http://www.marshallnews.com/story/1193923.html
Found this little gem after a quick search. Craig Thompson was mentioned in the Freedman article; sounds like we may want to check that out once we’re done with papers and such. The body of the story caught my attention because the jist of both side’s arguments is “doing what’s best for the kids” or thereabouts. It seems people still can’t get over the fact that adults read comic books. There was really no reason for the books to be in the kid’s section in the first place. There needs to be some kind of Reading Corps, classifying and placing books by actually reading and fairly analyzing them, because no one with the job of shelving these things seems willing to crack open the pages. Any thoughts from you guys?
Agreed. Wouldn’t it be nice if librarians and book store workers read the first page of any new book, or looked up a summary online? Maybe there should be a website that provides a short summary for them, and an appropriate place for shelving. Maybe there already is one.I also prefer shelving that places graphic novels in the genres of “young adult,” “sci-fi,” “biography,” etc, instead of creating a seperate section for them as if they all go together.
Yeah, it seems that the general idea is that only people with the initial intention to read comics would want to read them. There’s no consideration for the actual content.