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Comic creators supporting Library Card Sign-Up Month

August 28, 2019
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Oh man, I love this. What I love the most is that I’m seeing this news announced on a pop-comic […]

Fans of Marvel and fans of oxygen have had a helluva week.

August 24, 2019
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By now anyone without web in their eyes has read the truly shocking and equally tragic news that the deal […]

Libraries are helping baby boomers find love. D’awww.

August 20, 2019
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When I was the program coordinator at both a small library and a larger library system, I had the idea […]

Art Spiegelman is right and the Folio Society are cowards (and maybe Marvel, too)

August 19, 2019
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Let’s be clear about something; when Art Spiegelman agrees to write for you, you do not censor him, especially when […]

I am still not okay from last week’s mind-blowing House of X #2, send help

August 14, 2019
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This morning before work, I picked up today’s copy of Powers of X #2. The comic shop had no copies […]

One more X-related post; I got my “Krakoa seeds,” did you?

August 2, 2019
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It’s a bit late in the summer to be planting seeds, but this is a cool marketing idea. Not since […]

Powers of X, and I shall smugly remind you that it’s pronounced “Powers of Ten,” you filthy casuals

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Okay, so directly following last week’s House of X #1 was Powers of X #1, released yesterday. Oh boy. It […]

So, House of X #1…huh.

July 29, 2019
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The mutant event of the decade is finally upon us, and the only thing that could make me happier is […]

In the fight for access to eBooks, library supporters will need to pressure the publishers.

July 18, 2019
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When I worked as a staff librarian for OverDrive, news came down from Macmillan that their Tor imprint would be […]

I cannot remember the last time I was this excited for an X-Men comic.

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Despite the fact that this review of the first issue of Jonathan Hickman’s run on X-Men, which drops next week, […]

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About Me

A ravenous reader with a burning love for pop culture and balloon twisting, I write about comics, libraries, and comics in libraries. I have two master’s degrees, one in Library and Information Science from Kent State University and the other in English from Ohio Dominican University. I now work as a collection development manager for a public library, and I am the Graphic Novel Selector for a library vendor. I live in Greater Cleveland with my husband, two dogs, a cat, and pet rats.

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