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News from around the net related to comic books, graphic novels, manga, anime, and movies.
Here is a great idea from Miller Library, at McPherson College, on how to promote your library. It is the Zombie Guide to the Library webcomic. I’m not sure this is available in print form, but it is available on their website at the following link to “Library of the Living Dead – Online Edition” to download the file. Any library could replicate this in some form or other and really have fun with it.
http://blogs.mcpherson.edu/library/zombie-guide-to-the-library/
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules takes the weekend Box Office. Sucker Punch came in second. So we had the old one, two punch over the weekend on movies related to our site. You can go to Yahoo Movies to get the other eight of the top ten movies for the weekend.
Diana Wynne Jones passed away this last Saturday. Fans of hers will recognize her immediately. However, this post is for the Anime fans that might not realize they know her. Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli adapted Jones’ Howl’s Moving Castle, which was an Oscar nominated movie in 2004. Our condolences go out to her family and friends.
Librarians looking for young adult books that are being adapted into graphic novels get another entry into the medium. ICv2’s site reports that Sea Lion has acquired the license of F. Paul Wilson’s Jack young adult series which leads into his adult Repairman Jack series. The first adaptation in the works is Jack: Secret Histories. No exact release date as of yet, but keep your eyes open later this year. Link over to read the brief article.
ICv2 is reporting that Showtime has optioned Image’s Chew. Currently a script is being worked on. We’ll see if it actually makes it to the air waves. Link to the brief story below.
Thanks to Marvel’s website for letting us see the first full length trailer for Captain America: The First Avenger trailer. Check it out below.
An interesting team up that librarians might tell their readers of DC Comics and animation fans about. On DC’s site it is reported that Warner Bros. and Cartoon Network will team up to bring about DC Nation. When this will actually become part of Cartoon Network’s programing in 2012. However, this will be interesting to see if DC can sustain a block of Cartoon Networks program scheduling. Some titles mentioned was the current Young Justice series and a new Green Lantern series. Jump over to DC’s site for the articles.
Attention librarians in the Emeryville, California area. On March 29th at the Emeryville Barnes & Noble, Peter S. Beagle will be signing his Last Unicorn graphic novel beginning at 7:00 p.m. Let all your patrons know so they can go out and support the medium. Libraries could also take this opportunity to get your own copy of the Last Unicorn graphic novel signed. IDW’s site is linked below for more information.
Librarians that have Trading Card Gamers will want to pass this news along to them. Especially if a patron is into Yu-Gi-Oh as a whole. This June Konami is releasing Yu-Gi-Oh Gold Series 4: Pyramids Edition only to hobby retailers (Comic books stores/Gaming stores). Hobby stores will also get 2 new playmats and there will be a third playmat that will only be available at stores that are Official Tournament stores. Jump over to ICv2 for the brief article.
This looks like it could be a fun movie for the weekend. One just won’t be able to think of this movie as a serious movie…just a fun shoot ’em up. Gamers will probably like it along with your library’s science fiction, graphic novel, anime fans. Check out the trailer below thinks to Yahoo Movies.