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goon squad, pencil marks, LC trauma

August 4th, 2006 at 12:25 pm » Comments (0)

Public Library Good Squad {via}
Marking up a library book
Scary Library of Congress class



More Potter, Librarians with aprons, weird acronyms

July 13th, 2006 at 2:10 am » Comments (1)

Draco and the Malfoys {via}
In anime, librarians wear maid outfits (youtube link)
Library organizations with funny acronyms:
MARBI: Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee
MARS: Machine-Assisted Reference Section
BRASS: Business Reference and Services Section
If you go to a MARS event at ALA, it is almost guaranteed that someone will tell you that you are hanging out with Martians.



Pillows and Manglish

July 4th, 2006 at 12:18 pm » Comments (0)

Pillows Interview
Manglish?{via}



Viz interview, Tokyopop@the library, New Edge of the Forest

June 23rd, 2006 at 1:49 pm » Comments (0)

David Welsh chats with Yumi Hoashi from Viz
Tokyopop sponsors library summer reading program {via Mangablog}
New issue of Edge of the Forest is up.



ninja librarian, pseudo manga shakespeare, too much legion

June 20th, 2006 at 5:54 pm » Comments (9)

Ninja Librarian, if it were a movie I would totally watch it.
Wiley will publish manga-style Shakespeare adaptations.
I’ve read the first 4 Legion of Super-Heroes archive editions in the past 48 hours. Now I’m thinking that I’ll need to change my name to “Tango Lass”. Really, my brain is mush. Those silver-age DC comics are crazy.



Wedding Crap

May 24th, 2006 at 11:38 am » Comments (0)

If you would like to plumb the depths of the wedding industry, you can check out the Godawful Wedding Crap Blog.



French Bond and Author Responses

April 30th, 2006 at 10:05 pm » Comments (0)

Bond Trailer Dubbed in French. I actually liked it dubbed in French. Maybe they should release all Bond movies only in French.
Hot Man of Children’s Literature Responds that he is not that hot {via}
Author with ambiguously non-gendered name writes to Tiny Librarian.



Kids Comics, Strangetown, Glowing Needles

April 25th, 2006 at 11:30 pm » Comments (0)

Beaucoupkevin reads all ages book Sardines in Outer Space
If you like Owly, David Welsh thinks you will also enjoy Wings

There’s a preview (pdf file) for the new series by Chynna Clugston and Ian Shaughnessy on the Oni Press site.
I’m happy that we now have the advanced technology to produce glowing knitting needles.



Dragon Books, Pack, Icky Pink, Magic Tuna

March 23rd, 2006 at 11:04 pm » Comments (1)

Dragon Books
Unshelved shout out to Power Pack
Cosmic Boy’s Fashion Disaster
The Magical Powers of Tuna



Superhero ™, Edge of the Forest 2, comic book fashion

March 20th, 2006 at 11:07 pm » Comments (3)

Dave at Yet Another Comics Blog writes about the difference between copyright and trademark in regards to DC and Marvel owning a trademark for the term superhero.
The second issue of Edge of the Forest is out.
I’m growing fond of the comics book fashion blog Blockade Boy, and I wish that Project Rooftop would update again.