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Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · Aug 15

The best comic awards!

How To Love Comics @howtolovecomics.com · Aug 15

Congratulations to everyone who has been nominated!

The 2025 Ignatz Award nominees have arrived

www.comicsbeat.com

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Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · Jun 23

Fastest fulfillment in the west! I already got my books and they're so beautiful. Love the new dust jacket for Cloud Town and the notebook style of Friends in Stormy Weather looks great. Thanks! @studiobeancan.bsky.social

Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · May 1

I've been a huge fan of @studiobeancan.bsky.social since the days I would find copies of their Free Money series around Pittsburgh so I'm very excited for Cloud Town: Friends in Stormy Weather www.kickstarter.com/projects/stu...

Cloud Town: Friends in Stormy Weather

"Bubbly yet dangerous." A teen drama in a world of monsters and mad scientists!

www.kickstarter.com

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Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · May 18

I was thinking about this too with all the recent Fantagraphics Marvel stuff. Like I get archival projects are their thing, but it still seems weird. Do you think it's about branding or capacity or something else?

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Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · May 17

I guess it was @scottmccloud.bsky.social Day for me at the comic shop today!

A copy of 24 Hour Comics edited by Scott McCloud and a Zot! by Scott McCloud wristwatch.

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Gabriel Hardman @gabrielhardman.bsky.social · May 15

I think seeing Kirby’s collages in person was my favorite part.

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Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · May 14

Yes all the time! (But I'm also the librarian who buys them for my library so 🤷)

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Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · May 13

Why SNAP-Ed
Works:

"As a mother with a child in the public school system, I support SNAP-Ed because it helps schools provide more nutritious meals and snacks, teaching young learners about nutrition, and getting kids excited about foods that will help them grow and stay healthy."

Why SNAP-Ed
Works:

"I work directly with school-aged communities in Philadelphia, Reading, and across PA who depend on this program. l've seen how providing nutrition and agriculture education in
the classroom and school gardens makes kids more excited about eating fresh, healthy foods."

Why SNAP-Ed
Works:

SNAP-Ed provides 2.3 million Americans on a limited income with the knowledge, skills and resources to make healthy food choices.

Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · May 13

Why SNAP-Ed
Works:

SNAP-Ed is effective and affordable. With a national budget of$536 million, that's only $5 per participant for an entire year-and yet it delivers up to $9.54 for every dollar spent by reducing obesity and healthcare
costs.

Why SNAP-Ed Works:

SNAP-Ed can prevent thousands of cases of obesity and food insecurity in a single year, generating up to $135 million in economic benefits.

Why SNAP-Ed
Works:

Without SNAP-Ed,2 million low-income individuals will lose access to nutrition education, and up to 314,000 partnered community sites (including schools, childcare centers, healthcare and community centers) will lose critical healthy eating programs.

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Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · May 13

It would mean a great deal if you could share this information about the importance of the SNAP-Ed program which is facing elimination from the federal budget.

#SNAPEdWorks

URGENT
CALL TO ACTION

#SNAPEdWorks

The FOOD
TRUST

On May 13, 2025, the House Committee on Agriculture released proposed budget reconciliation language that would completely eliminate the SNAP Nutrition Education (SNAP-Ed) program.

This program is a vital resource that works each and every day to make America healthy, supporting healthy eating habits and the long-term well-being of millions of Americans.

SNAP-Ed must be
protected!

Call your representative TODAY to oppose the proposed elimination
of SNAP-Ed!

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Keegan 🎃sinski @keeganosinski.bsky.social · May 8

THE POPE'S MOM WAS A LIBRARIAN

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Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · May 5

If they ever can't get David Bradley to play the first Doctor, I feel like this guy would be a great pick

PISS_SHITTER @amiyatzin.bsky.social · May 4

Having this slick old guy instead of a horrible CGI Peter Cushing rules. I love this zesty old bitch. Star Wars should just be a retirement fund for aging shakespearian actors.

Major Pendergast from Andor, the zesty old ISB guy

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Susana Polo @susanapolo.bsky.social · May 1

lol I will say that one way you can help me specifically and concretely is by buying a copy of Year of the Ring in North America if you haven't already: www.polygon.com/24156672/pol...

We wrote a huge book about Lord of the Rings, out now!

