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DeweyCon 2019: Palm Beach County Library’s Comic Convention!

In case you missed it…

During the weekend of Saturday, August 17, 2019, and Sunday, August 18, 2019, the Palm Beach County Library System hosted over 800 members, both young, and young-at-heart, for the library system’s very first comic convention. The aptly titled Dewey Con offered the public a chance to drive Sphero robots around challenging obstacle courses, explore virtual reality via Oculus…

Drawn to Manga August 2017: Sailor Moon Edition!

This weekend kicks off celebrations across the world in honor of International Sailor Moon Day (observed August 5th). If you can’t make it to an event, stop by your local library and enjoy your favorite manga series!

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon By Takeuchi, Naoko 2011-09 – Kodansha Comics

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Usagi Tsukino is a normal girl until she meets up with Luna, a talking…

Drawn to Comics July 2017 – Valerian!

The highly anticipated, visually stunning SCI-FI movie “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” opens this weekend.

Valerian was created by Jean-Claude Mézières and Pierre Christin and was originally published as French comic series from November 1967 – January 2010. While Valerian is Mézières’ only comic series, he has worked as an illustrator in many other areas, including designs and…

Drawn to Comics July 2017 – Spider-Man!

“Spider-Man: Homecoming” is in theaters and PBCLS is here to help satisfy your “spider-senses” with more tales from the Amazing Spider-Man!*

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Amazing Spider-Man, Volume 1 By Slott, Dan Illustrator Ramos, Humberto 2016-01 – Marvel Comics

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Peter Parker is back He’s got a second chance at…

Drawn to Comics: Wonder Woman Special

The new Wonder Woman movie came out this weekend and by now you’ve probably seen it at least once (if not, what are you waiting for?! It’s AMAZING!). And yet you are still craving MORE Wonder Woman adventures! That’s totally natural. From classics to origin story shake-ups, PBCLS has tons of Wonder Woman comics just waiting for you to pick up.

Wonder Woman: Her Greatest Battles By Various 2017-02…

Guest Reviewer: Stacy A. ; Cook Korean!

COOK KOREAN! by Robin Ha January 28, 2017

A Comic Book with Recipes I loved Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley, which came out a few years ago, but never really expected to find another graphic novel with recipes. I was wrong. Apparently graphic novel cookbooks are now a thing.

There was a really interesting article on eater.com about it, Why Cookbooks are Looking More Like…

Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 (Film)

Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 comes out in theaters this weekend!

Need a refresher? Check out Guardians of the Galaxy on DVD or Bluray.

Can’t get enough GotG?? See what’s available at your local library!

Avengers Assemble By Bendis, Brian Michael Illustrator Bagley, Mark 2013-01 – Marvel Comics Group

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 A perfect jumping-on point, featuring the cast of the…

Drawn to Manga February 2017

The Case Study of Vanitas, Volume 1 By Mochizuki, Jun 2016-12 – Yen Press

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Rumors revolving around The Book of Vanitas, a clockwork grimoire of dubious reputation, draw Noe, a young vampire in search of a friend’s salvation, to Paris. What awaits him in the City of Flowers, however, is not long hours treading the pavement or rifling through dusty bookshops in search of the tome.…

Guest Reviewer: Stacy A. ; March book 3

MARCH: BOOK THREE by John Lewis February 2, 2017

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Co-author Andrew Aydin Illustrator Nate Powell

I don’t read a lot of graphic novels – in fact, it feels like I start every one of my reviews this way!

This book is part of a series of biographical graphic novels written by John Lewis about his life and career. Book Three starts in the early 1960’s.

What brought…

NYT Top 10 Graphic Books Best Sellers 12/18: GN Paperbacks

New York Times paperback graphic novel best sellers from 12/18. O.M.G. It’s a Raina Telgemeier EXTRAVAGANZA! The titles link to books in the PBCLS catalog. Check ’em out!

1 GHOSTS, by Raina Telgemeier. (Scholastic) Two sisters discover that their quiet coastal town is haunted by ghosts, but are they something to fear, or embrace?

2 BABY-SITTERS CLUBGRAPHIX: BOX SET, by Ann M. Martin and Raina…

Drawn to Manga December 2016

In celebration of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” opening this weekend, we have a special Star Wars edition of Drawn to Manga!

Star Wars: A New Hope: Manga Volume 1 [illustrations by] Hisao Tamaki ; [adapted from an original script by George Lucas ; edited by David Land] 1998 – Dark Horse Comics

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The complete screenplay of the original movie adapted as a manga!

  Star wars:…

Graphic Novel Best Sellers 12/4/16

These are the New York Times Manga Best Sellers for the week of December 4, 2016. As always, the links will take you to the Palm Beach County Library System web catalog.

1 DANTDM: TRAYAURUS AND THE ENCHANTED CRYSTAL, by Dan Middleton, Doreen Mulryan and Mike Love. (HarperCollins) Dr. Trayaurus and Dan must prevent five powerful crystals from falling into the hands of their arch–nemesis, Denton.

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Manga Best Sellers 12/4/16

These are the New York Times Manga Best Sellers for the week of December 4, 2016. As always, the links will take you to the Palm Beach County Library System web catalog.

1 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LEGENDARY EDITION, VOL. 1, by Akira Himekawa. (VIZ Media) The beginning of the adaptation to Nintendo’s 1998 video game, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, is collected here.

2 MY HERO ACADEMIA, VOL. 6,…

Drawn to Comics October 2016

Drawn to Comics presents October’s Horror List:

Eerie, Volume 1 David Lapham 2016-04 – Dark Horse Books

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Uncle Creepy’s been hogging all the glory in Dark Horse’s revival of Warren’s classic magazines, but here comes Cousin Eerie to nudge him out of the spotlight The terrifying treasury of sinister sci-fi and fearsome fantasy is finally collected in this handsome paperback…

Drawn to Manga October 2016

Drawn to Manga presents October’s Horror List:

Dragon Head. Vol. 1 Minetaro Mochizuki 2006-01 – TokyoPop

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Imagine waking up in a pitch-black train wreck filled with broken glass and bodies. No one answers when you call for help-and as you begin to orient yourself, you realize that this might be because everyone around you is dead. Mochizuki opens this story with the wide,…

Top 10 Graphic Novels August 2016

The top ten best-selling graphic novels of August 2016 were: As always, linked titles are available from PBCLS.

STAR WARS DARTH VADER TP VOL 03 MARVEL

BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC DC original edition

BLACK PANTHER TP BOOK 01 NATION UNDER OUR FEET MARVEL

SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL TP VOL 01 ISNT IT BROMANTIC MARVEL

STAR WARS TP VOL 03 REBEL JAIL MARVEL

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NYT Top 10 Graphic Books Best Sellers 05/29: GN Hardcovers

New York Times hardcover graphic novel best sellers from 05/29/16. The titles link to books in the PBCLS catalog. Check ’em out!

1 BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland. (DC Comics) This critically acclaimed story from 1988 offers a possible origin for the Joker.

2 THE COMPLETE PEANUTS: 1999–2000,by Charles M. Schulz. (Fantagraphics.) This volume includes the final year of the…