So this past week I read the book "Code Name Hélène" by Ariel Lawhon, which is a WWII-era historical novel about an Australian woman who married a Frenchman, worked in the French Resistance, escaped France just ahead of arrest, and parachuted BACK in to work with the Maquis.
Always a thrill to read an essay by Betty Gilpin www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
A young white woman with short dark pixie hair sits on a pine needle covered forest floor wearing a blue striped dress, leaning against a pine tree trunk. She wears an inquisitive expression, looking at the camera.
A young white woman sits in the driver seat of a white vintage car, dressed elegantly in a white wool coat with a matching white flower brooch and earrings. Her black hair and red lip maw a dramatic contrast, and she looks out of the car at the camera.
A close up portrait of an older white woman with short, dark hair gently smiling at the camera wearing a purple evening suit, pearl earrings.
A senior white woman stands at a kitchen island wearing a bright red shirt with a black cat on it. She is working on cutting up apples for mini pies and the ingredients are spread out in front of her.
I lost my brilliant, beautiful mom Monday. She a dedicated professor of physics & astronomy, a dry wit, an adventurous cook, a strong willed force & feminist, a lover of music & art, & a supportive, loving mom & wife. A life well lived. Alzheimer’s is awful but I’m glad we got every minute we did.
Join us at the Woburn Public Library for a panel discussion featuring the best and brightest upcoming Black comics creators in the Boston area! Brittney Bourne, Ingrid Pierre, and Gabriel Joy Reid will talk about their work in a conversation moderated by Cagen Luse!
Registration link below!
When I realized what they were doing with the names of the blades weapons, I laughed out loud in the theater, and from that point on I was 100% on board
Illustration of 1940s librarian. Text: I became a librarian for the money and fame
A black and white photo of Ormes.
A black and white photo of Ormes with two dolls, including Patty Jo.
A children's book, "Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes." Words by Traci N. Todd and pictures by Shannon Wright.
Cartoonist Jackie Ormes (Aug. 1, 1911- Dec. 26, 1985), the first Black woman to create a newspaper comic strip that was nationally syndicated. She created Torchy Brown in Dixie to Harlem, Torchy in Heartbeats & Patty-Jo ‘n’ Ginger (Patty Jo became a toy doll). #BlackHistoryMonth
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
I have immense fondness for this show, especially as my grandmother was a Newfie and I thus love George.
This one is just a ton of fun, for both of them and Derek Jacobi.
Graphic Novels and Comics Round table and the Rainbow Round Table announces their Collaboration Core List for 2026. Graphic novels by and about LGBTQIA+ people for all ages and in a range of genres with diverse characters and stories
GNCRT and the Rainbow Round Table are pleased to announce the Collaboration List titles for 2026! View press release here: bit.ly/4t4iMbl
@matthollingsworth.com @teetov.bsky.social Jordie Bellaire Letizia Cadonici, and Atsushi Kaneko @kernedout.bsky.social @benapplegate.com (So many talented folks working on such great books!) (3/3) So excited to have an award for comics for adults in the library world!
Series winners & honors Marjorie Liu @sanatakeda.bsky.social @jamesthefourth.bsky.social @martinsimmonds.bsky.social @adityab.net @dylantodd.bsky.social Steve Foxe Elsa Charretier @tylerboss.bsky.social @johnjpearson.bsky.social David Romero @alisonsampson.bsky.social @jorgefornes.bsky.social (2/3)
Outstanding Comics Award for Adults announced from @libcomix.bsky.social www.ala.org/news/2026/01...
Congrats to fiction winners & honors! Anders Brekhus Nilsen @jesselonergan.bsky.social @hakunette.bsky.social
And nonfiction winners & honors @pkuper.bsky.social @benpassmore.bsky.social (1/3)
And to the series winners & honors @esofii.bsky.social Tehlor Kay Mejia Junyi Wu @glowingraptor.bsky.social @kayleerowena.com @rosiesrambles.bsky.social Shazleen Khan Bill Masuku @gigimurakami.bsky.social @lucyknisley.bsky.social Whitney Cogar (3/3)
And nonfiction winners & honors Cindy Chang, Cristina Rose Chua @danielmiyares.bsky.social Anne Lambelet (2/3)
The Outstanding Comics Award for Children was announced from @libcomix.bsky.social
Congrats to fiction winners & honors! @paigewalshe.bsky.social @galegalligan.bsky.social @charmgardens.com @raulthethird.bsky.social Elaine Bay Eleonora Bruni Rob Leigh www.ala.org/news/2026/01... (1/3)
And of course to the series winners & honors @kamigarcia.bsky.social @gabrielpicolo.bsky.social @tonyfleecs.bsky.social It's so exciting to finally have a good way to recognize comics series within the library world. (2/2)
The Outstanding Comics Award for Young Adults is announced from @libcomix.bsky.social Congrats to fiction winners & honors! @juniba.bsky.social @taylor-robin.bsky.social @keezyyoung.bsky.social And nonfiction winners & honors @brianabreaks.bsky.social @kristinagehrmann.bsky.social Debbie Tung (1/2)
Also, from 18 years of experience with comics and readers, teens read up, and adults read down. The borders of the marketing categories are permeable!
Librarians, Hello Sunshine just got a much deserved Outstanding Comics Award for Young Adults honor from ALA/GNCRT. If we want more comics we know teens’ll love: get it on every library shelf. With our support, we’ll get sequels, & creators like @keezyyoung.bsky.social can keep making amazing work.
Graphic Novels and Comics Round table announces the 2025 Outstanding comics awards for Adults, Young Adults, Children for Fiction, Non-fiction, and series. Book covers of the winners in the background.
Exciting news! 🎉
The inaugural Outstanding Comics Awards was announced today
Each award has three categories: fiction, non-fiction, and series!
🧵 for press releases
Browse the Awards winners and honorees on our site
www.ala.org/gncrt/awards...
#LibComix
George Michael did not write the greatest coming out song ever in 1990 for you motherfuckers to claim entertainment only just got gay.
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A cell phone and rolling pin on a table surface. The cell phone screen shows a text exchange between an unknown person and ERIC BITTLE. The unknown person is sending Bitty a picture of a pie going into Betsy 2.0, an oven.
BREAKING. Enormous news in the hockey romance world...
I am thrilled to announce that CHECK, PLEASE!: YEAR FIVE, a brand new volume of Check, Please! will be serialized in 2026. #omgcp 🏒🥧💕
Has there been a Lancet study on whether everything written by or for women will eventually be called YA?
An exciting update! Mass Freedom To Read has been working overtime to get amendments filed that substantially strengthen this bill, and all the amendments have been filed! It's time to contact your MA senators to urge them to support the amendment: www.massfreedomtoread.org/news/cta-sup...
I love both the book and the movie! So good, and perfect for the age it's aimed at.
@neguse.house.gov gives a lesson on how to reframe a journalist’s stupid question about #SNAP! 💪🏼
I will be attending this year, representing comics librarians everywhere! More news on that soon, but just look at this amazing poster.
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
