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Graphic Novels At The 2014 ALA Annual
Conference
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This
year's ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition will feature panels, presentations, and an artist alley for the graphic novel loving
librarians. Other events include ALA Play and the Will Eisner Graphic Novel Prize for Libraries
giveaway.
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Health Gets Graphic At The Comics And
Medicine Conference
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The
fifth annual Comics and Medicine Conference takes place June 26-28 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. This
year's conference will examine the relationship between comics and mental health, and features keynote speakers, workshops, and
more.
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Banned Books Week 2014 Celebrates Graphic
Novels
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The
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), with the national Banned Books Week (Sept. 21 – 27) planning committee, today announced that this
year's celebration of the freedom to read will emphasize a thematic focus on comics and graphic novels.
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BookShelf's Recommended Reads for Summer
2014
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School's out, the temperatures are high, and the lines to the beach are long - it's summer! To help you select some fine summer
reading, BookShelf offers a list of graphic novel highlights released from June through August 2014.
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IDW Rolls Out New Transformers
Collections
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With
the blockbuster Transformers: Age of Extinction hitting theaters June 27, IDW Publishing offers plenty of graphic novel
adventures of the Autobots and Decepticons, including new editions of Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Vol. 1 and
Transformers: Robots in Disguise Vol. 1.
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Brubaker And Epting Play Spy Games In
Image's Velvet
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The
creative team behind Captain America: The Winter Soldier reunite to tell the tale of a Cold War-era superspy out to solve the
mystery of her mentor's murder in Velvet Vol. 1: Before the Living End from Image Comics. See a four page
preview here.
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Dynamite Invites Readers to Enter The
Twilight Zone
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Hugo-winning writer J. Michael Straczynski returns to a dimension of sight, sound, and mind to take readers to a place at once
familiar and strange in The Twilight Zone Vol. 1 from Dynamite Entertainment. See a five page preview
here.
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Oni Offers Up Seconds Of Its Kid-Friendly
Power Lunch
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Joey
finds that different foods give him super powers - but when he joins the soccer team, he may give himself an unfair advantage in
Power Lunch Book 2: Seconds. See a five page preview here.
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Discover The Truth Of Great White Sharks
With Zenescope
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Zenescope Entertainment's all-ages imprint Silver Dragon has teamed up with the Discovery Channel to help separate fact from
fiction on one of the ocean's most infamous predators with Discovery: Great White Sharks.
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New Graphic Novels Available On Net
Galley
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For
librarians and educators looking to sample some upcoming books before they hit the shelves, BookShelf offers a list of the newest
titles now available for viewing on Net Galley, including IDW Publishing's The Wraith: Welcome to Christmasland, Image
Comics' Black Science Vol. 1, Avatar Press' The Extinction Parade Vol. 1, and Oni Press'
Letter 44 Vol. 1.
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Katie's Korner: Graphic Novel Reviews for
Schools and Libraries
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Dr.
Katie Monnin reviews TOON Books' Tippy and the Night Parade, and Top Shelf Production's A Matter of
Life, with suggestions for how they could be used in a classroom or workshop setting.
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New Releases: Available
Now
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Each
month, BookShelf presents a list of newly released graphic novels. Here are descriptions of titles that shipped in May 2014,
broken down by age rating.
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Upcoming Releases:
August
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Each
month, BookShelf presents a list of upcoming graphic novels from the current issue of PREVIEWS, the Comic Shop's Catalog.
Here are descriptions of upcoming titles, due for release starting in August 2014, broken down by age rating.
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