Comics blog The Low Road has a guest post on comics and libraries from a comic fan/library patron perspective. It does spend a bit of time examining the perspective that by lending copies of a graphic novel out at a library, it takes away sweet cold cash from the publishing industry.
And here’s an article [...]

Server went down due to the power outage in L.A. I still can’t get into my e-mail.
One of my projects at work that has been hanging over my head finally launched today, I am so relieved. I knew I was stressed, but I didn’t realize how stressed I was until it was unveiled. I’m sure [...]

The Devil Does Exist (amazon)
I got this volume from Dave, in one of his periodic giveaways that inspired my recent manga giveaway. I was struck with a weird sense of deja vu when I started reading this book. One of the things that struck me was the character design, I kept wondering where I’d seen [...]

Well, since LibraryThing added support for finding books on Amazon, it is much much easier for me to add things to my collection. I think I’m going to use LibraryThing to track my graphic novel/manga collection. I’m curious to find out if I’ll hit the 200 book limit for a free account or not.
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Rightstuf has a 33% off sale of all Viz books. Might be handy if you are trying to fill some gaps in your manga collection

Wow, it was busy at the desk. I think the bookstore has been slower than usual with getting textbooks in, because there were more panicked people checking to see if the library had their textbooks than I remember ever encountering before.
The Infotrac databases from Gale changed their interface a few days ago. I can’t say [...]

I didn’t manage to make it to the post office over the weekend, but I did send out all the packages for the manga giveaway today. So people should be getting their manga next week. Drop me a line and let me know if you like the books or not
Mae Mai linked to [...]

Stefan wrote a post about usability issues with the new LibraryThing site, and combined with Amanda’s posts on trying out Library Thing and Reader2, I decided to give ‘em a whirl.
I decided to shamelessly copy Amanda’s approach of trying to catalog my manga collection, because sometimes I do lose track of how many volumes [...]

I made this chocolate mousse recipe that Lyle linked to. It was really good. I didn’t make a vegan version of the recipe - I used milk and regular chocolate chips. If I hadn’t been making it late at night, I would have used the blender, which I think would have given me a better [...]

Now, this is the Lex Luthor I’d like to see. Some scans (and one stick figure drawing?!) of the new All Star Superman {via}
Did these appear in Previews or somewhere else originally?