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Questions about graphic novels.
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Kliatt
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May 1, 2008
- Author:
- Galuschak, George
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George Galuschak started his library's graphic novel collection six years ago. He works at the Montvale Public Library, deep in the wilds of New Jersey. He has been reading, writing reviews, and doing conferences about graphic novels for years.
Graphic novels are the source of much anxiety in Library Land. Every year scores of librarians attend graphic novel conferences; buy books about building core collections; and send out heartrending pleas for help on YA listservs. The graphic novel pandemic--the tidal wave of graphic novel-related books, journal articles, listservs, committees, videoconferences and presentations that has swept the library field--is built on the ...