketing idea. Not since the release of Ferngully: The Last Rainforest have I gotten seeds as a media tie-in[…]
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Powers of X, and I shall smugly remind you that it’s pronounced “Powers of Ten,” you filthy casuals
Okay, so directly following last week’s House of X #1 was Powers of X #1, released yesterday. Oh boy. It is so. dang. weird. Last time I stated that Jonathan Hickman’s writing isn’t really for[…]
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So, House of X #1…huh.
The mutant event of the decade is finally upon us, and the only thing that could make me happier is if Jonathan Hickman’s style were really my thing. Unfortunately, it is not. But just because[…]
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In the fight for access to eBooks, library supporters will need to pressure the publishers.
When I worked as a staff librarian for OverDrive, news came down from Macmillan that their Tor imprint would be implementing an embargo on library eBooks. Public libraries would not be allowed to purchase eBook[…]
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I cannot remember the last time I was this excited for an X-Men comic.
Despite the fact that this review of the first issue of Jonathan Hickman’s run on X-Men, which drops next week, incorrectly refers to his New Avengers title as Secret Avengers, it has me in a[…]
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Judge agrees to hold hateful Iowa man who burned library books live for attention accountable.
This hateful man posted live on Facebook his personal crusade to burn library books for kids and teens. Among the thousands and thousands of children’s and teen’s books in that library that portray straight and[…]
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