Jack Phoenix – Page 3 – Author, Librarian, Comic Nerd

It’s a Mad, Mad World…or it was.

July 5, 2019 Jack PhoenixComics

It’s been a big week in the comics world with announcements of the ends of two influential works. Okay, so Mad Magazine isn’t technically ceasing publication, and it’s not nearly as much of a shock[…]

There. I fixed it.

July 3, 2019 Jack PhoenixLibraries

There is a woman out there, sadly residing in my hometown of Columbus, Ohio, who has declared libraries her enemy. Never in my wildest imaginings could I come up with a comic book villain so[…]

Is The Walking Dead just hobbling now?

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 Jack PhoenixComics

Well, I did not see this coming. No one did. Admittedly, I am behind (like years behind) on The Walking Dead comic, but, oddly, this gives me motivation to read the whole damn thing now,[…]

Are publishers sabotaging libraries’ eBook lending?

June 29, 2019June 30, 2019 Jack PhoenixLibraries

When I was briefly a staff librarian at OverDrive, the announcement came down that PRH would be eliminating the One Copy/One User model for library eBooks (an eBook that can only be checked out one[…]

Notable Graphic Novels Review

June 29, 2019June 29, 2019 Jack PhoenixComics

Check out these notable graphic novels, as selected by our friends at the Art Libraries Society of North America!

This breaks my heart

June 29, 2019June 29, 2019 Jack PhoenixComics

I met Sina Grace in the fall of 2018 when he was visiting Cleveland for Flaming River Con, an LGBT-focused comic con, where he talked about his life, career, and the writing of Iceman as[…]

This is important

June 27, 2019June 29, 2019 Jack PhoenixComics

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The finest acquisition from ALA Annual Conference 2019

June 26, 2019June 29, 2019 Jack PhoenixLibraries

What was the greatest benefit of attending ALAAC? Was it the professional development? The networking? The ARCs? Nope, the correct answer is these Library Pride Socks.

#alaac19

June 25, 2019June 29, 2019 Jack PhoenixLibraries

Well, I’m back from ALA Annual Conference 2019 in Washington, D.C., and let’s recap my adventure. Firstly, my haul includes lots of comics and ARCs, many of them signed. You know, typical, ALAAC stuff. Best[…]

Wizards United Friend Code

June 21, 2019June 30, 2019 Jack PhoenixBooks

And just in time for ALA we have a new Harry Potter mobile game. I already let Niantic suck up much of my free time with Pokemon Go, but I’ll give this a shot. Here’s[…]