by Club Ink | Mar 14, 2018 | Club Ink, Comic books, GCPL Comics Month, Graphic Novels, Manga, Why I love the library
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...
by Club Ink | Mar 12, 2018 | Club Ink, Comic books, GCPL Comics Month, Graphic Novels, Manga, What the Library Means to Me, Why I love the library
What the library means to me, by Jenny Campbell When I was a kid growing up in Arizona, there was absolutely nothing better than a trip to the library – specifically, the Saquaro branch of the Phoenix Public Library – where I could roam the stacks and pick out...
by Club Ink | Mar 9, 2018 | Club Ink, Comic books, GCPL Comics Month, Graphic Novels, Staff Picks
Marcia recommends Fairy Tale Comics edited by Chris Duffy These are classic tales told by extraordinary cartoonists. This volume is all in color. My favorite tale is “Puss in Boots” retold by Vanessa Davis. Charles Perrault begins the tale with three sons...
by Kara Fennell Walker | Mar 7, 2018 | Club Ink, Comic books, GCPL Comics Month, Graphic Novels, Manga
Having a five-year-old “new” reader at my house, I am becoming even more familiar with the ins and outs of early readers than I was as “just” a children’s librarian. My daughter came home from Kindergarten one day and declared she only wanted to read “comics.” I...
by Club Ink | Mar 6, 2018 | Club Ink, Comic books, GCPL Comics Month, Graphic Novels, Visiting Authors
(Editor: Throughout the month of March, across our Blog and Social Media platforms, we will celebrate #GCPLComicsMonth, featuring Blog posts from staff offering comic, graphic novel, manga/anime, movie titles, and more. We will also be featuring Blog posts from local...
by Club Ink | Mar 2, 2018 | Club Ink, Comic books, GCPL Comics Month, Graphic Novels, Manga
(Editor: Throughout the month of March, across our Blog and Social Media platforms, we will celebrate #GCPLComicsMonth, featuring Blog posts from staff offering comic, graphic novel, manga/anime, movie titles, and more. We will also be featuring Blog posts from local...
