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----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR JUNE 1, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Sweetheart Diary, no. 10 (May 1952) CONTENTS: "I was a Percentage Girl" 11 p. -- "The Neckties" (Impossible Irma) 1/2 p. -- "Age 18, Attractive, Will Marry Man with Wealth" 9 p. -- "Picture Biography of Anthony Curtis" 1 p. -- "Love Lesson" 2 p. text -- "Courtship Customs" 1 p. -- "A Fool in Love" 7 p. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.10 ----------------------------------------------------- 75 Years of DC Comics : the Art of Modern Mythmaking / by Paul Levitz ; art direction and design by Josh Baker. -- Köln : Taschen 2010. -- 719 p. : ill. (some col.) ; in illustrated cardboard case 47 x 33 x 9 cm. -- Includes selected biographies of DC Comics artists. -- Includes bibliographical references (p. 718) and index. -- Call no.: oversize PN6725.L47S4 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- The G.N.B Double C : the Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists / Seth. -- Montreal : Drawn & Quarterly, 2011. -- 133 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm. -- "Seth opens his sketchbook to an unseen world of Canadian comics, sometimes fictional and sometimes not, sometimes humorous and sometimes bittersweet, but always fascinating in its creative exploration of Canadian comics history."--insert. -- Call no.: PN6733.S48 G74 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- The Weird World of Eerie Publications : Comic Gore that Warped Millions of Young Minds! / by Mike Howlett ; introduction by Stephen R. Bissett[e]. -- Port Townsend, WA : Feral House, 2010. -- 310 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. -- Includes Ajax/Farrell index and new art master list. -- Book about Eerie Publications and horror comic books. -- Call no.: PN6725.H66 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- Ikigami : the Ultimate Limit / story and art by Motoro Mase. -- San Francisco, CA : Viz Media, 2009- . -- ill. ; 21 cm. -- Summary (from SkyRiver): To fight apathy and lack of motivation in society, the government has started randomly selecting citizens to die within 24 hours of notification. They believe this will help remind all people how important it is to be an active, productive member of society. -- Science fiction genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 6. -- Call no.: PN6790.J33 M3216 I3713 2009 ----------------------------------------------------- The Book of Human Insects / Osamu Tezuka ; translation, Mari Morimoto. -- New York : Vertical, 2011. -- 364 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. -- Originally serialized in Japanese as Ningen Konchuuki in Play Comic, Akita Shoten, 1970-71. -- Contents: Spring cicada ; Leafhopper ; Longhorn beetle ; Katydid. -- Alternative genre. -- Call no.: PN6790.J33 T47N513 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- Princess Knight / Osamu Tezuka ; translation, Maya Rosewood. -- New York : Vertical, 2011. -- ill. ; 19 cm. -- "Originally serialized in Japanese as Ribon no Kishi in Shoujo Kuraba, Kodansha, 1953-56; reworked and serialized anew in Nakayoshi, Kodansha, 1963-66. ; This translation based on the Tezuka Osamu Manga Zenshu edition, Kodansha, 1977.". -- Complete in 2 vols. -- Summary (from SkyRiver): In order to inherit her kingdom, Princess Sapphire is raised as a prince, and must fend off usurpers to the crown, evil witches, and jealous goddesses to secure her throne and find her own handsome prince. -- Fantasy genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 1. -- Call no.: PN6790.J33 T47R513 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "I was a Percentage Girl" 11 p. in Sweetheart Diary, no. 10 (May 1952). -- Begins: "To Shirley, the lights on Cafe Row glittered like diamonds around the throat of a queen! BUt she found at dawn, when callously she'd surrendered her love, they were nothing more than cheap, colored bits of glass, as hollow and forlorn as her own empty heart!" -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.10 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Neckties" (Impossible Irma) 1/2 p. in Sweetheart Diary, no. 10 (May 1952). -- Begins: "Thanks for the lovely anniversary gift, John!" -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.10 ----------------------------------------------------- "Age 18, Attractive, Will Marry Man with Wealth" 9 p. in Sweetheart Diary, no. 10 (May 1952). -- "I wanted to cry! I had hoped that Danny might pressme to him, might soothe and console me, in this, our last meeting! But in Danny's eyes there was only a searching, accusatory bitterness that tore away the veil of self-deceit, to expose the shamelessness of my life!" -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.10 ----------------------------------------------------- "Picture Biography of Anthony Curtis" 1 p. in Sweetheart Diary, no. 10 (May 1952). -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.10 ----------------------------------------------------- "Love Lesson" / by John Martin. 2 p. text in Sweetheart Diary, no. 10 (May 1952). -- Begins: "A few minutes after Betty Farman and her best friend, Sandra Hilton, had returned from the lecture to Betty's house, the phone rang." -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.10 ----------------------------------------------------- "Courtship Customs" 1 p. in Sweetheart Diary, no. 10 (May 1952). -- About a custom in Hungary and Italy of blockading newlyweds and demanding ransom. -- Begins: "Today we throw rice at the bridal couple as they slip away from church." -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.10 ----------------------------------------------------- "A Fool in Love" 7 p. in Sweetheart Diary, no. 10 (May 1952). -- Begins: "It seemed like a perfect way out of my dilemma, dear diary, a plan that would insure no intruders in my honeymoon cottage with Emory! How sure I was that it work. But, tragically, I was to find that flesh and blood, subject to the emotion of love, is capable, also, of murder!" -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.10 ----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR JUNE 4, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Suspense, no. 5 (Nov. 1950) CONTENTS: "Hangman's House" 9 p. -- "Mark of the Witch" 5 p. -- "The New Whaler" 2 p. text -- "The Eyes that Stared!" 4 p. -- "Return from the Grave" 7 p. -- "The Painted Scarf" 8 p. -- "Even After Death" 4 p. -- "Murder Act!" (Are You a Detective?) 1 p. -- Call no.: PN6728.2.M3S8no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- "One Year Grass, One Year Weeds!"* (Laff-a-Day, July 25, 1975) / Jerry Marcus. -- Summary: The man in the hammock has a system for his lawn. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "crop rotation" ----------------------------------------------------- "Hangman's House" 9 p. in Suspense, no. 5 (Nov. 1950). -- Begins: "You're too slow, Ezekial! Give me the rope, I'll help you!" -- "Forbidden history: Ezekial Zorab, 17th century hangman, died by the same rope he used to send nineteen Salem witches, mostly women, into oblivion! The remains of the rope are still to be seen hanging from a sturdy rafter in the parlor of his house in Salem, Mass. The gruesome scaffold from which the nineteen witches died still exists and is believed to be cursed!" -- The cover blurb for this story mentions "Ezekial Zorvis, 'The Salem Hangman.'" -- Call no.: PN6728.2.M3S8no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- "Mark of the Witch" 5 p. in Suspense, no. 5 (Nov. 1950). -- Begins: "I can't escape them much longer" -- "Let us go back in time, back to the year 1564, when old England twisted and writhed in the searing flames of witch burnings and unholy sacrifices! The wind howls mournfully across the blackened moor, while a man, his eyes wild with terror, pauses for breath behind a slab of rock." -- Call no.: PN6728.2.M3S8no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- "The New Whaler" 2 p. text in Suspense, no. 5 (Nov. 1950). -- Begins: "The lookout sighted their quarry first." -- Call no.: PN6728.2.M3S8no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Eyes that Stared!" 4 p. in Suspense, no. 5 (Nov. 1950). -- Begins: "Those eyes! I can still see them, staring at me!" -- Call no.: PN6728.2.M3S8no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- "Return from the Grave" 7 p. in Suspense, no. 5 (Nov. 1950). -- Begins: "No, you're not going mad, Gorham! These men are dead!" -- "Gorham Munson! Remember that name! It is mine, and I am one of the few people on the face of the Earth to plot and execute the perfect crime!" -- Call no.: PN6728.2.M3S8no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Painted Scarf" 8 p. in Suspense, no. 5 (Nov. 1950). -- Begins: "Mr. Varney, you friend Mr. Cole told me that if I came to you, you might let me have one of the supernatural crime stories that you are so fond of collecting!" -- Call no.: PN6728.2.M3S8no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- "Even After Death" 4 p. in Suspense, no. 5 (Nov. 1950). -- Begins: "Death lurked in the old Harvey house, that spooky old mansion that had been handed down from generation to generation!" -- Call no.: PN6728.2.M3S8no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- "Murder Act!" (Are You a Detective?) 