Recording of Games Month Event (November 20, 2024)
| Here's the recording of Let's Read / Let's Play: Create Your Own Adventure Graphic Novels & Games, held on November 20, 2024. Despite a few tech glitches (which we've edited out), our celebration of International Games Month was enjoyed by all. Our panelists shared their favorite "Create Your Own Adventure" stories and treated us to a super fun livestream of The Stanley Parable. |
Posted 1-22-25
Great Immigrants, Great Americans: The Comic Series
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| "[Each year], Carnegie Corporation of New York celebrates the exemplary contributions of immigrants to American life as part of its focus on reducing political polarization and strengthening democracy. To highlight their stories, the foundation has commissioned a new comic series that illustrates how naturalized citizens enrich American society. A new comic will be published every month." --Carnegie Corporation of New York Visit the Great Immigrants, Great Americans Comic Series website to view the comics and learn more. |
Posted 1-14-25
6 Ways to Find Free Graphic Novels & Manga
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As part of the MDC Learning Resources "Research Thursday" Series, 6 Ways to Find Free Graphic Novels & Manga THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2025 |
Posted 1-9-25
Book Club: Mushishi
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| Our current Book Club selection is Yuki Urushibara's Mushishi. |
| They have existed since the dawn of time. Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. They are known as mushi - creatures that came into being shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze. They still exist parallel to our own lives and can only be seen by a select few. As a mushishi, Ginko is one of the few who are aware of their existence, and this young man with a sardonic smile roams from place to place with the knowledge and skill to aid those unwittingly affected by mushi. |
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Join our discussion of this award-winning manga! |
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MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2025 |
| To receive reminders about this event and other activities, sign up for the Graphic Novel Group email list. |
Posted 1-9-25
The Graphic Novel Group
Miami Dade College's Graphic Novel Group (GNG) promotes appreciation of graphic novels, graphic non-fiction, comics, and related art and literary forms, and supports the use of these materials for interdisciplinary teaching, social awareness, and personal enrichment. The Group engages students and other members of the MDC community in co-curricular events (such as guest lectures, facilitated discussions, creative workshops, etc.), and makes recommendations for the MDC Libraries’ print and online collections of graphic novels and graphic non-fiction. Sponsored by the MDC Learning Resources Department, the GNG is a College-wide group of faculty, administrators, and staff. For more information, contact Jenny Saxton. To receive notifications about the Graphic Novel Group's events, sign up for our email list.
In 2022, the MDC Graphic Novel Group was awarded the Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grant for Libraries for our project, Mirror, Mirror: Seeing Ourselves in Graphic Novels.
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Reviews
Here's what some attendees have said about our events:
"The conversation and questions were incredibly intriguing."
"Great insights from all speakers."
"The descriptions of the series and novels [were] enticing and motivating. Now I want to read them all."
"I found it inspiring."
"[The presenter] was engaging and very knowledgeable."
"All of the talks have been great. Please don't stop!"
