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Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · 9h ago

#libraries #librarylife #bookaduke

Two library folks are looking side-eye at a large Dalmatian standing in front of a bookshelf, wagging his tail, and with it knocking books off the shelf. In front of the library folk is a cart labeled "weeding" that has several books in it.
Caption: "You said we need more room on the shelves. We've got more room on the shelves."

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · yesterday

Two Books I bought at Odd Mart librarycomic.com/two-books-i-... #graphicnovel #graphicnovelreview #bookreview #faith #interstellarexploration #magic #roadtrip

The cover of Testament by J. Marshall Smith

The cover of Showtime by Antoine Cossé

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · 2d ago

#libraries #librarylife #bookaduke With apologies to Brad Anderson, Paul Anderson, and their collaborators, here's another bookish parody month, an attempt to answer that age-old question: Can two cat people make some comics about a dog in a library?

Title: Bookaduke
A librarian is looking unhappily at a large Dalmatian in the library, wagging its tail The dog has a pouch on it that's full of books. The dog's owner is standing nearby.
Owner (to the librarian): Well if he's not a service dog there's no such thing!

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · 6d ago

Picture Books! librarycomic.com/picture-book... #picturebook #picturebookreview #bookreview #bananas #rumplestiltskin #lawnmowing

The cover of Go Bananas! story by A.B. Peele, art by Lala Watkins

The cover of Rumplestiltskin retold by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Carson Ellis

The cover of Lawn-Mowing Day! (Little Landscapers) by Breana Carzoo

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · last wk.

#libraries #librarylife Classic LIBRARY Raid jackets from the Unshelved days are now in the store! read-something.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

Martin is holding a book that a cat scratched up.
Laura: But I love cats!
Martin: I thought I did, too.

Laura: They're so cuddly.
Martin: Some are monsters.
Laura: Cuddly little love monsters!

A man with a dog walks up.
Man: You' library people are always going on and on about cats. What about dogs?

Laura: Dog kisses are the best!
Martin: They should be required to wear cones all the time.

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · last wk.

Three short English-language graphic novels I bought at MCAF librarycomic.com/three-short-... #graphicnovel #graphicnovelreview #bookreview #spaceprincess #monsters #birds #birdnests #owls

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · last wk.

#libraries #librarylife

A cat in a red harness is scratching a book cover is it purrs.

Martin is trying to grab the cat.
Martin: Hsssssssssss.

The cat jumps around a lady who's reading.

The cat is in front of the lady who's reading.
Lady: We'll leave when I'm ready, Mylar! And not a moment before.

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · 2w ago

Graphic Novel Review: Clock Hands by Marieke Nijkamp and Sylvia Bi librarycomic.com/graphic-nove... #graphicnovel #graphicnovelreview #bookreview #yagraphicnovel #organizedlabor #guilds

The cover of Clock Hands by Marieke Nijkamp and Sylvia Bi

Two pages from Clock Hands by Marieke Nijkamp and Sylvia Bi

Two pages from Clock Hands by Marieke Nijkamp and Sylvia Bi

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · 2w ago

#libraries #librarylife Our store has been re-stocked and everything is shipping! read-something.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

Patron (holding a loaf of bread): I found this loaf of bread on the shelf. No one knows where it came from.

Jody (holding it): It's still warm.
Patron: I know, right?

Jody: Was someone sitting on it?
Patron: That's an odd question.

Jody: The last warm food item someone handed me was, I quote, "a chocolate armpit muffin."
Patron: What weird question did you ask him?

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · 2w ago

Graphic Novel Review: Deepwater Creek by Michael Regina librarycomic.com/graphic-nove... #graphicnovel #graphicnovelreview #bookreview #yagraphicnovel #horror #fishing

The cover of Deepwater Creek by Michael Regina

Two pages from Deepwater Creek by Michael Regina

Two pages from Deepwater Creek by Michael Regina

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · 2w ago

#libraries #librarylife

Patron: I'm thinking of a book.
Martin: Go on!

Patron: I've written three things I remember about it on this card.
Martin: And you want me to identify the book for you?

