@libcomix.bsky.social Can we have today’s press release please?

Hi, @wearealsc.bsky.social, @yalsa.bsky.social, and @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, where are GNCRT’s Outstanding Comics awards lists/press releases? I’m pretty sure they count as youth media. Can anyone explain why they’ve been excluded from today’s announcements?

Where is the GNCRT Outstanding Comics Awards list press release?!? I was told they’d be released alongside the #ALAyma awards. What the heck?

Now that I’m 57, I am somehow ten years older than everyone I meet, regardless of their actual age.

@brigidalverson.bsky.social Brigid! Is Komi Can’t Communicate okay for middle schoolers? Or should I move the series to teen?

Who do I talk to about getting new joke and riddle books published for kids?

Let’s say we hosted a program at the library, maybe call it something like Brown Bag Storytime, where adults could bring their lunch and listen to short stories or book excerpts while eating. Is that something anyone would come to?

Unexpected visitor in the front yard.

William Carlos Williams if he was in an open marriage:

I’m currently in the process of expanding my children’s graphic novel collection from 7 to 14 bays of books. That’s bigger than some libraries’ entire adult fiction collection. So, yeah. Attending ALA Annual is worth your time.

It’s a known fact that I have a short attention span, resulting in my embracing bright ideas to keep from getting bored at work.

@andrewwheeler.bsky.social Holy Cow! I open up the NYT (granted, three days late) to see the cover of your book! Congratulations, this is so good!

@mjbeasi.com Dude! I just opened PW’s newsletter and saw your gorgeous face. Congratulations, my friend. You did it! I can’t wait to read this book!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Quick manga shelving question: we’ve had Cardcaptor Sakura in our children’s collection since it was first published by Tokyopop, who labeled it as all ages. The rerelease from Kodansha has it labeled as ages 14-17 years. Should I move the series to teen or leave it alone?

If art helped you heal, even if that art was created by a deplorable person, please know that you extracted the joy, strength, and insight from YOURSELF. No matter how awful they are, your healing is pure and it’s entirely and wholly because of *you*

I’m spending New Year’s Eve weeding graphic novels that have circ’d over 100 times. I wonder how many of these are still in print (side-eye at Marvel).

If civil war breaks out, meet up at the library. They don’t know where that is.

Every time Emil calls me Spouse I’m going to call him Current Husband.

I just figured out that I can put photos on my iWatch and now every time I twist my arm I see pictures of people I love. And coincidentally people who annoy the heck out of me.