Comic Book Librarian

This should be a fun and interesting conversation. Let me first put a disclaimer here and be very very clear: I am not saying not to have any books of a particular type (say starring female characters.. you should have them!). I am not saying you should only have this type of book. I'm also not saying you should only recommend any type of book.. I'm merely stating some facts and perspectives that are my own. Again, you should have comics of all types with all different types of leads in your library. I'm only trying to make you aware of a different perspective. OK now on to the content and I'm going to start this out with a little history about myself so you can get an understanding of where I am coming from. When I was little, my parents made sure I knew how to read from a young age, but at some point (I don't remember which grade tbh, probably 1st or second?) our class was separated into two groups: The fast (read "good") readers and the slow ( or &

I know I've recommended these books before, but I've been re-reading Robots in Disguise  (which becomes just Transformers  later) and reading for the first time most of More than Meets the Eye  (which becomes Transformers: Lost Light) and I have to say.. wow. These books are just so beautifully done. I've talked before about the right and wrong ways to do politics in a book. These books? They get it right. How do they do it? Well here's the thing.. both of these books take place after the war between the Autobots and Decepticons is finally over. It's done. Time to move on and build a new world. In Robots in Disguise , we follow the adventures of all the Transformers, Autobots, Decepticons and Non-Aligned Indigenous Life Forms (or NAILs) all trying to make a new life on Cybertron. There is animosity between all 3 groups Autobots and Decepticons obviously still hate each other from the 4 million year war and NAILs feel like the war destroyed their planet and th

So I finally read Iceman 5 and 6.. and I rolled my eyes a bunch and was just generally annoyed with everything in both issues. The whole series thus far has been a train wreck and I finally figured out why I was hating it so much.. The Iceman comic is a canned with dialogue seemingly swiped word for word from various sources coming out book. Iceman as a superhero, his history, and everything else is just window dressing and to cover up that this is just a really stereotypical coming out book. It has all the tried and true staples that play out exactly as you'd expect. For those of you that haven't read a coming out novel, here is how they go: Guy struggles with and comes out to friend(s), guy comes out to family or society and is  initially rejected by one or both and eventually someone who rejected him (either family member or a member of the society) will magically love and respect him for no real reason, and guy meets perfect boyfriend who will be the perfect absolute amazin