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Cartoonist Lynda Barry
09/03/2024
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NPR All Things Considered: Latino Superheroes
08/18/2023
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"Many of the new movie superheroes star Latino actors or have Latino characters with diverse origin stories — and their creators hope the heroes will influence change."

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2023 Eisner Awards Announced at San Diego Comic-Con
08/03/2023
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See this Gizmodo article for a list of this year's Eisner Award nominees and winners. Some in our group might be interested to know that the award for Best Humor Publication went to Revenge of the Librarians.

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Interview with Animator Dani Bowman
05/30/2023
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Eli shared this podcast from the Padrón Campus Urbana Literary & Arts club. They interviewed animator Dani Bowman, who appeared on the Netflix show, Love on the Spectrum.

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Sequential Artists Workshop
05/16/2023
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Based in Gainesville, the Sequential Artists Workshop is a grassroots, non-profit comics school and creative community. Every Friday, they invite a different artist to host a 40-minute workshop in Zoom. They also offer courses and other programs.

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Nerd Culture in Libraries Webinar
10/13/2022
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If you missed the October 6 webinar on Comic Books, Coding, Cosplay, Crazes, & D&D: Making Libraries a Hub for the Inclusive Nerd Culture, set up a free account on the Florida Library Webinars' Niche Academy page, log in, then follow this link to find the video.

A lot of it is about public library programming for kids and teens, but at about 26 minutes in, they mention several graphic novels with diverse characters, which could be helpful for collection development.

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LibraryCon Live 2022
10/13/2022
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If interested, register for Library Journal & School Library Journal's LibraryCon on November 17, 2022. It's described as "a day-long celebration of fandom, spotlighting genre fiction for adults and teens with panels devoted to comics and graphic novels, horror, sf/fantasy, and more."

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Teaching Comics: A Syllabus
09/06/2022
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Nice article from JSTOR Daily: Teaching Comics: A Syllabus

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Comic Book Curious
08/21/2022
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Comic Book Curious is a "a growing community of people who enjoy comics, movies, and other nerd culture. Comic Book Curious (CBC) offers a deeper dive into the human interest stories of nerd culture. We cover fun facts and stories about the creators and performers behind the products we love."

Here's a short video highlighting a "Comic Jam" event, plus a link to the CBC podcast, and a Linktree listing other ways to connect with Comic Book Curious.

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Book Bans: Proactively Addressing Challenges to Your Comics Collection
08/21/2022
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Here's a webinar recording we hope we'll never need, but it doesn't hurt to be prepared.

Book Bans: Proactively Addressing Challenges to Your Comics Collection

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See also: Ask the Comics Librarians: Censorship & Challenges from the No Flying No Tights website.

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