The School Library Journal announced today their list of more than two dozen “Comics That Celebrate America’s Cultural Diversity.”
Divided into categories for pre-teens and teens, it’s a nice list of some of the deeper books (both superhero and otherwise) that are hitting the shelves.
Some of my favorites on the list include Incognegro, a really smart OGN from Vertigo chronicling an African American reporter who “passes” for white to investigate hate crimes in the 1930s South, to mainstream Big Two books like Blue Beetle and Young Avengers, as well as some books I hadn’t read yet, such as Zuda’s Bayou and AdHouse’s Johnny Hiro.
You can check the entire list here, whether you’re filling your kids’ shelves or your own.
[Tip of the hat to David Gallaher for the link]
July 7th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
This is such a great list (I’ve all but maybe two or three titles). Thanks for posting this.
By the way, the American Library Association Annual Conference happens this weekend, and we have quite a few comics publishers exhibiting. That has been going on for a LONG time now. The last time ALA Annual was in Chicago (2005), DC brought Gene Ha and Alex Ross to autograph ALA posters featuring their art. This year, such comics notables as Neil Gaiman, Jill Thompson, Craig Thompson, and Terry Moore will be there to do programming, not just signing. I’m so bummed that I can’t go …