Patron: I do.
Martin: I accept the challenge!

Martin: But first I'll need you to interpret your truly awful handwriting.
Patron: Listen: If I could read that, I wouldn't need you.

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · 3w ago

Picture Books! librarycomic.com/picture-book... #picturebooks #picturebookreviews #bookreviews #giants #pie #depression #butterflies #worms #bananas #brownbananas

The cover of The Night Giant by Lorenzo Coltellacci, illustrated by Lorenzo Sangió

The cover of Bad Banana (Ready to Read Level 2) by Michael Rex

The cover of
The Pie Reports by Hayley Lowe

The cover of Worm and Butterfly Are Friends Always (Ready to Read Graphics) by Kaz Windness

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · 3w ago

#libraries #librarylife

Patron: Can birds talk?
Grant: I need a little context.

Patron: Isnt' that a yes or no question?
Grant: Okay, then yes, some birds can talk.

Patron: Great, okay, I thought I was nuts for a moment. Woul dyou trust what a bird said?
Grant: Would I? Erm, probably not. They're hard to take seriously.

Patron: What about if you really wanted it to be true?

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · 3w ago

3 Picture Books by Gus Gordon librarycomic.com/3-picture-bo... #picturebooks #picturebookreviews #bookreviews #gusgordon #birds #grief #foundfamily #readingtogether

The cover of Somewhere Else by Gus Gordon.

The cover of The Perfect Seat by Minh Lê & Gus Gordon

The cover of Finding François: a story about the healing power of friendship by Gus Gordon

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · 3w ago

#libraries #librarylife

Patron: Is this place worth the long drive?
Martin: Why are you going?

Patron: Because I want to.
Martin: Do you like to drive?

Patron: Not really.
Martin: Are you going to visit the bookstores?

Patron: I --
Martin: Because they're fabulous and they're worth the drive in and of themselves!

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · 4w ago

Graphic Novel Review: New World by David Jesus Vignolli librarycomic.com/graphic-nove... #graphicnovel #bookreview #graphicnovelreview #newworld

The cover of New World by David Jesus Vignolli

Two pages from New World by David Jesus Vignolli

Two pages from New World by David Jesus Vignolli

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · 4w ago

#libraries #librarylife

These two patrons are sitting at computers that are next to each other.
Patron1: *koff* *koff*
Patron2: Quit coughing!
Patron1 (covering their mouth, kinda): Sorry, I wish I could

Patron2: I need you to cover your mouth when you cough.
Patron1: I did.

Patron two has some books in-hand.

Patron2 has stacked the books up between the two workstations, creating a high wall.
Grant: We've told you before you can't do this -
Patron2: I know! Bu this time I checked them all out.
Patron1: *koff* *koff*

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · 4w ago

Graphic Novel Review: Ionheart by Lukas Kummer librarycomic.com/graphic-nove... #graphicnovel #bookreview #graphicnovelreview #fantasy #sciencefictin

The cover of Ionheart by Lukas Kummer

Two pages from Ionheart by Lukas Kummer

Two pages from Ionheart by Lukas Kummer

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · last mo.

#libraries #librarylife

Mom: I need you to take that thing away from my child.
Jane: You mean the book bear?
Mom: Yes.

Jane: Because?
Mom: Because it's a germ ridden piece of filrth that he found on the floor over there.
Jane: He looks happy enough.

Mom: He's imagining how he's going to spend the money we're going to win in our lawsuit against the library!

Jane: I hope you're thinking of spending it all on therapy, kid.

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · last mo.

#librarylife #libraries

Patron: There's a guy, um, guffawing in a restroom stall. Or something.
Grant: Do you think he needs help?

Patron: I'm not sure.
Grant: Okay, thanks for letting me know.

Patron: Aren't you going to take a look?

Patron: I fear I haven't adequately expressed my level of alarm at the sound he made.
Grant: Oh! Then let's hope he was just looking at his phone.

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · last mo.

