"I believe passionately in libraries and have been horrified by the prospect of closures throughout the system as part of local government cuts. I tried to make a useful comic to help..." - John Alison
The Gotham City Library
Gotham City Library. From “The Penguin’s Apprentice!” by Don Cameron, Jack Burnley, and Jerry Robinson (Batman #27, 1945)."It takes all of the Batman's fistic artfulness..." to get "The Penguins's Apprentice!"via Books in the Comic Books
The First 3D Comic Books
It was almost 60 years ago that the first 3-D comic book was published. Three Dimension Comics starring Mighty Mouse hit the stands in September of 1953.Here a few other covers from the period:h/t and more at Tenth Letter of the Alphabet: Comics: 3-D Comics
Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Writers and more from Grant Snider
Above is the latest literary home run from cartoonist Grant Snider over at INCIDENTAL COMICSHere are a couple of other biblio-gems from Snider that have previously appeared on Book Patrol:Ban this Book. October, 2012"Confessions of a Book Fiend," 2010Each is available as a poster
Reading Zones
A reader's Terms of Engagement!"Reading is dangerous! Know the signs!SketchEmily is a very lazy "comic strip" that happens sometimes.The whole point of SketchEmily is that she is drawn only the most roughest of sketches. In fact, the sloppier the better." - Reeninh/t A Writer's Desk