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Spring Branch Independent School District
Dr. Barry M. Bishop
9016 Westview
Houston, TX, 713-365-5616

Graphic Novels (comic books)

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Informational Resources Reviews
Comic Books for Young Adults (graphic novels and their place in the Library) Recommended Graphic Novels for Public Libraries (provides good coverage for graphic novels and comics in general)
BWI Title Tales (join [its free] and receive reviews on 4600 titles) No Flying! No Tights! A Website Reviewing Graphic Novels for Teens (provides brief, informative, and entertaining reviews)
Teen Read Week 2002 Official Site (this year's theme "Get Graphic @ Your Library) (list of resources on graphic novels and collection development information) Comics Worth Reading (includes a large number of quality reviews with intelligent recommendations)
The Librarian's Guide to Anime and Manga (an introduction to the Japanese animation and drawn sequential art) The Comics Get Serious  (includes an archive of over 130 comprehensive reviews with a subject index and a list of kid-friendly titles)
  Diamond Comics (click on the "librarians" link to see reviews by Kat Kan of the TSLAC)
  Publishers Weekly (features a quarterly column called "Comics")
All the above resources provided by Michele Gorman (comixlibrarian@aol.com)

Another source for information and reviews about comics and graphic novels http://my.voyager.net/~sraiteri/comicslinks.htm

 

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