by Club Ink | Mar 30, 2018 | Comic books, GCPL Comics Month, Graphic Novels, Manga, Staff Picks
Cathy says: For those willing to add more reading, Geronimo Stilton is a time-traveling mouse! He’s a timid soul, but he keeps getting involved with adventures in faraway lands, almost like an Indiana Jones of the rodent world! You just never know where you...
by Nick Fagan | Mar 26, 2018 | Book Reviews, Club Ink, Comic books, GCPL Comics Month, Graphic Novels
Ok…This post is only half about comics. I really enjoy the work of Neil Gaiman and have been hearing positive reviews of the television adaptation of American Gods. While I don’t have cable, I definitely want to watch the series once it is released on DVD. I...
by Club Ink | Mar 21, 2018 | Club Ink, Comic books, GCPL Comics Month, Graphic Novels, Manga, What the Library Means to Me
Admittedly, I grew up rarely visiting the library. Those card catalogs were intimidating (yes, I’m dating myself)! I was also too busy drawing and doodling to spend a lot of time reading. I did have my favorite books, but they were tattered, reread copies of Judy...
by Katy Farrell | Mar 19, 2018 | Club Ink, Comic books, GCPL Comics Month, Graphic Novels
In honor of #GCPLComicsMonth, I started March by jumping into graphic novels, a genre about which I know little. My first point of entry was Fairy Tale Comics: Classic Tales Told by Extraordinary Cartoonists. This book is a compilation of the works of 17 different...
by Club Ink | Mar 16, 2018 | Club Ink, Comic books, GCPL Comics Month, Graphic Novels, Manga, Staff Picks
Jenna recommends: Deep Dark Fears and The Creeps by Fran Krause are collections of four panel comics depicting people’s deepest fears. A lot of the fears depicted in the books are ones submitted by readers of his blog, and each comic is painted and lettered by...
by Club Ink | Mar 14, 2018 | Club Ink, Comic books, GCPL Comics Month, Graphic Novels, Manga
When I tell people that I was born in Flint, Michigan they sometimes cringe and wait for me to tell them horror stories about living there, but the memory that comes to mind is of the Flint Cultural Center, where the Main Library is located. My mother and I spent many...