1 p. in Suspense, no. 5 (Nov. 1950). -- A quick mystery, with the solution upside-down at the end. -- Call no.: PN6728.2.M3S8no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- Hokusai Manga / Katsushika Hokusai ga ; âto direkushon Takaoka Kazuya ; bun Uragami Mitsuru, Nakamura Hideki. -- Tôkyô : Pai Intânashonaru, 2011. -- 1 v. : col. ill. ; 31 cm. -- In Japanese and English. -- Call no.: NC1709.K3A4 2011 Takaoka, Kazuya. Uragami, Mitsuru, 1951- Nakamura, Hideki. ----------------------------------------------------- Hand of Fire : the Comics Art of Jack Kirby / Charles Hatfield. -- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012. -- 297 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. -- (Great Comics Artists) -- Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-283) and index. -- Call no.: PN6727.K53 Z5H3 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Hergé, Son of Tintin / Benoît Peeters ; translated by Tina A. Kover. -- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. --394 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. -- Includes bibliographical references and indexes. -- "Author of the critically acclaimed Tintin and the World of Hergé and the last person to interview Remi, Benoit Peeters tells the complete story behind Hergé's origins and shows how and why the nom de plume grew into a larger-than-Remi personality as Tintin's popularity exploded. Drawing on interviews and using recently uncovered primary sources for the first time, Peeters reveals Remi as a neurotic man who sought to escape the troubles of his past by allowing Hergé's identity to subsume his own. As Tintin adventured, Hergé lived out a romanticized version of life for Remi." -- Call no.: PN6747.H4 Z5P413 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Temperance / Cathy Malkasian. -- Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 2010. -- 240 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. -- Alternative genre. -- Call no.: PN6727.M313T4 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- Will Eisner : a Dreamer's Life in Comics / Michael Schumacher. -- New York : Bloomsbury, 2010. -- 359 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. -- Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-342) and index. -- PN6727.E35 Z5S35 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- Reggie. -- St. Louis, Mo. : Close-up Inc., 1964-1965. -- col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Published no. 16 (Oct. 1964) - no. 18 (Nov. 1965). -- (Archie Series) -- Continues: Archie's Rival Reggie. -- Continued by: Reggie and Me. -- Teen humor genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 17 (1965). -- Call no.: PN6728.2.A7A73 ----------------------------------------------------- Superheroes of the Round Table : Comics Connections to Medieval and Renaissance Literature / Jason Tondro. -- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, 2011. -- 240 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. -- Includes bibliographical references and index. -- Contents: Introduction ; Double identities and Arthegall's Yron Man ; Kirby's masque ; "By my so potent art" ; Arthur, the four-color king ; Grant Morrison's Grail quest. -- "Establishing the comic genre as a cousin to Arthurian myth, Spenser, and Shakespeare, this work uses comics to inform readings of The Faerie Queene, The Tempest, Malory's Morte and more, while employing authors like Ben Johnson to help explain comics by Alan Moore, Jack Kirby, and Grant Morrison." -- Call no.: PN6714.T58 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- Baron : the Cat Returns / story and art by Aoi Hiiragi ; translation & English adaptation, Naoko Amemiya. -- San Francisco, CA : Viz, LLC., 2005. -- 1 v. : ill. ; 19 cm -- Originally published by Studio Ghibli, Japan, in 2002. -- "When awkward school girl Haru rescues a cat on her way home from school one day, the last thing she expects in return is to be honored by a feline royal family! Before she knows what's happening to her, Haru is drawn into a world inhabited entirely by talking cats, and recruited to be the next Cat Princess! Only the dapper cat Baron and his friends, a magical crow and a comical fat cat, along with a friend from Haru's past, can help her return home." -- Fantasy and funny animal genres. -- Call no.: PN6790.J33H465B 313 2005 ----------------------------------------------------- Alone Together Now / writer, Brian Lynch ; artists, Franco Urru and Nicola Zanni. -- San Diego, Calif. : IDW Publishing, 2011. -- col. ill. ; 27 cm. -- (Spike ; v. 1) -- Originally published as Spike issues #1-4. -- "Ties directly into Buffy: Season 8." -- Horror genre, with vampires. -- Call no.: PN6728.S643A4 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "Someplace Without Hunting, Fishing or Golf" (Laff-a-Day, Mar. 7, 1975) / Jack Markow. -- Summary: She does the talking to the travel agent. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "golf" ----------------------------------------------------- "Harry's Father Resents His Lawn Looking Like Harry" (Laff-a-Day, July 21, 1975) / Bo Brown. -- Summary: The son has long hair. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawns" ----------------------------------------------------- "His Lawn Always Looked Like a Hobo Jungle!"* (They'll Do It Every Time, Mar. 20, 1964) / by Jimmy Hatlo. -- "The gas company put all the lawns back in shape, but look who's kicking." -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawns" ----------------------------------------------------- Neon Genesis Evangelion : Campus Apocalypse / manga by Mingming ; created by GAINAX, khara. -- Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse Manga, 2010- . -- ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm. -- Summary (from SkyRiver): Shinji Ikari, who attends the private NERV Academy, discovers that three of his classmates--Kaworu, Rei, and Asuka--live secret lives at night, fighting against an alien enemy that looks very human. -- Science fiction genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 2. -- Call no.: PN6790.J33 M423N4 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- The Boss / Lim Jae-Won ; translator, Trisha Eggleston. -- Houston, Tex. : ADV Manga, 2004- . -- ill. ; 19 cm. -- Originally published in Korea in 1996 by Daiwon C.I. Inc. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 3. -- Call no.: PN6790.K63 L53B613 2004 ----------------------------------------------------- Bombos vs. Everything / art by Maximo V. Lorenzo ; original story concept by Andrew Helms. -- Los Angeles : Tokyopop, 2007. -- 1 v. : ill. ; 19 cm. -- Summary (from SkyRiver): To get to the most totally awesome city of Bokonon, a select few prospects must face the ultimate challenge--surviving an epic showdown with the mysterious Qualifiers. Meet Bombos, the most totally awesome paperboy ever to grace the provincial backwater. More than anything, he wants to get to the city. Standing between Bombos and a ticket out of his little out-of-the-way town? An editor-in-chief whose bizarre challenges could either help him or get him killed: a giant potato-like creature with indiscriminate eating habits: Bombos' complete inability to be on time for anything: and let's not forget, the Qualifiers. Or, to simplify, it's Bombos versus Everything! -- Numbered "1" on cover and spine. -- Funny kid genre. -- Call no.: PN6727.L613B6 2007 ----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR JUNE 5-6, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Girls' Romances, no. 21 (June/July 1953) CONTENTS: "Desperate Heart?" 9 p. -- "Please Believe Me!" 6 p. -- "Let Love Alone!" 6 p. -- "Julia Roberts' Romance Report" (advice letters) 2 p. -- "No Man of My Own" 8 p. -- Call no.: PN6728.2.N3G5no.21 ----------------------------------------------------- "Elwood, by TAF" p. 74-77 in Cartoonist Profiles, no. 63 (Sept. 1984) -- A letter written by Tom Forman, writer of the Elwood comic strip, telling how the strip was created. With samples of the strip, photographic portraits of Tom Forman and artist Ben Templeton, and an illustrated cast of characters. -- Call no.: NC1300.C35no.63 AMPLIFY ENTRY ----------------------------------------------------- Ramzah (Abdel Zaziz Ramzah), 1936-2008. COMPLETE NAME ----------------------------------------------------- Love Attack : Junai Tokko Taicho! / by Shizuru Seino ; English adaptation, Magdalena Sniegocki ; production artist, Michael Paolilli ; translation, Adrienne Beck. -- Los Angeles : Tokyopop, 2007- . -- 189 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. -- "First published in Japan in 2005 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo." -- Summary (from SkyRiver): When the roughest girl and guy in school get themselves into trouble, they also find themselves falling in love. -- Romance genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 2. -- Call no.: PN6790.J33 S345L613 2007 ----------------------------------------------------- Vermonia / YoYo. -- Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011- . -- ill. ; 18 cm. -- Fantasy genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 1. -- Call no.: PN6790.J33 Y752V413 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- Wingding Orgy / Toshiki Yui. -- Seattle, WA : Eros Comix, 2005. -- ca. 200 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. -- (MegaManga ; no. 20) -- (Mangerotica) -- Original Japanese title: Wingding Party. -- "Collects all five issues of the original series." -- Erotic genre. -- Call no.: PN6790.J33 Y756W513 2005 RECLASS ----------------------------------------------------- Wingding Orgy : Hot Tails Extreme / story and art by Toshiki Yui ; edited by Ezra Mark. -- Seattle, WA : Eros Comics, 1997- . -- ill. ; 24 cm. -- (Mangerotica) -- "First published in Japan by Tatsumi Shuppan in the Toshiki Yui art book 'Significant'; Original Japanese title: Wingding Party." -- "Adults only". -- Complete in 5 nos. -- Erotic genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 3. -- Call no.: PN6790.J33 Y756W513 1997 RECLASS ----------------------------------------------------- Heaven!! / by Shizuru Seino ; translator, Haruko Furukawa. -- Los Angeles : Tokyopop, 2007- . -- ill. ; 19 cm. -- "First published in Japan 2003 by Kodansha Ltd., Toyko." -- Fantasy genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 3. -- Call no.: PN6790.J33 S345H413 2007 ----------------------------------------------------- Star Ranger. -- St. Louis, Mo. : Chesler Publications, 1937-1938. -- col. ill. ; 29 cm. -- Published no. 1 (Feb. 1937) - no. 12 (May 1938), cf. Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. -- Continued by: Cowboy Comics. -- "Pictorial stories of the golden west." -- Western genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 1. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.C4 S74 ----------------------------------------------------- Raggedy Ann & Andy. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1951- . -- col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Four Color series numbering (issues 306, 354, 380, 452, 533) appears after the indicia title without the Four Color series title. -- Funny kid genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 354. -- Call no.: PN6728.2.D4R25 ----------------------------------------------------- "Desperate Heart?" 9 p. in Girls' Romances, no. 21 (June/July 1953). -- "No one, not even the man I adored, realized that I was not a child, that I was not too young to love! How could I make them understand my..." -- Call no.: PN6728.2.N3G5no.21 ----------------------------------------------------- "Please Believe Me!" 6 p. in Girls' Romances, no. 21 (June/July 1953). -- "Because I couldn't have faith in a 'love at first sight,' I foolishly turned my back on Bart when he whispered, 'I love you..." -- Call no.: PN6728.2.N3G5no.21 ----------------------------------------------------- "Let Love Alone!" 6 p. in Girls' Romances, no. 21 (June/July 1953). -- "My love for Jim drove me to follow him halfway across the country just to be near him! I never realized how heartbreaking it can be to pursue a man, and how wrong I was when I thought that only fools..." -- Call no.: PN6728.2.N3G5no.21 ----------------------------------------------------- "Julia Roberts' Romance Report" 2 p. in Girls' Romances, no. 21 (June/July 1953). -- Advice column in letter format. -- Call no.: PN6728.2.N3G5no.21 ----------------------------------------------------- "No Man of My Own" 8 p. in Girls' Romances, no. 21 (June/July 1953). -- "The first moment Joy Turner looked at Dan with her cool green eyes, I suddenly felt that soon I'd have..." -- Call no.: PN6728.2.N3G5no.21 ----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR JUNE 7, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Authentic Police Cases, no. 14 (Aug. 1951) CONTENTS: "The Killer Who Trapped Himself!" 