Here’s some oddities of note that occured while I was on vacation last week:
* The American Library Association held their annual conference in DC, and ICv2 has all the juicy details:
Asked by the moderator for their best moments in building their graphic novel collections, two responses illustrated both the emotional and statistical impact of adding graphic novels to libraries. Reynolds recounted an incident in which a teen male in full goth regalia, including black fingernails, told her “I want to kiss your feet” in appreciation for finding graphic novels at her library. And Krueger recounted how in reviewing circulation reports after expanding his libraries’ graphic novel collections, he was astounded at how many times graphic novels were circulating, asking himself “How is this even possible?” with a three week circulation period, and finding the same pattern of heavy circulation on title after title after title.
* Frederick Schodt and Carl Horn talk about manga on NPR! Awesome! (Related: Shaenon sings the praises of Mr. Horn.)
* Also at Same Hat!, view a SpongeBob/Junji Ito mash-up! Or, make a giant hand!
