Drawing a Dialogue, Episode 29: Libraries + YA Graphic Novels
Cathy G. Johnson
Artwork by remus jackson.
Drawing a Dialogue is a podcast discussing comics in historical + educational contexts by Cathy G. Johnson + remus jackson.
Episode 29: Cathy + remus discuss the contemporary role libraries play in the popularity of young adult graphic novels. remus discusses how libraries have changed their attitudes toward comics, moving from crusaders to advocates. Cathy talks about the new graphic memoirs Fights by Joel Christian Gill and Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe. She discusses the possibilities these books hold for educators + young adult readers, + using comics as a tool to approach difficult topics.
Contact: drawingadialogue@gmail.com, Twitter
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Episode Links:
“How Librarians Learned to Love the Graphic Novel.” Amy Kiste Nyberg in Graphic Novels and Comics in Libraries and Archives : Essays on Readers, Research, History and Cataloging, MacFarlane, 2010
“How Graphic Novels Became the Hottest Section in the Library.” Heidi MacDonald, Publishers Weekly, 2013 - Link
Drawing a Dialogue Episode 4: The Wertham Special - Link
Fights: One Boy's Triumph Over Violence by Joel Christian Gill - Oni Press
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe - Lion Forge
From Truth With Truth by Lawrence Lindell - Link
What are we reading?
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
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