Love The Lord of the Rings? Then you’ll love this book!

www.polygon.com

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Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · May 1

I've been a huge fan of @studiobeancan.bsky.social since the days I would find copies of their Free Money series around Pittsburgh so I'm very excited for Cloud Town: Friends in Stormy Weather www.kickstarter.com/projects/stu...

Cloud Town: Friends in Stormy Weather

"Bubbly yet dangerous." A teen drama in a world of monsters and mad scientists!

www.kickstarter.com

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Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · Apr 28

I don't know if this is on their website anywhere but the @comicsbeat.bsky.social newsletter always has a list

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Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · Apr 9

I just started Fred Fordham's adaptation of A Wizard of Earthsea and it's really wonderful so far but sometimes I wish glossy bright white paper was not the standard for color graphic novels. I find the contrast between the heavily textured art and the white page distracting

Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · Apr 6

Finished reading this this morning and really enjoyed it! I totally get the Hellboy/Redwall comp I've seen in the marketing but to me it felt like British Usagi Yojimbo. A funny animal comic that also beautifully captures a particular historical/cultural moment

Oeming @oeming.bsky.social · Apr 6

Out now from @DarkHorseComics William of Newbury "This deserves a place on every fantasy reader’s shelf."- @publisherswkly - based on the true writings of an #medieval monk come for the spooky fun #Fantasy #comics #comicbooks ordering links in bio

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Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · Apr 1

I need some publisher to bring the W.I.T.C.H. graphic novels back into print before my library's copies completely fall apart

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Comic Book Couples Counseling @cbccpodcast.bsky.social · Mar 15

How much money did the Russos get for the next 2 Avengers movies? Oh, yeah, $80 million. RDJ even more. But they have nothing for one of their great writers. All Peter David has is me and you. gofund.me/59445afa

Donate to Help Peter David, organized by Graham Murphy

Hi, friends. I'm restarting a fundraiser for Peter David and his family. Peter's health issues continue… Graham Murphy needs your support for Help Peter David

gofund.me

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Becky Calzada @becalzada.bsky.social · Mar 15

The dismantling of IMLS will have major impacts on the library services provided to students in schools and patrons who access their public libraries

If you value your library, you must speak out & contact congress

Eric Klinenberg @ericklinenberg.bsky.social · Mar 15

Do you value your library?

Trump just ordered the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the key source of federal support for libraries.

Libraries are vital social infrastructure, the foundations of an open, democratic society. Gutting them means gutting our own communities.

Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent

The order targeting the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, appeared to test the bounds of the president’s power.

www.nytimes.com

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Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · Mar 15

Reader me really likes the paperback of Paranoid Gardens because it reminds me of the cut out on this Star Wars paperback.
Librarian me knows it's going to get destroyed SO quickly.

Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · Mar 14

Once you start looking, her work is everywhere and she absolutely deserves the recognition of being entered into the Hall of Fame!

Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · Mar 14

But she is also an amazing connection to the golden age of comics working as an assistant to artists like Hal Foster and Tex Blaisdell. She wrote an incredible tribute to this era with her revival of Joe Kubert's Viking Prince.

Cover to Viking Glory by Lee Marrs and Bo Hampton. Shows the Viking Prince brandishing a sword and shield above his head while a shadowy beast looks behind him

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Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · Mar 14

It was only later that I would learn about her influential and groundbreaking work with Wimmens Comix, Gay Comix, and Pudge. Pushing the envelope with what could be done in comics right along with Trina Robbins, R. Crumb, etc.

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Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · Mar 14

After this I sought Marrs' other Star*Reach stories like Stark's Quest a masterpiece that needs to be collected in a nice hardcover edition. This story in particular shows off her comix influenced cartooning, imaginative scope, and poignant characterization.

Cover to StarReach comic magazine #18 featuring a floating head and someone looking like their dancing while circles pulse from their head

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Mark Conner @librarycobwebs.bsky.social · Mar 14

I was a teen growing increasingly frustrated with these tropes when I read issue 5 which features Waters of Requital, completely written and drawn by Marrs. Now, it reminds me of a classic EC morality story but at the time it felt like such a fresh feminist tale among all the damsels in distress

A dolphin with razor sharp teeth is about to chomp down on a very frightened scientist in a diving suit

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