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You Can Draw!: Handy How-To Guides For Comics
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Reading comics is fun, but making comics can be even better - and comic-making programs can be a quality program for students or patrons. Here, BookShelf features a selection of "How-To" books for the aspiring comic creator.
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Reprints, Repackaging, and Redundancy Part 1
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Monthly comic books are collected in numerous editions, often packaging the same material in new volumes. Youth Services Librarian David Serchay examines the various options available to libraries, with an eye to what's best for them.
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Something Wicked (+ Divine) This Way Comes: An Interview with Kieron Gillen
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Writer Kieron Gillen spins a yarn for Diamond on his newest work for Image Comics, The Wicked + The Divine. The gods may be rock stars, but even immortals don't live forever!
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Jonathan Maberry On The Vampire War In IDW's V-Wars
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The vampire wars are in full swing for IDW Publishing in V-Wars Vol. 1: Crimson Queen. Read here for an interview with writer Jonathan Maberry and a sneak peek at this new horror action graphic novel!
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Lost Gaiman Work Is Back With Dynamite's Last Temptation
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Legendary rocker Alice Cooper's Sinister Showman stars in the 20th anniversary edition of Neil Gaiman's (The Sandman, Coraline) masterwork The Last Temptation, released in a deluxe hardcover edition from Dynamite Entertainment. See a preview here.
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Eureka Gets Wild With New Graphic Classics Volume
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Eureka Productions presents tales of humankind's two closest companions in Graphic Classics Vol. 25: Canine/Feline Classics, adapting stories and poetry featuring these beloved animals from some of literature's greatest voices.
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A Musical Legend Is Born In Magnetic Press' Doomboy
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A lonely teen plays a song for his lost love, and his song will make him a legend in his land and beyond in Doomboy from Magnetic Press. See a trailer and interior pages of the book here!
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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 Squidder, Image Comics' The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 1, Magnetic Press' Doomboy, and Z2 Comics' Henni.
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ChiZine Launches ChiTeen Imprint With Two New Novels
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ChiZine Publications, the award-winning publisher of literate dark fantasy and horror, launches its YA imprint ChiTeen with the release of P.T. James' Floating Boy and the Girl Who Couldn't Fly and Caitlin Sweet's The Door in the Mountain.
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Selections For Games Day @ Your Library
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Saturday, November 15 is International Games Day @ Your Library, and to help libraries find quality games for their patrons, we look at a selection of tabletop games which incorporate geography, literature, history, and most of all teamwork in their play.
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Katie's Korner: Graphic Novel Reviews for Schools and Libraries
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Dr. Katie Monnin reviews TOON Books' Cast Away on the Letter A: A Philemon Adventure, and Archie Comics' Diary of a Girl Next Door: Betty, with suggestions for how they could be used in a classroom or workshop setting.
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New Graphic Novel Reviews |
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We've posted some new graphic novel reviews on the site recently, including Graphix' Sisters, Top Shelf Productions' Maddy Kettle: Adventure of the Thimblewitch, BOOM! Studios' Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow, and Oni Press' Meteor Men.
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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 October 2014, broken down by age rating.
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Upcoming Releases: January |
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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 January 2015, broken down by age rating.
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