Graphic Novel Review: The Body Factory: From The First Prosthetics To The Augmented Human by Héloïse Chochois librarycomic.com/graphic-nove... #graphicnovel #bookreview #graphicnovelreview #prosthetics #prostheses #transhumanism #amputation

The cover of The Body Factory: From The First Prosthetics To The Augmented Human by Héloïse Chochois

Two pages from The Body Factory: From The First Prosthetics To The Augmented Human by Héloïse Chochois

Two pages from The Body Factory: From The First Prosthetics To The Augmented Human by Héloïse Chochois

One page on amputating with a tourniquet from The Body Factory: From The First Prosthetics To The Augmented Human by Héloïse Chochois

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · last mo.

#libraries #librarylife #alaac26

CT: IT'S NEVER TOO LATE.

MARTIN HAS A BAG FULL OF BOOKS. The other librarian is the same person in the previous comic.
Librarian: LET'S GO FIND SOMETHING TO EAT.
MARTIN: BUT I'M NOT READY TO LEAVE.

Librarian: THE EXHIBIT HALL IS CLOSED.
MARTIN (RUSHING): I SEE ANOTHER BOOK OVER THERE!

A WORKER (IN A COVERALL) is PULLING/ROLLING UP CARPET near the librarians. THEY'RE IN THE WAY.
Librarian: IT'S TIME TO LEAVE!
MARTIN (LOOKING IN THE DISTANCE): I DON'T NEED CARPET, BUT I NEED THAT BOOK, TOO.

Librarian: FINE, I'LL LET YOU CHOOSE THE RESTAURANT.
MARTIN: (RUNNING OFF AGAIN): GREAT! BUT I DON'T WANT TO EAT ANYWHERE WITHOUT THAT BOOK.

Across the bottom of the comic: VISIT LIBRARY COMIC AT BOOTH 1338 #ALAAC26

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · last mo.

#libraries #librarylife #alaac26

CT: WANDER WITHOUT A PLAN.

TWO LIBRARIANS WANDERING EXHIBITS. MARTIN HAS A TOTE BAG FULL OF BOOKS AND THEY BOTH HAVE CONFERENCE BADGES ON, TOO.
MARTIN: ISN'T IT GREAT NOT TO HAVE A PLAN?
LIBRARIAN: I'M NOT QUITE S –.

MARTIN (INTERRUPTING): EVERYWHERE WE TURN IT’S BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS! / WHAT’S ON THE TABLE OVER THERE?
LIBRARIAN: BOOKS.

MARTIN: AND ON TOP OF THE GARBAGE BIN?
LIBRARIAN: IS THAT A BOOK ABOUT BOOKS?

MARTIN IS HOLDING A BOOK UP, TRIUMPHANT.
MARTIN: I FOUND THIS ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR EARLIER!
LIBRARIAN: I'M NOT AS EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

ACROSS THE BOTTOM: VISIT LIBRARY COMIC AT BOOTH 1338 #ALAAC26

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · last mo.

#libraries #librarylife #alaac26

CONFERENCE TIP: FOLLOW THE SIGNS.

ON A PATH IN THE WOODS. NO NAME BADGES.
AN OLD TIME TRAPPER (A MOUNTAIN MAN, MARTIN) IN FRINGED LEATHER WITH A RACCOON-SKIN HAT (WITH TAIL). HE’S WITH A FRIEND (JODY) WHO IS DRESSED AS NORMAL WITH A BADGE. IT LOOKS LIKE THE FOREST.
TRAPPER (MARTIN): WE’RE GETTING CLOSE.
JODY (LOOKING AT HER PHONE): I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I’M FOLLOWING THE DIRECTIONS WE WERE GIVEN.
(MARTIN) LOOKS AT A THE GROUND.
TRAPPER: LOOK! LIBRARIAN SIGN!
FRIEND (LOOKING DOWN OVER HIS SHOULDER): I DON’T THINK YOU CAN TELL THE PROFESSION OF WHOEVER STOMPED THAT CUPCAKE.

MARTIN IS KNEELING, SNIFFING A SMASHED CUPCATE ON THE GROUND.
TRAPPER: SNIFF SNIFF
TRAPPER: DEFINITELY A LIBRARIAN.

