PvPonline regarding iPads

http://www.pvponline.com/2010/04/05/ipad-first-impressions/#more-5518

Read the bit about iPads and the comic industry

Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art

http://www.moccany.com/

I think we need one of those around here...

Question

Would the Spaghetti Bros series count for our historical manga topic? It's set in 1910; 100 years old counts right?

Not the plumber bros. :-P

Important Info About Matt Smith/Free Comic Day

So as I said last meeting, Free Comic Book Day is the first Saturday in May.

I had also mentioned how a guy who works in the area (Matt Dow Smith) did art for a run of Dr. Who comics (he's also currently working on the Supernatural prequel comic. I just picked up the new issue where the villain is the comic version of a guy who works at Borders in 'Toga. Awesome.).

Well, Matt Smith will be doing a signing at Comic Depot in the Wilton Mall in Saratoga on Free Comic Book Day.

I know it's a long drive from where everyone lives, but since some people (*cough* Alex XD) were so excited about this Matt Smith and his Dr. Who comics, I thought I would let people know and see if you guys wanted to make an outing of it.

The Librarian's Guide to Graphic Novels for Adults

This isn't related to historical graphic novels, but I stumbled across it on Amazon and just had to share :-) The UAlbany library does not have it, unfortunately, but here's the Amazon link:

http://www.amazon.com/Librarians-Guide-Graphic-Novels-Adults/dp/1555706622

Off topic

Sorry, I know this won't count as historical but I just learned (again late in the game) that Tim Hamilton illustrated a graphic novel of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 and I was wondering if anyone knew if any of Bradbury's other stories got the same treatment.

Okay, I'm going back to working on my research paper. :-P

Times Square Mural

I want to bring this up because the graphical style seems to be quite relevant to the group and it seems to be creating very strong feelings and impressions both for and against the style:

Controversial Women's History Month Mural in Times Square

Another link, more pictures and a few different words