2 p. text -- "Diamonds, C.O.D. (Care Of Death)" 8 p. -- "The Fight Fix" (Vic Flint) 16 -- "Police Smash Waterfront Crime Gangs" 8 p. -- Call no.: PN67281.S3A8no.14 ----------------------------------------------------- Buffalo Bill Picture Stories, no. 1 (June/July 1949) CONTENTS: "The Name in the Snow" (Buffalo Bill) 24 p. -- "Shaggy's Lore of the West" 3 p. -- "Whiplash" (Cal Colt) 10 p. -- "Tall Tales" 2 p. text -- "Don Quickshot!" 8 p. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.S75B8no.1 ----------------------------------------------------- Charlie Chan, no. 2 (Mar. 1966) CONTENTS: "Claws of the Cat" (Charlie Chan) 10 p. -- "Foiled Again" (Charlie Chan) 12 p. -- "Cat-Trap" (Charlie Chan) 10 p. -- Call no.: PN6728.3.D4C47no.2 ----------------------------------------------------- Crazy, no. 5 (Apr. 1954) CONTENTS: "Racket Buster!" 5 p. -- "Rose-Colored Glasses" 2 p. text -- "The Wolf Man" 5 p. -- "Spencer the Censor" 4 p. -- "Sinbad the Tailor" 4 p. -- "Gentlemen Prefer Bonds" 5 p. -- Call no.: PN6728.2.M3C67no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- Dixie Dugan, v. 4, no. 1 (Feb. 1953) CONTENTS: "He's a War Ace Who Shot Down Six Red Planes in Korea!"* (Dixie Dugan) 17 p. -- "Dugann Dress Company"* (Dixie Dugan) 10 p. -- Call no.: PN6728.2.P7D5v.4no.1 ----------------------------------------------------- Fightin' Navy, no. 74 (Jan. 1956) CONTENTS: "Operation: Redwing" 7 p. -- "The Giant Killers!" 5 p. -- "Frightened Hero!" 5 p. -- "Seein' Red" (Billy Bos'n) 2 p. -- "The Phony Sailor" 2 p. text -- "Secret Weapon!" 5 p. -- "Danny Mitchell's Famous Planes of World War 2" 1 p. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3D6no.74 ----------------------------------------------------- "Operation: Redwing" 7 p. in Fightin' Navy, no. 74 (Jan. 1956). -- Begins: "One of the missions of the carrier task force is to destroy enemy supply lines. Naval Intelligence received word of a big Red build-up in North Korea. Commander Dave Burns' group was sent out to destroy it. Read on and thrill to the mission that almost changed the course of history." -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3D6no.74 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Giant Killers!" 5 p. in Fightin' Navy, no. 74 (Jan. 1956). -- Begins: "This story is dedicated to the men of the Patrol Torpedo Boat squadrons: P.T. Boats, the smallest combat ships on the Navy, the most feared by the Japanese." -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3D6no.74 ----------------------------------------------------- "Frightened Hero!" 5 p. in Fightin' Navy, no. 74 (Jan. 1956). -- "Starring Danny Mitchell." -- Begins: "Fear is a strange thing. That fact that a man worries makes him a coward at times, and sometimes the same fear brings out the hero in him. This story is about a man's battle with himself." -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3D6no.74 ----------------------------------------------------- "Seein' Red" (Billy Bos'n) 2 p. in Fightin' Navy, no. 74 (Jan. 1956). -- Begins: "Wow, Billy! Look at that classy redhead!" -- Summary: Billy catches spies with coconuts, though not on purpose. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3D6no.74 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Phony Sailor" 2 p. text in Fightin' Navy, no. 74 (Jan. 1956). -- Begins: "Joe Greene and Gene Minor left the restaurant and turned to the docks where the launch was waiting to take them back to their ship, the U.S.S. Richmond which was on its way to the Far East, but before passing through the locks of the Canal, had given liberty to its crew in Panama." -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3D6no.74 ----------------------------------------------------- "Secret Weapon!" 5 p. in Fightin' Navy, no. 74 (Jan. 1956). -- Begins: "The Commies devised a brand new type of aircraft with which they attempted to seize control of the skies and at the same time, strike fear into the Navy pilots. Through the help of Navy Intelligence, a demolition team, led by Danny Mitchell, destroyed the communist secret weapon." -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3D6no.74 ----------------------------------------------------- "Danny Mitchell's Famous Planes of World War 2" 1 p. in Fightin' Navy, no. 74 (Jan. 1956). -- Shows and describes the Grumman Wildcat F4F-3, the Grumman Avenger, and the Brewster SB2A-1. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3D6no.74 ----------------------------------------------------- Dixie Dugan. -- New York : Headline Publications, 1951-1954. -- col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Published v. 3, no. 1 (Nov. 1951) - v. 4, no. 4 (Feb. 1954), per Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. -- Each vol. consists of four numbers. -- "Prize Group." -- Career girl genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 4, no. 1 (1953). -- Call no.: PN6728.2.P7D5 ----------------------------------------------------- "He's a War Ace Who Shot Down Six Red Planes in Korea!"* (Dixie Dugan) / by McEvoy and Striebel. 17 p. in Dixie Dugan, v. 4, no. 1 (Feb. 1953). -- Begins: "In big towns or little towns, war heroes are greeted with open arms and Mickey has learned some interesting news." -- This is the cover story, and on the cover the war hero says, "Isn't it simply great, Dixie, to be living in this Atomic Age!" -- Call no.: PN6728.2.P7D5v.4no.1 ----------------------------------------------------- "Dugann Dress Company"* (Dixie Dugan) 10 p. in Dixie Dugan, v. 4, no. 1 (Feb. 1953). -- Begins: "Before Sammy went into the service Ma was a dress designer. She started a business at home and then went to Broadway!" -- Call no.: PN6728.2.P7D5v.4no.1 ----------------------------------------------------- "Racket Buster!" 5 p. in Crazy, no. 5 (Apr. 1954). -- Begins: "This story is brought to you as a public service! Every year con men and swindlers steal $999,999,999.13 from dumb people! Now, watch how easy Hacket Duster, racket buster, handles Dippy the Dupe." -- Call no.: PN6728.2.M3C67no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- "Rose-Colored Glasses" 2 p. text in Crazy, no. 5 (Apr. 1954). -- Call no.: PN6728.2.M3C67no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Wolf Man" 5 p. in Crazy, no. 5 (Apr. 1954). -- Dialogue begins: "I *sob* don't wanna be a hairy old werewolf! I got rights! I wanna be a human man!" -- Call no.: PN6728.2.M3C67no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- "Spencer the Censor" / Howie Post. 4 p. in Crazy, no. 5 (Apr. 1954). -- Begins: "Did you ever stop to think who is responsible for all those terrific plays, movies, television shows, radio programs, newspapers and comic books? The writers? Producers? Directors? Artists? Sure they all have a hand in it! But who has the last word?" -- Call no.: PN6728.2.M3C67no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- "Sinbad the Tailor" 4 p. in Crazy, no. 5 (Apr. 1954). -- Begins: "Sinbad the tailor had things pretty well sewed up in the little town of Arabee." -- Call no.: PN6728.2.M3C67no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- "Gentlemen Prefer Bonds" / Joe Maneely. 5 p. in Crazy, no. 5 (Apr. 1954). -- Begins: "Love, your magic spell is everywhere! It even blooms in the bachelor apartment of Larry Lye and Dominic! These two boys are thru with the free life. They are ready to take the big step. They are ready to get *ugh* married!" -- Call no.: PN6728.2.M3C67no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- Charlie Chan. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1965-1966. -- col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Published no. 1 (Oct.-Dec. 1965) - no. 2 (Mar. 1966). -- Detective genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 2. -- Call no.: PN6728.3.D4C47 ----------------------------------------------------- "Claws of the Cat" (Charlie Chan) 10 p. in Charlie Chan, no. 2 (Mar. 1966). -- Begins: "Inspector Pugg of the Hongkong Police and Charlie Chan are both present in the room as the cat burglar strikes just as he said he would! The Maharanee's invaluable tiara and the fabulous matched pearl necklace are what the master criminal is after, but how can he hope to succeed with the two most feared enemies of crime in the world on the scene?" -- Cover title: "The Cat Burglar Strikes!" -- Call no.: PN6728.3.D4C47no.2 ----------------------------------------------------- "Foiled Again" (Charlie Chan) 12 p. in Charlie Chan, no. 2 (Mar. 1966). -- Call no.: PN6728.3.D4C47no.2 ----------------------------------------------------- "Cat-Trap" (Charlie Chan) 10 p. in Charlie Chan, no. 2 (Mar. 1966). -- Call no.: PN6728.3.D4C47no.2 ----------------------------------------------------- Buffalo Bill Picture Stories. -- Elizabeth, N.J. : Street & Smith Publications, 1949. -- col. ill. ; 27 cm. -- Published no. 1 (June-July 1949) - no. 2 (Aug.-Sept. 1949), per Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. -- Western genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 1. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.S75B8 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Name in the Snow" (Buffalo Bill) / Doug Wildey. 24 p. in Buffalo Bill Picture Stories, no. 1 (June/July 1949). -- Call no.: PN6728.1.S75B8no.1 ----------------------------------------------------- "Shaggy's Lore of the West" 3 p. in Buffalo Bill Picture Stories, no. 1 (June/July 1949). -- About horses and camels in the West. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.S75B8no.1 ----------------------------------------------------- "Whiplash" (Cal Colt) / Dick Rockwell. 10 p. in Buffalo Bill Picture Stories, no. 1 (June/July 1949). -- Begins: "Young Cal had it tough from the time he was born, for the West in his time was a rugged place and Cal's life was made even tougher when his dad stood up to old man Grouty in a gun battle. His father went out in a blaze of guns. Was Cal destined to go out the same way?" -- Call no.: PN6728.1.S75B8no.1 ----------------------------------------------------- "Tall Tales" 2 p. text in Buffalo Bill Picture Stories, no. 1 (June/July 1949). -- Call no.: PN6728.1.S75B8no.1 ----------------------------------------------------- "Don Quickshot!" / Powell. 8 p. in Buffalo Bill Picture Stories, no. 1 (June/July 1949). -- Dialogue begins: "Stand and deliver ye no good varmint!" -- Call no.: PN6728.1.S75B8no.1 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Killer Who Trapped Himself!" 2 p. text in Authentic Police Cases, no. 14 (Aug. 1951). -- Begins: "It was a perfect crime from every angle." -- Call no.: PN67281.S3A8no.14 ----------------------------------------------------- "Diamonds, C.O.D. (Care Of Death)" 8 p. in Authentic Police Cases, no. 14 (Aug. 1951). -- Begins: "The murder angle seemed easy to solve but it had the cops baffled. The racket in industrial diamonds was a brain-busting riddle, yet its solution revealed only a simple scheme." -- Call no.: PN67281.S3A8no.14 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Fight Fix" (Vic Flint) / by Michael O'Malley and Ralph Lane. 16 in Authentic Police Cases, no. 14 (Aug. 1951). -- "Murder was the payoff when a slick fixer and his doll failed to keep their bargain. Vic Flint expected foul play, but never thought he'd been picked as the next victim!" -- Featuring "the girl Connie, the fixer Nifty, the fighter Bat Denver." -- Call no.: PN67281.S3A8no.14 ----------------------------------------------------- "Police Smash Waterfront Crime Gangs" 8 p. in Authentic Police Cases, no. 14 (Aug. 1951). -- Call no.: PN67281.S3A8no.14 ----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR JUNE 8, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Women Outlaws, no. 6 (May 1949) CONTENTS: "Bronco Moll, the Tigress of Oglala!" 9 p. -- "I Was the Last Woman Road Agent" 9 p. -- "The Peria Grant" 2 p. text -- "The Ghoul in Gingham!" (Belle of the Bad Lands) 10 p. -- "The History of Kansas" 1 p. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F6W6no.6 ----------------------------------------------------- Rurouni Kenshin : Voyage to the Moon World / original concept by Nobuhiro Watsuki ; written by Kaoru Shizuka ; translated by Cindy H. Yamauchi and Mark Giambruno. -- San Francisco, CA : ViZ Media, 2006. -- 196 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm. -- Includes bibliographical references and index. -- Historical adventure fiction. -- Call no.: PL875.5.H5R813 2006 Giambruno, Mark, 1957- Shizuka, Kaoru, 1958- ----------------------------------------------------- "Bronco Moll, the Tigress of Oglala!" / Dick Rockwell. 9 p. in Women Outlaws, no. 6 (May 1949). -- "Bronco Moll Malloy was the fightin'est filly in the Dakota territory. Worse than any badman, deadlier than any trigger-mad desperado, she blasted out a record of murder that rivals anything the wicked West has to offer in the way of make rottenness! With a cold-blooded ruthlessness matched only by the mankilling felines of the jungle, Bronco Moll wasn't called the Tigress of Oglala for nothing!" -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F6W6no.6 ----------------------------------------------------- "I Was the Last Woman Road Agent" 9 p. in Women Outlaws, no. 6 (May 1949). -- Begins: "When I look back on my life I seem to be someone else. It is hard to believe that I did all the things that I know are about me." -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F6W6no.6 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Peria Grant : a Western Action Story" 2 p. text in Women Outlaws, no. 6 (May 1949). -- Begins: "Sheriff Ben Higgins watched the letter he had just burned turn slowly into ashes." -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F6W6no.6 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Ghoul in Gingham!" (Belle of the Bad Lands) 10 p. in Women Outlaws, no. 6 (May 1949). -- Begins: "When the petite little lady first galloped into Cactus Corners at the head of her wagon-load full of possessions, most of the rough and tumble inhabitants of the town raised their eyebrows and wondered aloud what a pretty young girl like Belle Brander could possible plan to do in such a remote and isolated spot!" -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F6W6no.6 ----------------------------------------------------- "The History of Kansas" 1 p. in Women Outlaws, no. 6 (May 1949). -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F6W6no.6 ----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR JUNE 11, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Sweetheart Diary, no. 47 (June 1959) CONTENTS: "Prom Date!" 5 p. -- "This Thing Called Love" 1 p. -- "Shy!" 9 p. -- "Teacher Tries" 2 p. text -- "My Lovable Loudmouth" 8 p. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.47 ----------------------------------------------------- Sweetheart Diary, no. 48 (Sept. 1959) CONTENTS: "Office Friends" 5 p. -- "A Woman Scorned" 5 p. -- "Indeed!" 2 p. text -- "Love on the 8:15" 4 p. -- "The Man I Didn't Marry" 8 p. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.48 ----------------------------------------------------- Sweetheart Diary, no. 50 (Jan. 1960) CONTENTS: "Memory of Love" 7 p. -- "The Necklace" 1 p. -- "I Chose Heartache" 6 p. -- "Lovers' Quarrel" 1 p. -- "A Bargain in Love" 5 p. -- "Mood for Marriage" 2 p. text -- "The Boy Next Door" 5 p. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.50 ----------------------------------------------------- Koffi Azé / Hector Sonon. -- Cotonou, Bénin : Star Éditions, 2009. -- 26 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. -- (Collection Prémices) -- "Programme de soutien aux initiatives culturelles décentralisées (PSICD-Bénin) et de l'Union Européenne." -- Call no.: PN6790.B443 S6K6 2009 Sonon, Hector D. ----------------------------------------------------- Passou le Flouministe / Doussou Paul Kpitime. -- Cotonou, Bénin : Star Éditions, 2009. -- 28 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. -- (Collection Prémices) -- "Programme de soutien aux initiatives culturelles décentralisées (PSICD-Bénin) et de l'Union Européenne." -- Call no.: PN6790.B443 K63P3 2009 ----------------------------------------------------- Jolivi : du Coeur au Foot / Raymond-Bernard Gemy. -- Cotonou, Bénin : Star Éditions, 2009. -- 28 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. -- (Collection Prémices) -- "Programme de soutien aux initiatives culturelles décentralisées (PSICD-Bénin) et de l'Union Européenne." -- Football (soccer) setting. -- Call no.: PN6790.B443 G4J6 2009 ----------------------------------------------------- Les Aventures de Tigboli : le Prix du Mensonge / Michel G. Aïsse alias Mickey ; dirigée par Georges Bada. -- Cotonou, Bénin : Star Éditions, 2009. -- 26 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. -- (Collection Prémices) -- "Programme de soutien aux initiatives culturelles décentralisées (PSICD-Bénin) et de l'Union Européenne." -- Call no.: PN6790.B443 A4A9 2009 ----------------------------------------------------- Faoussah : la Petite Vidomègon / Hodall Béo ; dirigée par Georges Bada. -- Cotonou, Bénin : Star Éditions, 2009. -- 28 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. -- (Collection Prémices) -- "Programme de soutien aux initiatives culturelles décentralisées (PSICD, Bénin) et de l'Union Européenne." -- Call no.: PN6790.B443 B46F3 2009 ----------------------------------------------------- Les 3 Singes : Je Reviendrai-- / Constantin Adadja. -- Cotonou, Bénin : Star Éditions, 2009. -- 28 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. -- (Collection Prémices) -- "Programme de soutien aux initiatives culturelles décentralisées (PSICD-Bénin) et de l'Union Européenne." -- Call no.: PN6790.B443 A3T7 2009 ----------------------------------------------------- Broda Cargo : "Comment Je Gagne Ma Vie" / Constant Tonakpa ; dirigée par Georges Bada. -- Cotonou, Bénin : Star Éditions, 2009. -- 28 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. -- (Collection Prémices) -- "Programme de soutien aux initiatives culturelles décentralisées (PSICD, Bénin) et de l'Union Européenne." -- Call no.: PN6790.B443 T6B7 2009 ----------------------------------------------------- Les Extraterrestres Pygamous / Jo Palmer Akligo. -- Cotonou, Bénin : Star Éditions, 2009. -- 26 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. -- (Collection Prémices) -- "Programme de soutien aux initiatives culturelles décentralisées (PSICD-Bénin) et de l'Union Européenne." -- Call no.: PN6790.B443 A37E9 2009 Akligo, Jo Palmer, 1967- ----------------------------------------------------- Sex, Love, and Other Problems : Cartoons / by David Sipress. -- New York : Penguin Books USA, 1991. -- 96 p. : ill. ; 14 x 22 cm. -- "A Plume original." -- Call no.: NC1429.S495S4 1991 ----------------------------------------------------- Big Nate Out Loud / by Lincoln Peirce. -- Kansas City, MO : Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2011. -- 223 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. -- "These strips appeared in newspapers from April 2, 2007, through November 4, 2007." -- Summary (from Skyriver): Contains reprints of daily and Sunday "Big Nate" comic strips that follow the adventures of eleven-year-old Nate Wright. -- Funny kid genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.B49 O8 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- Big Nate and Friends / by Lincoln Peirce. -- Kansas City, Mo. : Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2011. -- 222 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. -- Summary (from SkyRiver): Collects sixth-grader Nate Wright's adventures with his best friends, Francis and Teddy, exchange student, Artur, and annoying teacher's pet, Gina. -- Funny kid genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.B49F7 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- Li'l Beginnings / Charles M. Schulz ; annotations and editorial commentary by Derrick Bang. -- Santa Rosa, CA : Charles M. Schulz Museum, 2004. -- 292 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. -- Collects the Li'l Folks comic strip, which was originally published from 1947-1950. -- Includes bibliographical references (p. 290) and index. -- Funny kid genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.L515B36 2004 ----------------------------------------------------- Back to the '80s / Ohman. -- New York : Simon & Schuster, 1986. -- 136 p. : ill. ; 16 x 24 cm. -- "A Fireside book." -- Foreword by Ted Koppel. -- Cover subtitle: "A deja view of the 1980s in cartoons & essays." -- Call no.: E876 .O4 1986 ----------------------------------------------------- Wreckage Begins with W : Cartoons of the Bush Administration / drawn with all due respect by Jeff Danziger ; foreword by Frank Miller. -- Hanover, N.H. : Steerforth Press, 2004. -- 308 p. : ill. ; 18 x 26 cm. -- Call no.: E903.3.D36 2004 Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- ----------------------------------------------------- Biographical Sketches of Cartoonists & Illustrators in the Swann Collection of the Library of Congress / Sara Duke ; Michael Rhode, editor. -- Arlington, Va. : ComicsDC through Lulu.com, 2012. -- 340 p. ; 23 cm. -- Includes bibliographical references. -- Call no.: NC1420.D8 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- "Prom Date!" / Vincent Colletta. 5 p. in Sweetheart Diary, no. 47 (June 1959). -- Begins: "Dear Diary: I'd never had a date with Buck Quinn, he was the big man on the Milhousecampus, the football hero who alwys won the big game! I didn't think he even knew my name until that June morning." -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.47 ----------------------------------------------------- "This Thing Called Love" 1 p. in Sweetheart Diary, no. 47 (June 1959). -- Begins: "It is said that love makes the world go 'round!" -- Panel and caption style. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.47 ----------------------------------------------------- "Shy!" / Nicholas and Trapani. 9 p. in Sweetheart Diary, no. 47 (June 1959). -- Begins: "Nothing had changed since my awkward teens! All of my encounters with boys had ended in painful humiliating failure. I wanted to change, especially since I had met David!" -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.47 ----------------------------------------------------- "Teacher Tries" 2 p. text in Sweetheart Diary, no. 47 (June 1959). -- Begins: "The blame or credit for all the varied events that take place in this story belong to Mrs. Hilda Sherman." -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.47 ----------------------------------------------------- "My Lovable Loudmouth" 8 p. in Sweetheart Diary, no. 47 (June 1959). -- Begins: "So Eve accepted his ring! He's loud-mouthed, conceited, and he thinks he's a genius as a real estate man! He'll get taken down a peg or tow one of these days!" -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.47 ----------------------------------------------------- "Office Friends" / Colletta. 5 p. in Sweetheart Diary, no. 48 (Sept. 1959). -- Begins: "All was serene in my life until the day John Pool arrived in the office! I'd had dates, of coruse, but none of them meant anything! Then Mr. Sanders asked me to show John the ropes around the office, and John asked me to show him the town1" -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.48 ----------------------------------------------------- "A Woman Scorned" / Nicholas and Trapani. 5 p. in Sweetheart Diary, no. 48 (Sept. 1959). -- Begins: "Dear Diary: I loved Guy Harrison! I hoped we would marry, but my girlfriend Evile brough me such shocking news about him!" -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.48 ----------------------------------------------------- "Indeed!" 2 p. text in Sweetheart Diary, no. 48 (Sept. 1959). -- Begins: "Jane Coverdale took a quick glance at her wrist watch." -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.48 ----------------------------------------------------- "Love on the 8:15" 4 p. in Sweetheart Diary, no. 48 (Sept. 1959). -- begins: "It was silly, of course, ridiculous! But I fell in love with Paul Williams before I'd ever spoken to the man! I first saw him on the commuter train I took every morning from the New Jersey town where we both lived." -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.48 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Man I Didn't Marry" / Colletta. 8 p. in Sweetheart Diary, no. 48 (Sept. 1959). -- Begins: "There were two men that lovely summer so long ago! I thought I knew which man was the right one for me! But then my sister, Myra, came. Myra with her flashing beauty and slender grace, and all things changed, and the present and the future that I had planned were whirled away into chaos!" -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.48 ----------------------------------------------------- "Memory of Love" 7 p. in Sweetheart Diary, no. 50 (Jan. 1960). -- Begins: "I sat in the attic with the old letter I'd found in the turnk in my hand, a letter that brought back memories of long ago!" -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.50 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Necklace" 1 p. in Sweetheart Diary, no. 50 (Jan. 1960). -- Begins: "I was in love with Don, but I concealed my feeling! For I had no idea how he felt about me!" -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.50 ----------------------------------------------------- "I Chose Heartache" 6 p. in Sweetheart Diary, no. 50 (Jan. 1960). -- Begins: "Dear Diary: Dad had warned me. He'd never violate medical ethics by telling me to stay away from Ken, but he pleaded with me not to get to serious! I sensed that he knew something about Ken that would mean sorrow for me." -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.50 ----------------------------------------------------- "Lovers' Quarrel" 1 p. in Sweetheart Diary, no. 50 (Jan. 1960). -- Begins: "I'd vowed that I'd never speak to Alan again, and all our friends knew it! So they watched us both at the college spa where we had lunch." -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.50 ----------------------------------------------------- "A Bargain in Love" 5 p. in Sweetheart Diary, no. 50 (Jan. 1960). -- Begins: "I had everything a girl might want! I was healthy, attractive and wealthy and I was in love! Yes, I was a good bargain for any man, but the one man for me was Jim! Then, in one fatal second I had nothing left but heartache and bitterness!" -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.50 ----------------------------------------------------- "Mood for Marriage" 2 p. text in Sweetheart Diary, no. 50 (Jan. 1960). -- Begins: "Norman is twenty-five years old; about five feet eight; well built; always has a friendly smile on his face; likes good music; can dance; plays tennis; and is a very considerate young man." -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.50 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Boy Next Door" 5 p. in Sweetheart Diary, no. 50 (Jan. 1960). -- Begins: "Dear Diary: I'd always known that one day we'd both grow up and get married, and we did!" -- Call no.: PN6728.1.F3S9no.50 ----------------------------------------------------- Barry M. Goldwater : Complete Life Story. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1964. -- 36 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. -- Art by Jack Sparling. -- Biographical genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.3.D4B36 1964 ----------------------------------------------------- Batman, no. 123. -- Pizza Hut, Inc., 1977. -- 32 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- (Pizza Hut Collectors' Edition ; v. 1) -- A facsimile of the comic book first published in Apr. 1959 by National Comics Publications, Inc. -- Superhero genre. -- Call no.: PN6726.P5B32 1977 ----------------------------------------------------- Spider-Man : Father's Day is Every Day. -- New York : Marvel Comics, 1997. -- 16 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Cover title: "Fatherhood." -- "Produced in cooperation with the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse." -- "This special edition sponsored by Toyota." -- Superhero genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.25.M3F33 1997 ----------------------------------------------------- And Now, You're Getting Married : a Guide for the Bride-To-Be / by Nicole Rubel. -- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1988. -- 78 p. : col. ill. ; 14 x 21 cm. -- Cover title: Getting Married. -- Call no.: PN6727.R74A7 1988 ----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR JUNE 12, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Gene Autry's Champion, no. 3 (Aug./Oct. 1951) CONTENTS: "The Gallop" (Horse Gaits) 1 p. -- "The Great Loan Robbery" (Champion) 16 p. -- "The Big Storm" (Champion) 16 p. -- "Glamor Horse" 1 p. -- Call no.: PN6728.2.D4G4no.3 ----------------------------------------------------- Gene Autry's Champion, no. 5 (Feb./Apr. 1952) CONTENTS: "The Mule in Peace and War" 1 p. -- "The Owl Ridge Owlhoots" (Champion) 12 p. -- "Champ Comes Through" (Champion) 6 p. -- "Champion at the Rodeo" (Champion) 16 p. -- Call no.: PN6728.2.D4G4no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- Gene Autry's Champion, no. 7 (Aug./Oct. 1952) CONTENTS: "Learn to Speak Blackfoot" 1 p. -- "The Ghost of Red Dog" (Champion) 18 p. -- "The Waterfall Hide-Out" (Champion) 16 p. -- Call no.: PN6728.2.D4G4no.7 ----------------------------------------------------- Gene Autry's Champion, no. 17 (Feb./Apr. 1955) CONTENTS: "Old White : War Horse in Three Armies" 1 p. -- "The Trap" (Champion) 17 p. -- "Trouble at Coyote Ridge" (Champion) 17 p. -- Call no.: PN6728.2.D4G4no.17 ----------------------------------------------------- Wo! Nemo, Toss a Lasso to Me Now! (and Other Palindromes) / by Dona Smith ; illustrated by Kimble Mead. -- New York : Scholastic Inc., 1993. -- 1 v. : ill. ; 18 cm. -- Cartoon illustrations. -- Call no.: GV1507.W8S52 1993 ----------------------------------------------------- Angel : the End / collection edited by Justin Eisinger and Alonzo Simon. -- San Diego, CA : IDW Publishing, 2011. -- 1 v. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. -- "Originally published as Angel issues #28-44 and Angel Yearbook." -- Horror genre, with vampires. -- Call no.: PN6728.A544E5 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Gallop" (Horse Gaits) 1 p. in Gene Autry's Champion, no. 3 (Aug./Oct. 1951). -- Fact feature. -- Call no.: PN6728.2.D4G4no.3 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Great Loan Robbery" (Champion) 16 p. in Gene Autry's Champion, no. 3 (Aug./Oct. 1951). -- Begins: "One morning Rebel and Champion frolic near the Flying-A Ranch." -- Rebel is a dog. -- Call no.: PN6728.2.D4G4no.3 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Big Storm" (Champion) 16 p. in Gene Autry's Champion, no. 3 (Aug./Oct. 1951). -- Begins: "Sky don't look too good, Ricky! Go in and listen to the weather report on the radio!" -- Call no.: PN6728.2.D4G4no.3 ----------------------------------------------------- "Glamor Horse" 1 p. in Gene Autry's Champion, no. 3 (Aug./Oct. 1951). -- Fact feature on the Palomino and on the Quarter Horse. -- Call no.: PN6728.2.D4G4no.3 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Mule in Peace and War" 1 p. in Gene Autry's Champion, no. 5 (Feb./Apr. 1952). -- Fact feature. -- Call no.: PN6728.2.D4G4no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Owl Ridge Owlhoots" (Champion) 12 p. in Gene Autry's Champion, no. 5 (Feb./Apr. 1952). -- Begins: "Get busy, Rebel! I'd like to fire this new rifle at least once before we head home!" -- Call no.: PN6728.2.D4G4no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- "Champ Comes Through" (Champion) 6 p. in Gene Autry's Champion, no. 5 (Feb./Apr. 1952). -- Begins: "Willie! That chestnut! It's not, it can't be Champion!" -- Call no.: PN6728.2.D4G4no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- "Champion at the Rodeo" (Champion) 16 p. in Gene Autry's Champion, no. 5 (Feb./Apr. 1952). -- Begins: "Look, Uncle Smoky! They've just announced the date for the rodeo!" -- Call no.: PN6728.2.D4G4no.5 ----------------------------------------------------- "Learn to Speak Blackfoot" 1 p. in Gene Autry's Champion, no. 7 (Aug./Oct. 1952). -- A vocabulary giving the names of ten animals in the Blackfoot language. -- Call no.: PN6728.2.D4G4no.7 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Ghost of Red Dog" (Champion) 18 p. in Gene Autry's Champion, no. 7 (Aug./Oct. 1952). -- Begins: "One night, Champion pays a call on Catamount Pike." -- Call no.: PN6728.2.D4G4no.7 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Waterfall Hide-Out" (Champion) 16 p. in Gene Autry's Champion, no. 7 (Aug./Oct. 1952). -- Begins: "Early one morning near the north quarter of the Flying-A" -- Call no.: PN6728.2.D4G4no.7 ----------------------------------------------------- "Old White : War Horse in Three Armies" 1 p. in Gene Autry's Champion, no. 17 (Feb./Apr. 1955). -- Call no.: PN6728.2.D4G4no.17 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Trap" (Champion) 17 p. in Gene Autry's Champion, no. 17 (Feb./Apr. 1955). -- Dialogue begins: "Jake! The cayuses we want are in that corral behind teh barn!" -- Call no.: PN6728.2.D4G4no.17 ----------------------------------------------------- "Trouble at Coyote Ridge" (Champion) 17 p. in Gene Autry's Champion, no. 17 (Feb./Apr. 1955). -- Begins: "And take good care of Champ!" -- Call no.: PN6728.2.D4G4no.17 ----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR JUNE 13, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Bullwinkle and Rocky. -- Derby, Conn. : Charlton Press, 1970-1971. -- col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Published no. 1 (July 1970) - no. 7 (July 1971), per Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. -- Funny animal genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 1-2 (1970). -- Call no.: PN6728.4.C47B83 ----------------------------------------------------- Burke's Law. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1964-1965. -- col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Published no. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1964) - no. 3 (Mar.-May 1965). -- Detective genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 1, 3. -- Call no.: PN6728.3.D4B85 ----------------------------------------------------- When I Was a Mall Model / by Monica Gallagher. -- Baltimore, MD : Lipstick Press, 2010. -- 26 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. -- "Ever dream of being a model? A glamorous life of fashion, travel, and general awesomeness? Yeah, I did too. Unfortunately, my experience involved blisters, unflattering thongs, wearing oversize negligees, and disappointment. When I Was A Mall Model is an autobiographical tale of trying to be a professional model as a late teen." -- Autobiographical genre. -- Call no.: PN6727.G253W47 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- Indestructible Universe Quarterly. -- Morgan Pielli, 2009- . -- ill. ; 22 cm. -- Began with no. 1 (Mar. 2009). -- Other title: I.U.Q. -- Self-published comic book. -- Alternative genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 1-2, 4-5 (2009-2010). -- Call no.: PN6728.55.P485 I5 ----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR JUNE 14, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Figure 17 : Tsubasa & Hikaru / author, Genco-Olm, original story ; illustrator, Guy Nakahira, script & comic ; translator, Kay Bertrand. -- Houston, Tex. : ADV Manga, 2004. -- ill. ; 19 cm. -- Complete in 2 vols. -- First published in 2001 by Media Works, Inc., Tokyo, Japan. -- Summary (From amazon.com via SkyRiver): "Tsubasa Shiina is a fourth grader who just moved to Hokkaido with her father. Shy Tsubasa has a hard time making new friends at school. Her father is concerned, but he's just too busy with his new job. He even shows up late on Parents' Day. One night, Tsubasa sees a strange-looking object falling from the sky. Is it a spaceship!? It falls right into the woods by her house. It turns out to be a wounded alien in a damaged spaceship. All of a sudden, a monster starts coming at Tsubasa! Tsubasa suddenly transforms into "Figure." Confused and afraid, she somehow manages to defeat the monster with her new unbelievable power. After the fight, Tsubasa sees a girl who looks just like her. The girl's name is Hikaru!" -- Fantasy genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 1-2. -- Call no.: PN6790.J33 N319F513 2004 ----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR JUNE 15, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Camp Runamuck. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1966. -- col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Published no. 1 (Apr. 1966) only. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 1. -- Call no.: PN6728.3.D4C3 REFRIBBLE ----------------------------------------------------- The Bull of the Woods / J. R. Williams. -- Ottawa, Ont. : Algrove Publishing, 2002- . -- ill. ; 19 cm. -- (Classical Reprint Series) -- Selections from the syndicated feature Out Our Way. -- Vol. 1 is a reprint of the ed. originally published: New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1944. -- About machinists and a machine shop. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 1-6 (2002-2005). -- Call no.: NC1429.W565B8 2002 ----------------------------------------------------- Sure, You Can Do It Yourself, or, Come Right In and Meet Your Friends : Three Psychiatrists, Two Couches, No Waiting / by Brickman. -- Special ed. -- New York : Arlrich Publishing Company, 1955. -- 1 v. : ill. ; 26 cm. -- Cartoons. -- Call no.: NC1763.D6B72 1955 ----------------------------------------------------- Song of the South [videorecording] / a Walt Disney production ; screenplay by Dalton Raymond, Morton Grant, Maurice Rapf ; cartoon story, William Reed, Ralph Wright, George Stallings. -- 200-? -- 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. -- (Walt Disney Classics) -- DVD release of the 1946 motion picture. -- Based on Tales from Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris. -- Do not copy. This is an unauthorized or pirated copy for limited use. -- Call no.: PN1997.5.S6 2000z ----------------------------------------------------- Classic Cowboy Cartoons / J.R. Williams. -- Almonte, Ont. : Algrove Publishing, 2004- . -- ill. ; 19 cm. -- (Classic Reprint Series) -- Selections from the syndicated feature Out Our Way. -- Western genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 1-2. -- Call no.: NC1429.W565C55 2004 ----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR JUNE 18, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Take Two / Miel, Durieux, Gihef, Savoia, Vanyda. -- Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union, 2010. -- 60 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. -- "KE-32-09-164-EN-C." -- "Julie, Viktor, Pedro and Fianne do not believe in giving up! Find out how these four individuals succeeded in picking themselves up and moving on thanks to the support they received from Europe. Inspired by true events, these four stories in comic strip format show that we can all bounce back with a little support and perseverance You could easily find yourself in their shoes! Illustrated with tact and sensitivity by Vanyda, Durieux, Savoia and Gihef and based on a text by Rudi Miel, Take Two is a comic strip published by the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities of the European Commission, on the initiative of the European Social Fund. This comic book is available in all 23 official languages of the European Union." -- Educational genre. -- Call no.: PN6748.T31513 2010 Durieux, Christian. Savoia, Sylvain. Miel, Rudi. ----------------------------------------------------- Captain Marvel. -- New York : Marvel Comics Group, 1968-1979. -- col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Published no. 1 (May 1968) - no. 62 (May 1979). -- Superhero genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 1-62. -- Call no.: PN6728.3.M3C32 COMPLETE HOLDINGS ----------------------------------------------------- The British : the National Character Observed / by Pont. -- London : Duckworth Overlook, 2011. -- 168 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. -- Cartoons. -- Call no.: DA118.P668 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- The Tide Turns : D-Day Invasion / Doug Murray, author ; cover artist, Richard Elson ; comic strip artist, Anthony Williams. -- Oxford : Osprey, 2007. -- 48 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm. -- (Osprey Graphic History ; 9) -- Includes bibliographical references and index. -- "Ship out with the greatest seaborne military invasion in history when over 150,000 Allied soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy with the mission of freeing Nazi-occupied Europe and toppling Hitler's brutal regime. Meet Lieutenant W.G. Herbert and his brave men, who risked their lives to destroy the German stronghold at Bernières and secure the vital Juno beachhead." -- Historical genre. -- Call no.: D762.N6M87 2007 Williams, Anthony, 1964- ----------------------------------------------------- Folktales of Germany / editor, Anant Pai. -- Mumbai : India Book House, 2000. -- 64 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. -- (The Tinkle Collection of World Folktales ; no. 23) -- Call no.: PN6790 .I54T50523 2000 ----------------------------------------------------- Super-Mini. -- México, D.F. : Editorial de la Parra (EDPA), . -- ill.; 78 mm. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 34 (1971). -- Call no.: PN6790.M44S753 ----------------------------------------------------- Spies in Disguise. -- Los Angeles : Tokyopop Press, 2005. -- 96 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. -- (Totally Spies! ; 1) -- "Cine-manga." -- Spy genre. -- Call no.: PN1992.77.T64S63 2005 ----------------------------------------------------- Junk Force / author, Hideki Kakinuma ; illustrator, Yusuke Ken. -- Fremont, CA : ComicsOne, 2004- . -- ill. ; 18 cm. -- "Leave the planet and don't look back!" -- Artist entered at: Tsurugi, Yusuke. -- Science fiction genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 1. -- Call no.: PN6790.J33 T733J813 2004 ----------------------------------------------------- Mordillo Golf. -- Ediciones Glénat, 1993. -- 80 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm. -- Wordless cartoons and comics about golf. -- Call no.: PN6790.A73 M58G617 1993 ----------------------------------------------------- Casper in Space. -- New York : Harvey, 1973. -- col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Published no. 6 (June 1973) - no. 8 (Oct. 1973). -- Cover title: The Friendly Ghost Casper in Space. -- Continues: Casper Space Ship. -- Funny ghost and science fiction genres. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 6-8. -- Call no.: PN6728.4.H3C38 COMPLETE HOLDINGS ----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR JUNE 19, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Casper Strange Ghost Stories. -- New York : Harvey Publications, 1974-1977. -- col. ill. ; 26 cm. --Published no. 1 (Oct. 1974) - no. 14 (Jan. 1977). -- Funny ghost genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 10-12 (1976). -- Call no.: PN6728.4.H3C4 ----------------------------------------------------- Casper the Friendly Ghost Presents Space-Age Dentistry. -- Chicago, Ill. : American Dental Association, 1972. -- 15 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm. -- Produced for the American Dental Association by Harvey Information Press, NYC. -- Funny ghost and educational genres. -- Call no.: PN6728.25.A486C3 1972 ----------------------------------------------------- A Century of Light : Thomas Alva Edison. -- NYC : Culver Publications, 1979. -- 16 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Produced as a giveaway for the Jersey Central Power & Light Company. -- Biographical genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.25.C78C4 1979 ----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR JUNE 20, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Case Closed / story and art by Gosho Aoyama. -- San Francisco, CA : Viz LLC, 2004- . -- ill. ; 19 cm. -- Detective genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 1. -- Call no.: PN6790.J33 A5C313 2004 ----------------------------------------------------- East Coast Rising / by Becky Cloonan. -- Los Angeles, CA : Tokyopop, 2006- . -- ill. ; 19 cm. -- "Manga action/Fantasy/Sci-fi." -- "When his ship is attacked by pirates, Archer is left floating adrift in a violent sea. But the young urchin is nothing if not resilient. He soon finds himself sailing with the infamous Cannonball Joe aboard La Revancha, the fastest ship on the East Coast, in search of a legendary hidden treasure." -- Adventure story genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 1. -- Call no.: PN6727.C58E2 2006 ----------------------------------------------------- eV / created by Roger Mincheff ; written by James Farr ; art by Alfa Robbi and Papillion Studio. -- Los Angeles : Tokyopop, 2008- . -- ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm. -- Summary (from SkyRiver): Ev has been strangely positioned to represent the people of Earth in an intergalactic parliament. It is to be seen how she can survive all the political intrigues of the parliament. -- Science fiction genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 1. -- Call no.: PN6727.R553E9 2008 Farr, James, 1979- ----------------------------------------------------- Der Dicke König / Ralf König. -- Köln : Egmont, 2011. -- 320 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm. -- (Ehapa Comic Collection) -- Gay men characters. -- Call no.: PN6757.K6D5 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR JUNE 21, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact, v. 17, no. 16 (Apr. 12, 1962) CONTENTS: "The Happy Heart" p. 3-8 -- "Uncle Harry's Monkey's Uncle" p. 9-14 -- "Fossils : the Zoo of the Past" p. 15-17 -- "Talking It Over with Father John" text p. 18-19 -- "The Story of Bob Cousy" (Sports Heroes) p. 20-22 -- "If There's One Thing Steeltown Takes Seriously, It's Baseball!"* (Chuck White and His Friends) p. 23-28 -- "This Godless Communism" p. 29-34 -- "Desert Island"* (Hannibal Bear) p. 35 -- Call no.: PN6728.1.P43T7v.17no.16 ----------------------------------------------------- Mordthat der Johanna Eichingerin Krammerin zu Hagen-Hill, so d 21 jul 1791 zu Abensberg mit dem Schwert hingericht wöden. -- Germany?, 1791? -- 1 sheet : ill. ; 20 cm. -- Summary: Five illustrations on one leaf depicting the murder, dismemberment, burial in the woods, and discovery of the remains by a man and his dog of the husband of Johanna Eichingerin Krammerin zu Hagen-Hill. She was convicted of her husband's murder and sentenced to die by the sword. -- Call no.: XX HV6517.M673 1791 ----------------------------------------------------- Magical JxR / Lee Sun-Young. -- Chicago, Ill. : Udon, 2007- . -- ill. ; 21 cm. -- Summary (from SkyRiver): In order to graduate from magic school, student wizards Jay and Aru must spend a year in the service of a human girl named Cho-An, whose martial arts skills do not seem to help her in the cutthroat world of high school. -- Fantasy genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 1. -- Call no.: PN6790.K63 L463M313 2007 Lee, Sun-Young. ----------------------------------------------------- "The Happy Heart" / illustrated by Dick Giordano. p. 3-8 in Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact, v. 17, no. 16 (Apr. 12, 1962). -- "His hame was Philip Neri, a kind of hermit, who would one day be canonized for his happy, yet serious, work for God in the city of Rome." -- Neri lived from 1515 to 1575. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.P43T7v.17no.16 ----------------------------------------------------- "Uncle Harry's Monkey's Uncle" / story adn illustrations by Frank Borth. p. 9-14 in Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact, v. 17, no. 16 (Apr. 12, 1962). -- Begins: "Moodyland's zoo is almost completed, and the first animal to move in is a baby gorilla!" -- To be continued. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.P43T7v.17no.16 ----------------------------------------------------- "Fossils : the Zoo of the Past" p. 15-17 in Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact, v. 17, no. 16 (Apr. 12, 1962). -- Call no.: PN6728.1.P43T7v.17no.16 ----------------------------------------------------- "Talking It Over with Father John" / John M. Scott. text p. 18-19 in Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact, v. 17, no. 16 (Apr. 12, 1962). -- Begins: "Standing in front of me like stern Roman sentries guarding the centuries were the imposing walls of the Colosseum." -- Call no.: PN6728.1.P43T7v.17no.16 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Story of Bob Cousy" (Sports Heroes) / by Bob Weber. p. 20-22 in Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact, v. 17, no. 16 (Apr. 12, 1962). -- Begins: "Bob Cousy, the leader of the Boston Celtics, is regarded as the 'greatest small man' ever to play basketball." -- Call no.: PN6728.1.P43T7v.17no.16 ----------------------------------------------------- "If There's One Thing Steeltown Takes Seriously, It's Baseball!"* (Chuck White and His Friends) / by Max Pine ; illustrated by Fran Matera. p. 23-28 in Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact, v. 17, no. 16 (Apr. 12, 1962). -- "To be continued." -- Call no.: PN6728.1.P43T7v.17no.16 ----------------------------------------------------- "This Godless Communism" p. 29-34 in Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact, v. 17, no. 16 (Apr. 12, 1962). -- Begins: "Stalin was dead. Just as after Lenin's death, a struggle erupted within the Communist Party over who would become the new tyrant. Possible winners of the struggle were numerous." -- Shows labelled portraits of: Lavrenti Beria, Georgi Malenkov, Vyacheslav Molotov, Marshall Georgi Zhukov, Nikolai Bulganin, Lazar Kaganovich,a nd Nikita Khruschchev. -- "To be continued." -- Call no.: PN6728.1.P43T7v.17no.16 ----------------------------------------------------- "Desert Island"* (Hannibal Bear) / Frank Tytus. p. 35 in Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact, v. 17, no. 16 (Apr. 12, 1962). -- Summary: Hannibal is excited to see an airplane fly over, but the plane crashes and the pilot joins him as a fellow castaway. -- Silent strip. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.P43T7v.17no.16 ----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR JUNE 22, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Thundercats, no. 18 (Dec. 1987) CONTENTS: "Pumm-Ra" (Thundercats) 22 p. -- "Meet Super-Star Warren Kremer" (Star Signals) 1 p. -- Call no.: PN6728.5.M3T48no.18 ----------------------------------------------------- Thundercats. -- New York : Marvel Comics Group, 1985- . -- col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Published no. 1 (Dec. 1985) - no. 24 (June 1988). -- (Star Comics) -- Fantasy genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 1-24. -- Call no.: PN6728.5.M3T48 CEASE RECORD ----------------------------------------------------- "Pumm-Ra" (Thundercats) / Laura Hitchcock, writer ; Ernie Colon, penciler ; Al Williamson, inker ; Rick Parker, letterer ; Petra Scotese, colorist ; based on a teleplay by Julian Gardner. 22 in Thundercats, no. 18 (Dec. 1987). -- Cover title: "A Rat in Cat's Clothing!" -- Call no.: PN6728.5.M3T48no.18 ----------------------------------------------------- "Meet Super-Star Warren Kremer" (Star Signals) 1 p. in Thundercats, no. 18 (Dec. 1987). -- Short biographical feature in Q&A format. -- Call no.: PN6728.5.M3T48no.18 ----------------------------------------------------- Mizuho & Kei's Diary / Go Zappa ; illustrations by Taraku Uon & Hiroaki Gohda ; translator Toshi Hosaka. -- Fremont, CA : ComicsOne Corp., 2003. -- 200 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. -- (Onegai Teacher) -- Summary (from SkyRiver): A full-length novel adaptation of the graphic novel series Onegai Teacher, presents the story behind 18-year old Kei and his affair with his homeroom teacher from another planet. -- Call no.: PN6790.J33H36 O53 2003 Gôda, Hiroaki. ----------------------------------------------------- Sister Red / Shizuru Hayashiya ; translator, Joanna Schug. -- Fremont, Calif. : ComicsOne, 2004. -- ill. ; 18 cm. -- Complete in 2 vols. -- Horror genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 1-2. -- Call no.: PN6790.J33 H36S513 2004 COMPLETE HOLDINGS ----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR JUNE 25, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Astonishing X-Men, no. 51 (Aug. 2012) CONTENTS: "Yes, I'll Marry You"* (X-Men) 26 p. -- Call no.: PN6728.7.M3A8no.51 ----------------------------------------------------- Dragon hunter / Hong-Seock Seo with Studio Redstone. -- Los Angeles : Tokyopop, 2003. -- ill. ; 19 cm. -- Summary (from SkyRiver): In the Kaya province, there are two ways to rise in power--by controlling dragons or by slaying them. Seur-Chong, a hunter who took the latter path, doesn't care about power. He's just in it for the money and he's quickly made a name for himself as a mercenary. Perhaps too big a name, as a rival dragon-hunting group is now out to eliminate him. -- Author entered as: So, Hong-sok. -- Fantasy genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 5. -- Call no.: PN6790.K63 S57D713 2003 So, Hong-sok, 1971- ----------------------------------------------------- More Starlight to Your Heart / Hiro Matsuba. -- Houston, TX : ADV Manga, 2004- . -- ill. ; 19 cm. -- Fantasy genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 1. -- Call no.: PN6790.J33 M328M613 2004 ----------------------------------------------------- Missile Happy! / Miki Kiritani. -- Los Angeles, Calif. : Tokyopop, 2007- . -- ill. ; 19 cm. -- Summary (from SkyRiver): Mikako is overly protective of her sister. She won't let just any man marry her sister. So on an undercover investigation of the latest bachelor in her sister's life, Mikako ends up moving in with him! -- Romance genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 2. -- Call no.: PN6790.J33 K466M513 2007 ----------------------------------------------------- Pick of the Litter / Yuriko Suda. -- Los Angeles, Calif. : Tokyopop, 2007- . -- ill. ; 19 cm. -- Summary (from SkyRiver): 15 year old Riku Fukagawa has no memories of his family. In fact, he was found wandering the streets alone five years ago with no other information other than his name. He was in an orphanage for the next few years and it was there that he decided the purpose of his life would be to help others. He's now living in a dorm at his school and is heavily involved in campus life and happy. That is, until some bizarre street vendors show up claiming that he is their lost brother. They also tell him that he was not born on this world. There is a dimensional door that can be opened to Yamato, a realm of magical beings and otherworldly creatures. The brothers decide to take Riku there to jog his memory and to help run the general store their family has managed for three generations. -- To complete in 6 vols. -- Fantasy genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 3. -- Call no.: PN6790.J33 S765P513 2007 Suda, Yuriko, 1965- ----------------------------------------------------- Tom Corbett, Space Cadet. -- New York : Dell Publishing Co., 1952-1954. -- col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Published no. 378 (Jan./Feb. 1952), no. 400, no. 421, no. 4 - no. 11 (Sept./Nov. 1954). -- The first three nos. are part of the "Four Color" series. -- Science fiction genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 378; 400; 421; 4-11. -- Call no.: PN6728.2.D4T64 COMPLETE HOLDINGS ----------------------------------------------------- "Yes, I'll Marry You"* (X-Men) / Marjorie Liu, writer ; Mike Perkins, pencils ; Perkins w/ Andrew Hennessy, inkers. 