Articles

"Comic Books and Literacy"- from Abdo Publishing, quotes from different studies about the educational and literacy value of comics

"For Improving Early Literacy, Reading Comics is No Child's Play"- A Library Science professor in Illinois talks about the sophistication and educational value of comics

"Graphic Novels Up in 2008" ICV2 July 2009- Despite the recession, graphic novels sales are still strong. The ICv2 Insider's Guide (print version) notes that "Graphic Novels for Kids and Tweens saw a 134% increase in released titles in 2008. Graphic Novel sales to libraries also increased, from $30 million to $35 million.

ICv2 home page

"Comics in Class" Time for Kids April 28, 2008

"Graphic Novels: the Latest and Greatest for Young Kids" by Michele Gorman, School Library Journal 3-1-2008

Funnies Business: Quantifying Library Penetration for Graphic Novels

From Publishers Weekly, 7/13/2009 

Pixels Are Cheaper Than Paper by Brigid Alverson, School Library Journal, 7/15/2009

Classics in Graphic Novel Format

School Library Journal, July 2009 

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GNLIB-L listserv- considered to be the place to go for questions and information about comics in libraries.

ImageTexT: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies

From the website:

"ImageTexT is a peer-reviewed, open access journal dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of comics and related media. We are published by the English Department at the University of Florida with support from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Our content is available free of charge, and regular issues of ImageTexT will be published three times per year." It's not limited to kids' comics, but doesn't leave them out, either.

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