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WizKids is having a DC HeroClix’s event. The event revolves around the Batman storyline “No Man’s Land”. Have your gamers that are into HeroClix check with their local gaming stores to see if they will be participating in this event. Prizes will include limited edition figures, like the Poison Ivy above and a Grand Prize of the Batcave, also pictured above. Good luck to all you gamers.
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s website has a couple of articles concerning a library in Seattle that is having an issue with a Yaoi Manga and a parent. The parent sent her child in that loves manga to check out some books. This child was unsupervised with the parent staying in the car. Even though the library had policies concerning parents are responsible for what their children check out and even have a policy that will allow a parent to place restrictions on a child’s card, this parent didn’t deem it necessary.
When the parent looked through the manga, later at home, she was surprised that it had two men making love. She returned the book to the library and wrote a letter to the library that it needed to revise it’s check out policies when dealing with children. Here is what is on hand:
Parents and guardians are responsible for their children’s behavior, safety and welfare while their children are in the library or on library grounds, which includes their children’s access to library materials and electronic resources.
KCLS strongly recommends that a parent, guardian or other responsible party be present to supervise children ages 12 and younger. KCLS staff is available to assist parents, guardians and their children in the use of the library; however, KCLS staff cannot act “in loco parentis” (in place of a parent) for children in the library.
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KCLS encourages parents/guardians to talk to their children and teens about the kinds of materials they think are suitable for borrowing or accessing. If a parent/guardian wishes to limit the number of items their child or teen can check out and/or the level of filtering…assigned to their cards, they should contact a staff member to have the child or teen’s library card appropriately blocked.
This goes to show you that even with a good policy in place a library can still come under fire. Besides having a parental control over filtering what a child can check out, libraries can also try to educate parents on what graphic novels and manga. Let them know that their are adult titles in the collection and that they are shelved appropriately and then a parent has more knowledge on to make a decision on using a blocking policy.
Here are the links back to CBLDF for the related articles so you can read them in full:
http://cbldf.org/2012/10/library-director-responds-to-seattle-manga-challenge/
http://cbldf.org/2012/10/cbldf-expresses-support-for-seattle-librarys-response-to-manga-challenge/
This is another post from April. I was at a convention in Denver, CO this year and I was an audience member for the AMV contest. This particular video was in the comedy category and I died from laughter 50 times through the whole thing. It was the only true funny one on the category and by far the best all around. Though I did not get to see the results I have no doubt that this video did very well. 🙂
Thanks to YouTuber “BestAMVsOfAllTime1″ for the following AMV that was created by MysteriousRyder. The song is Nice Guys Finish Last” performed by Chester See, KevJumba, and Ryan Higa and is edited around scenes from Fullmetal Panic! and Fumoffu.
I wanted to wait until this was premiered, but so far they haven’t released a date. Most people have probably seen it, but that’s alright it’s a fun trailer. So here we go, Star Wars Detours will be the next animation series out from LucasFilm. Thanks to YouTuber “starwars” for the trailer:
Here’s a movie the majority of libraries will want to put in the DVD collections when it becomes available, Lego Batman The Movie. Thanks to ICv2 for the following trailer:
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1. Prydwen: Gods and Monsters, Vol. 1, Lynn Hogan, SofaWolf Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-193668917-0, $19.95.
2. Fallen Skies: Complete First Season, TNT, 2012. ASIN: B004LROMWU, $39.98.
3. Podcast Intro and Outro – Andrew Lubman’s, “Train of Thought”.
4. http://www.prydwen.paperfangs.com/ – Website for the webcomic Prydwen. This used to be deadbeatgods.com.
Other items mentioned: Puss in Boots; Crisis; Final Fantasy VII; Chickapoo; Percy Jackson; Nordguard; Christina Bluml, Exploration Place; Videotopia; PacMan; TNT It’s Dynamite; Noah Wylie; The Librarian; MechWarrior; Robocop; Terminator; Star Wars action figures; Kamehameha Wave; DragonBall Z; DragonBall Kia; Adventure Time; Jersey Shore; Independence Day; Deliverance; and Pretty Little Liars.
WizKids is bringing out three 2012 HeroClix Seasonal Holiday Figures. They will be: Hobbit Holiday Elf (for the upcoming Hobbit game); Mephisto (for the Marvel HeroClix game); and White Lantern Batman (for the DC HeroClix game). There is no release date yet. Therefore, your library’s gaming fans might want to hit their local hobby store and see if they can reserve a set. This would even be a cool set to use as a give-away if your library sponsors gaming tournaments with HeroClix.
It’s been a while since we had an Alex Cross film. It is here and the title is Alex Cross, hopefully this will be a good one for all of the James Patterson fans. Thanks to YahooMovies for the following trailer: