Marshall, MO update
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According to Zack Sims, Staff Writer for the Marshall-Democrat News, the meeting opened with the Board President, in her opening statement, suggesting that, in light of the recent developments, a...
Linkage 10/9
§ This story from the New York Times on the diminishing appeal of animated films has been getting a lot of links, but it actually came out last week -- hurry up and read...
Removing FUN HOME and BLANKETS
Yesterday we told you about an attempt in Marshall, MO to remove FUN HOME and BLANKETS from the shelves of the library. Now via comments and email, the followup report on a library...
BLANKETS and FUN HOME on hot seat in MISSOURI
A Marshall, Missouri woman has requested that FUN HOME by Alison Bechdel and BLANKETS by Craig Thompson be removed from the library shelves, because she feels they are inappropriate, writes the Marshall-Democrat News. ...
Comics in the news
If you are wondering why we're taking a break from link-blogging, the follow of three headlines say it all in spades and with a bag of chips:
Graphic Novels Take a Huge Step Forward
Graphic novels...
Reading monitor
Our requisite Google patrol often turns up many reports on comics and literacy...it's not really worth linking to them all, but once in a while it's worth looking at the familiar pattern.
To start...