New 2023 Edition of the ARLIS/NA Notable Graphic Novels Review!

 

We are pleased to announce that the latest edition of the Notable Graphic Novels Review is available to read on the Notable Graphic Novels Review ARLIS/NA Knowledge Commons site: https://notablegraphicnovels.arlisna.hcommons.org/. This edition includes reviews for 10 titles that were published in 2023 (reviews were written in 2024), plus an appendix of nominations. Special thanks to our reviewers for volunteering their time:  

Isamar Abreu Gómez, Librarian, Colección de las Artes y Música, Sistema de Bibliotecas, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras

Eugénie Fortier, Storage and Retrieval Lead, Frick Art Research Library

Liza Hazelwood, Lead Collections Care Technician, Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries

Stephanie Jacobs, Librarian for The College of the Arts, University of South Florida Libraries

Beata Kozlowski, Research and Instruction Librarian, Savannah College of Art and Design

Kat Lewis, Special Projects Curator, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections

Maggie McDonald, MLS and MA Curatorship Candidate, Indiana University

Tannaz Motevalli, Information Literacy and Instructional Design Librarian, Decker Library, Maryland Institute College of Art

Lisa Rand, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Penn State Lehigh Valley

More information on the Notable Graphic Novels Review: The primary objective of this list is to acknowledge and celebrate the craft of sequential art from the previous year by tapping into the experience and love of this medium from ARLIS/NA members. As a result, this annual publication can assist (art) library workers in improving their own institutional collections of graphic novels by providing summaries, critical evaluations, and informed recommendations.

Cheers!

Tara Spies Smith, ts20@txstate.edu, co-editor

Giana Ricci, giana.ricci@nyu.edu, co-editor

Announcing the 2022 Edition of ARLIS/NA Notable Graphic Novels Review (NGNR)

 

We are pleased to announce that the latest edition of the Notable Graphic Novels Review (NGNR) is now available. With the help of ARLIS/NA members, a total of 21 graphic novels published in 2022 were nominated and the following 10 finalists were selected for review:

Dog Biscuits by Alex Graham
Reviewed by Frances Lilliston, Assistant Librarian, Cataloging, Museum of Modern Art

The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. by James Spooner
Reviewed by Ryan King, English Librarian, Vanderbilt University

Invisible Wounds: Graphic Journalism by Jess Ruliffson
Reviewed by Maggie Murphy, Art & Design Librarian, UNC Greensboro

Keeping Two by Jordan Crane
Reviewed by Jacob Lackner, Teaching and Learning Librarian, Oxford College of Emory University

Men I Trust by Tommi Parrish
Reviewed by Caroline Meyers, Research and Collections Specialist, VCU Special Collections and Archives

M is for Monster by Talia Dutton 
Reviewed by Door Williams, Reference Librarian, Freeman Library/Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales by Melanie Gillman
Reviewed by Steph Noell, Special Collections Librarian, University of Texas at San Antonio

Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure by Lewis Hancox
Reviewed by Erin Carney, Arts Librarian for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies, Yale University

Voices That Count: A Comics Anthology by Women by Diana Lopez Varela, Maria Hesse, Leticia Dolera, Lola Garcia and Sandra Sabates
Reviewed by  June Bendich, Evening Access Services Coordinator, Pratt Institute Libraries

Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith
Reviewed by Shandy Frey, Research and Instruction Librarian, Savannah College of Art and Design

Reviews for all 10 finalist titles can be found on the NGNR wordpress site along with the archive of past reviews back until 2016. Accessible PDF versions of the reviews are linked on each individual page as well as deposited in the ARLIS/NA Humanities Commons Core Repository. Additional 2022 nominations can be found here.

The primary objective of this NGNR is to acknowledge and celebrate the craft of sequential art from the last year by tapping into the experience and love of this medium from ARLIS/NA members. As a result, this annual publication can assist (art) library workers in improving their own institutional collections of graphic novels by providing summaries, critical evaluations, and informed recommendations.

Thank you to all of our nominators and authors! It has been a pleasure working on this year’s NGNR publication.

All the best,
Giana Ricci and Tara Spies-Smith
Co-Editors, NGNR

ArtWorks in the Community: Call for Art!

Contact Sean Justice for assistance with getting your artwork in the exhibition at the San Marcos Activity Center

 

Call For Artists - Zinemakers for 1st TXST Zine Fest!

 

Use the QR Code below in the flyer to submit your application for the first ever TXST Zine Fest!!

Deadline Feb 28th, 2023.

TXST Zine Fest April 19, 2023

LBJ Grand Ballroom

Questions? Email TXSTZINEFEST@GMAIL.COM

THE ILLUSTRATORS OF LEWIS CARROLL’S ALICE IN WONDERLAND EXHIBIT

Come and see The Illustrators of Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland exhibit on the 4th floor of Alkek Library by the elevators. This is an exhibition of the illustrators of the different editions of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. 

The original illustrator and most frequently featured is John Tenniel. The exhibit also features a rare Black Sun Press edition illustrated with French artist and illustrator, Marie Laurencin's six colored lithographs. 

The exhibit runs June 1 - July 31st, 2022.

Illustration from The Nursery "Alice", containing twenty coloured enlargements from Tenniel's illustrations to "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," with text adapted to nursery readers by Lewis Carroll. (London: Macmillan and Co. 1890) (Taken from British Library item Cup.410.g.74), John Tenniel, 1890. This work is in the public domain.

New 2020 Edition of the Notable Graphic Novels Review on new ARLIS/NA Humanities Commons site!

We are pleased to announce the latest edition of the Notable Graphic Novels Review is available to read on the newly created Notable Graphic Novels Review ARLIS/NA Humanities Commons site: https://notablegraphicnovels.arlisna.hcommons.org/. This edition includes reviews for 11 titles that were published in 2020 (reviews were written in 2021), plus an appendix of nominations. Special thanks to our reviewers for volunteering their time: Amelia Foster, Mimosa Shah, Giana Ricci, Claire Payne, Rebecca Bruner, Callie Cherry, Stephanie Kays, Katrina Spencer, Emily Decker-Bess, Alison Baitz, and Dai Newman.

More information on the Notable Graphic Novels Review: 

The primary objective of this list is to acknowledge and celebrate the craft of sequential art from the last year by tapping into the experience and love of this medium from ARLIS/NA members. As a result, this annual publication can assist (art) library workers in improving their own institutional collections of graphic novels by providing summaries, critical evaluations, and informed recommendations.

 

 

Come learn what a zine is, where to find them at zine fests and libraries, and how to make your own zine. Art & Design Librarian, Tara Smith, will host guest presenters,Yes Ma'am zine creators, Elle Minter & Suzy Gonzales (Texas State alumni artists) for the 10 year anniversary of the first issue of their zine,Yes Ma'am that they made at Alkek Library. 

Check out the exhibit to accompany the workshop on the 2nd floor with issues of their zines, photographs, and memorabilia related to 2011 when they made the first issue of their zine. 

The Zine Workshop is open to everyone. TXST-affiliated attendees should register for the Zine Workshop here.

Learn more about the Alkek Library Zine Collection here

Hope to see you at the Zine Workshop!