NOW THEY’RE IN THE AISLE AT A LIBRARY CONFERENCE. THIS HAS JUST BEEN HIS IMAGNATION. BOTH HAVE BADGES ON.
MARTIN (PEERING AROUND): IN FACT I THINK THERE MAY IN FACT BE LIBRARIANS ALL AROUND US.
JODY: HOW ABOUT IF YOU ROLE-PLAY A COMPLETELY SANE LIBRARIAN INSTEAD OF A MOUNTAIN MAN?

Across the bottom: VISIT LIBRARY COMIC AT BOOTH 1338 #ALAAC26

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · last mo.

Graphic Novel Review: The Woodchipper: Stories by Joe Ollmann librarycomic.com/graphic-nove... #graphicnovel #bookreview #graphicnovelreview #graphicshorties #safety #bookstores

The cover of The Woodchipper: Stories by Joe Ollmann

Two pages from The Woodchipper: Stories by Joe Ollmann

Two pages from The Woodchipper: Stories by Joe Ollmann

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · last mo.

#libraries #librarylife #alaac26

CONFERENCE TIP: JUST GO.

A LIBRARIAN ON THE PHONE AT THE REFERENCE DESK, MARTIN. THE "VOICE" IS FROM THE PHONE.
Martin: I'M NOT SURE IF I SHOULD ATTEND THE CONFERENCE THIS YEAR.
VOICE:YOU SHOULD.

Martin: BUT WHAT WILL I GET OUT OF IT?
VOICE: AS MUCH AS YOU PUT INTO IT.

Martin: I'M NOT FEELING MOTIVATED.
VOICE:THEN IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAT YOU GO.
LIBRARIAN: I --

Martin IS NOW LOOKING AROUND. An angry PATRON is GLARING AT him.
(INTERRUPTING): JUST PRETEND THAT I'VE SAID THE THING THAT GETS YOU TO REGISTER AND DO IT. / AND THEN TAKE ME OFF SPEAKERPHONE, YOU’RE IN A LIBRARY!

Across the bottom: VISIT LIBRARY COMIC AT BOOTH 1338 #ALAAC26

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · last mo.

Graphic Novel Review: Five Gears In Reverse: A Criminal Book by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips librarycomic.com/graphic-nove... #graphicnovel #bookreview #graphicnovelreview #crime #criminal #rickylawless

The cover of Five Gears In Reverse: A Criminal Book by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips

Two pages from Five Gears In Reverse: A Criminal Book by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips

Two pages from Five Gears In Reverse: A Criminal Book by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · last mo.

#libraries #librarylife

Martin: Whatever you say, boss.
Lucy: Please don't call me that.

Martin: But you're my boss.
Lucy: No, I"m the site manager.

Martin: So you want me to call you "site manager"?
Lucy: No, but I would like you to go back to calling me "Lucy".

Martin: I'm trying to give you the respect you said you wanted.
Lucy: Then it would be more effective to do as I ask.

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Even Further Reading librarycomic.com/even-further... #graphicnovel #bookreview #graphicnovelreview #sketchbookcomics #deadpancomics #phylliseisenstein #jason #vanessadavis

The cover of Born to Exile by Phyllis Eisenstein

The cover of Spaniel Rage by Vanessa Davis

The cover of Death in Trieste by Jason

Library Comic @librarycomic.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#librarylife #libraries Next week at ALA Annual in Chicago, Library Comic will be at Booth 1338 in the Graphic Novel Pavilion (back with all the comics publishers). Please drop by and say hello! #alaac26

Lucy: I've been tasked with improving our customer service.
Laura: I thought you said we had "patrons" not "customers."

Lucy: That was years ago. They're "customers" now.
Laura: What are we selling them?

Lucy (looking in a dictionary): You're right, most of these definitions involve some kind of financial transaction.

Lucy (with an open dictionary, giving Laura the side-eye): Are you trying to sidetrack my initiative?
Martin (suddenly appearing, to Lucy): Boss, your using a reference book! And it's not even my birthday.