by Jade | Feb 24, 2025 | monthly roundup
ALIA Graphic Novels and Comics was officially formed in February 2020, making this month our fifth year of advocacy, advice, news and information on all things comics and graphic novels in libraries. Being part of a national network of library advocates has been a...
by Jade | Nov 25, 2024 | monthly roundup, webinar
Apparently November is the month for comics festivals! We have so much incredible comic festival information and other news to share… Firstly, we hope you enjoyed our latest webinar, ‘Comics in Libraries: the pros and the comic cons’! Thanks to everyone for...
by iurgi | Oct 27, 2024 | monthly roundup
The end of year is fast approaching and this committee has been busy. We hope you listened to the special 100th podcast episode. We never thought we would make it to 100 but we did. It was lovely to get messages from ALIA Deputy CEO Trish Hepworth and four Australian...
by Jade | Sep 26, 2024 | monthly roundup
Happy belated Batman Day, everyone! We hope you enjoyed September 21 2024 by cracking out a comic or two and if you’re still getting around to it, we have plenty of Batman news and resources to inspire you. Of course, like the folks at No Flying No Tights (who...
by iurgi | Aug 28, 2024 | monthly roundup
We’re fully immersed in the awards season. The Eisners were announced a few weeks ago, the Harvey Awards nominations have been announced, the first American Manga Awards, and a couple of others too. It’s always a great idea to go through the awards winners...
by Jade | Jul 24, 2024 | monthly roundup, webinar
Collections, eComics and webinars, oh my! This month, we are excited to share some news from incredibly big names in graphic novels and comics including a new collaboration between Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud, as well as a rundown on a couple of digital comics...