Feed Your Sweet Tooth....

Step in to the world of America's #1 Manga publisher Tokyopop and satisfy your craving for everything manga. Preview titles, post to the blog, even read manga totally online.


Read Fruits Basket Volume One, Chapter One online.

This Is Your Brain on Manga!!!

Wired Magazine did a great introduction article to Manga and Anime in November 2007 and also offers several mini articles about the subject on its website.

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/15-11/ff_manga_chiba or look for the cover title "Manga Conquers America" http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2007/1511_ff_manga
posted by Ann S.

Where to Start: Selecting Graphic Novels

No Flying, No Tights

Educator and professional librarian Robin Brenner has a site for graphic novels that teachers and librarians use. No Flying No Tights has extensive reviews, summaries, informational articles and tips on everything manga and anime related.
noflyingnotights.com/

YALSA
From YALSA, a list of professional resources for educators/librarians on graphic novels. Includes websites, books, public library sites, and listservs.

www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/GraphicNovelResources.pdf

YALSA also has annual award winners for graphic novels: www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/greatgraphicnovelsforteens/gn.cfm

Graphic Novels for Public Libraries http://http//my.voyager.net/~sraiteri/graphicnovels.htm

Graphic novel reviews from School Library Journal http://http//www.schoollibraryjournal.com/community/Graphic+Novels/47069.html

Mouse Guard

David Petersen, Mouse Guard

Mouse Guard:Fall 1152 and Mouse Guard Winter: 1152 are featured on this site. Mouse Guard, a cult favorite, is about a band of mice who strive to protect their secret world against predators-inside and out. Beautiful images and full-color drawings evoke the season and the drama of a Lord of the Rings-type setting.

http://david%20petersen,%20mouse%20guard/

9/11: A Graphic Adaptation

9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon

Read the entire graphic novel adaptation of the 9/11 Report online at Slate.com. Described by the authors as "graphic jounalism", the graphic adaptation retains the original language of the 9/11 Comission's report, while illustrating more clearly the connections, reprecussions, and recommendations mired in the 500 page+ text report.
www.slate.com/id/2147309/

01: First Second

First Second :01 is an award-winning publisher of graphic novels, including American Born Chinese and the Black Diamond Detective Agency. First Second is an established publisher among indie creators and educators alike, and it's heavy on connections and resources for classroom teachers. Check out their lesson plans: http://www.firstsecondbooks.com/teachers.html

Main Page:

www.firstsecondbooks.typepad.com/mainblog/

Top Shelf Productions

Top Shelf Productions publisher of Craig Thompson's Blankets is an innovative publishing house that is a great example of using web 2.0 functions as a way for creative expression. With an updated and dynamic website and blog. check out Top Shelf 2.0 www.topshelfcomix.com/ts2.0 which features weekly and daily online comics you can get as an RSS feed or blog reader onto your iGoogle page. Remember, comics aren't for kids...these works are thoughtful, inspiring, aggravating, and always interesting.

www.topshelfcomix.com/index.php

Craig Thompson: Blankets

Craig Thompson, Blankets

Creator of the epic and beautiful Blankets and the allegorical Goodbye Chunky Rice, Craig Thompson has a great blog with detail images of works in progress, draft pages, and explanations of his artistic process. Updated every couple of weeks with outstanding pictures and images of his work.

blog.dootdootgarden.com/

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis by Peter Kuper

Fans of Peter Kuper, Franz Kafka, and all things strange and bold will love this trailer for Peter Kuper's adaptation of a creepy classic.

www.randomhouse.com/crown/metamorphosis/

Picture Books for Older Readers

The Picture Books for Older Readers Wiki was created by students in Richie Partington's seminar class for the MLIS program at San Jose State. On this wiki, discover an alpha list of titles by title, author, or illustrator, as well as thematic groupings (like women's history, black history month, etc.). Each title has an annotation, and many have information on how literary concepts are illustrated and included along with lesson plans. DM 6.17.08

picturebooksforolderreaders.pbwiki.com/

Hellboy's back!

In the world of graphic novels, Hellboy is unique. Behind the sword play, humor, interaction between its characters, and complex battles between good and evil, lies Joseph Campbell's journey of the hero. Hellboy struggles with his identity as do his colleagues Abe and Liz.

High school students often study mythology and folklore. The graphic and prose novels of Hellboy explore myth and it's effect on modern culture.

Check out Hellboy: the animated series and consider including the novels as part of your graphic novels collection.