We are just having fun reviewing and discussing comic books, graphic novels, manga, anime/animation, music and movies that we have recently read, listened to or watched.
Episode 13 of ComicPop Library is finally here! This one turned out to be a longer than normal episode, but it’s still great listening. Join the crew, along with our guest Charity, as we review and discuss Deamon by Daniel Suarez and K-ON! by Kakifly.
Episode 13: Deamons Have Taken Over
Yahoo reports that six chase figures of Skylanders sold for over $1,000. I’m currently working on episode 13 and we have 14 and 15 waiting in the wings and in episode 14 ComicPop Library reviews Skylanders. As the article says if people are paying this amount it is definitely a hit at this time. We’ll see over the next year or two if it has staying power.
http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/unplugged/rare-skylanders-figures-fetch-over-1-200-201020541.html
The next few episodes of ComicPop Library are currently delayed. We are currently having difficulties with our audio uploader. I’ve had the next podcast ready to go, but for some reason the uploader isn’t wanting to upload it. We are working on finding out what is happening so please be patient with use. When we get everything figured out we will get them uploaded. Thanks for your understanding.
In this episode Richard, Chris and Matt are joined by April and Logan to review and discuss Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan by Hiroshi Shiibashi and the television series Glades. As always we get sidetracked and just have fun, so join us.
These last few months have been busy. The crew hasn’t been able to get together for any recording time, because of work and personal schedules (vacations, weddings and so forth). Mickey and I plan on getting together at the end of September to record and if my family happens to see a movie we’ll record a review for it as well. Then there will be a slight shift in hosts because of conflicting work schedules. I’ll talk more about that when Mickey and I record. Anyway don’t forget about us. I’m still posting on the blog and we will be recording again very soon. Thanks for all of your support.
Listen to what Richard, Michelle, Logan and April thought about the latest movie they watched…..Green Lantern
This past Monday we made a post of the 5th episode of the ComicPop Library Podcast. For some reason it didn’t get through to the Facebook link. If you would like to listen to the podcast jump to our website and go to the podcast archives and it will be the most recent cast listed.
The Thor: Movie Special, Ep. 1 is ready to download. These movie specials will give librarians different views from different age groups and interests. The podcast features my family: April my daughter, who just turned 13 and is like any other young teenage girl; Logan my son, who will be turning 16 and is a rabid reader; Michelle my wife who likes some comic book things but not all; and myself, the professed comic book guy. We sit around the table, enjoy some ice cream and discuss the movie that we recently watched.
Library that have a comic shop that they do business with can cordinate Free Comic Book Day with them. Free Comic Book Day is the first Saturday of every May. This year it is on May 7, 2011. The local comic shop purchases these “Free Comic Books” for around $.20 – $.25 per issue, so if you want to order some titles to place within the library the comic shop might ask you to reimburse them for the expense. When you look at the titles available you will notice that there is something for all ages (click link below to Free Comic Book Day’s website). Therefore, librarians won’t have to worry about a child picking up an issue that is geared for a teenager or mature reader.
You can ask if they could give you a selection of titles with their store’s name stamped on the comic. However, the amount of books you receive will be by chance unless you work something out with the owners. Royce does this with his comic book shop and the owner gives him coupons to hand to his patrons to get a free comic when they go to the store. The cool part with Royce’s contact is that the owner draws an image on the coupon so the patron also gets a free piece of art.
My library purchases our “Free Comic Books” and by the time we receive them the day is past. Because this happens we have a Free Comic Book Week after the actual weekend. We have the children issues at the front desk and the young adult titles on the bookshelf tops in their area.
When they are first place out to the public we have a limit of issues they can get and then by the end of the week we begin to lift that restriction for patrons that really want another title. We usually allow three issues per patron. We don’t limit the age of what the patron is either. There are adult patrons that read graphic novels and will appreciate getting a couple of issues for free.
Really who can resist free!
Use DVD’s and graphic novels together to promote both sections within your library. As Royce stated this is a fairly easy display to make. It can go inside a display cabinet or on a display table. Use some titles that patrons of your movie section might not realize are based from a graphic novel. Some titles mentioned in the episode were” 300; Road to Perdition; & Ghost Town.
If a parton is just checking out the DVD staff can mention that the graphic novel, it’s based on, is right there for check-out as well. Tell them it’s like a novel, there will be parts of the story left out of the movie or changed and if they want to get the full story they will want to read the graphic novel. If part of the display is checked-out, that is what you are after. Just go back to your collection and grab another DVD and graphic novel.