I just got my weekly Publishers Weekly comic news email today and it points to a piece on the Publishers Weekly site titled, "Talking Comics with Librarians." Here is the first paragraph:
When I was a kid, my family didn't own a lot of books, but I still read widely and voraciously, thanks to my local library. I don't remember seeing comics there then, but these days, if kids aren't doing their manga reading for free in the aisles of Borders, they're doing so at the library. Librarians have been on the forefront of actively supporting graphic novels, especially for young adult readers, and they wield a great deal of influence by choosing which books will be on library shelves and encouraging reading—more and more often with graphic novels.
Click here to read the article.
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