26 p. in Astonishing X-Men, no. 51 (Aug. 2012). -- Gay wedding issue. -- "Previously: Returning to New York City with his civilian boyfriend Kyle in tow, mutant speedster Northstar has barely settled in when he and his fellow X-men are assaulted by a pack of mercenaries known as the Marauders. But over the course of the battle that follows, the X-Men discover that the Marauders aren't acting of their own volition: they are under some sort of mind control. As their foes retreat, the X-Men resolve to investigate further. Rattled by the attack, Kyle questions his relationship with Northstar. Hoping to put Kyle's insecurities to rest, Northstar affirms his love for Kyle with the most significant gesture he can imagine: a marriage proposal. But Kyle, overwhelmed by the situation, declines and walks away. Distraught, Northstar departs to join his fellow X-Men in their search for the Marauders. But when he finally locates them, his is ambushed by his mind-controlled teammates, and what's worse, they have Kyle in their clutches." -- Call no.: PN6728.7.M3A8no.51 ----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR JUNE 27, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Comics and the U.S. South / edited by Brannon Costello and Qiana J. Whitted. -- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012. -- 342 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. -- Includes bibliographical references and index. -- Contents: I. The South in the national imagination. Li'l Abner, Snuffy, and friends : the Appalachian South in the American comic strip / M. Thomas Inge ; Bumbazine, blackness, and the myth of the redemptive South in Walt Kelly's Pogo / Brian Cremins ; Southern super-patriots and United States nationalism : race, region, and nation in Captain America / Brannon Costello ; "The southern thing" : Doug Marlette, identity consciousness, and the commodification of the South / Christopher Whitby ; II. Emancipation and civil rights resistance. Drawing the unspeakable : Kyle Baker's slave narrative / Conseula Francis ; "Black and white and read all over" : representing race in Mat Johnson and Warren Pleece's Incognegro, a graphic mystery / Tim Caron ; Everybody's graphic protest novel : Stuck Rubber Baby and the anxieties of racial difference / Gary Richards ; III. The horrors of the South. Of slaves and other swamp things : black southern history as comic book horror / Qiana J. Whitted ; Crooked Appalachia : the laughter of the Melungeon witches in Mike Mignola's Hellboy: The crooked man / Joseph Michael Sommers ; Meat fiction and burning western light : the South in Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's Preacher / Nicolas Labarre ; IV. Revisualizing stories, rereading images. A visitation of narratives : dialogue and comics in Randall Kenan's A visitation of spirits / Alison Mandaville ; A re-vision of the record : the demands of reading Josh Neufeld's A.D.: New Orleans after the deluge / Anthony Dyer Hoefer. -- Articles on the southern states and race in comics. -- Call no.: PN6725.C647 2012 Costello, Brannon, 1975- Whitted, Qiana J., 1974- ----------------------------------------------------- "Li'l Abner, Snuffy, and Friends : the Appalachian South in the American Comic Strip" / M. Thomas Inge. p. 3-28 in Comics and the U.S. South (Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012). -- Call no.: PN6725.C647 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- "Bumbazine, Blackness, and the Myth of the Redemptive South in Walt Kelly's Pogo" / Brian Cremins. p. 29-61 in Comics and the U.S. South (Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012). -- Call no.: PN6725.C647 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- "Southern Super-Patriots and United States Nationalism : Race, Region, and Nation in Captain America" / Brannon Costello. p. 62-88 in Comics and the U.S. South (Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012). -- Call no.: PN6725.C647 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- "'The Southern Thing' : Doug Marlette, Identity Consciousness, and the Commodification of the South" / Christopher Whitby. p. 89-110 in Comics and the U.S. South (Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012). -- Call no.: PN6725.C647 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- "Drawing the Unspeakable : Kyle Baker's Slave Narrative" / Conseula Francis. p. 113- 137 in Comics and the U.S. South (Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012). -- Article about Baker's Nat Turner. -- Call no.: PN6725.C647 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- "'Black and White and Read All Over' : Representing Race in Mat Johnson and Warren Pleece's Incognegro, a Graphic Mystery" / Tim Caron. p. 138-160 in Comics and the U.S. South (Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012). -- Call no.: PN6725.C647 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- "Everybody's Graphic Protest Novel : Stuck Rubber Baby and the Anxieties of Racial Difference" / Gary Richards. p. 161-183 in Comics and the U.S. South (Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012). -- Call no.: PN6725.C647 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- "Of Slaves and Other Swamp Things : Black Southern History as Comic Book Horror" / Qiana J. Whitted. p. 187-213 in Comics and the U.S. South (Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012). -- Call no.: PN6725.C647 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- "Crooked Appalachia : the Laughter of the Melungeon Witches in Mike Mignola's Hellboy: The Crooked Man" / Joseph Michael Sommers. p. 214-241 in Comics and the U.S. South (Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012). -- Call no.: PN6725.C647 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- "Meat Fiction and Burning Western Light : the South in Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's Preacher" / Nicolas Labarre. p. 242-265 in Comics and the U.S. South (Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012). -- Call no.: PN6725.C647 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- "A Visitation of Narratives : Dialogue and Comics in Randall Kenan's A Visitation of Spirits" / Alison Mandaville. p. 269-292 in Comics and the U.S. South (Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012). -- Call no.: PN6725.C647 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- "A Re-vision of the Record : the Demands of Reading Josh Neufeld's A.D.: New Orleans after the Deluge" / Anthony Dyer Hoefer. p. 293-323 in Comics and the U.S. South (Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012). -- Call no.: PN6725.C647 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Semi-Private, or, How to be a Soldier in Ten Easy Lessons / Sergeant Edward J. O'LEary ; illustrations by Corporal Leonard Sansone. -- New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1943. -- 63 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. -- Originally appeared in the Duckboard, a Fort Belvoir training center publication. -- Call no.: U766 .O5 1943 Sansone, Leonard, 1917-1963. ----------------------------------------------------- Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods / edited by Matthew J. Smith and Randy Duncan. -- New York : Routledge, 2011. -- 310 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. -- Contents: "Should We Discipline the Reading of Comics?" / Henry Jenkins ; "The Imaginative Appeal of Peter Kuper's The System" / David Beronä ; "Caricature and Illustration in the Crumb Family's Dirty Laundry" / Joseph Witek ; "Shape and Color as Hermeneutic Images in Asterios Polyp" / Randy Duncan ; "Unity and Discontinuity in The Invisibles" / Marc Singer ; "Visual Storytelling in Lone Wolf and Cub" / Pascal Lefèvre ; "Sequential Dynamism and Iconostasis in Abstract Comics and Steve Ditko's Amazing Spider-Man" / Andrei Molotiu ; "The Triumph of the Human Spirit in X-Men" / Jeff McLaughlin ; "Drawing on Words to Picture the Past in Safe Area Gorazde" / Amy Kiste Nyberg ; "The Pleasures of Persuasion in Captain America" / Christopher Murray ; "Manipulating Demand and The Death of Superman" / Mark Rogers ; "Commodification through Superman: Return to Krypton" / Ian Gordon ; "Editor Axel Alonso and the Sale of Ideas" / Stanford W. Carpenter ; "The Re-Visionary Works of Alan Moore" / Matthew J. Smith ; "Discovering the Story fo Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster" / Brad J. Ricca ; " Reconstructing the Superhero in All Star Superman" / Peter Coogan ; "The Construction of Race and History in Tintin in the Congo" / Leonard Rifas ; "Second-Wave Feminism in the Pages of Lois Lane" / Jennifer K. Stuller ; "Superrealist Intertextualities in Max's Bardin" / Ana Merino ; "British Girls' Comics, Readers and Memories" / Mel Gibson ; "Wearing One's Fandom" / Jeffrey A. Brown ; "The Comics Shop as Cultural Clubhouse" / Brian Swafford. -- Includes bibliographical references and index. -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "Should We Discipline the Reading of Comics?" / Henry Jenkins. p. 1-14 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Introduction to the volume. -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Imaginative Appeal of Peter Kuper's The System" / David Beronä. p. 17-26 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "Caricature and Illustration in the Crumb Family's Dirty Laundry" / Joseph Witek. p. 27-42 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "Shape and Color as Hermeneutic Images in Asterios Polyp" / Randy Duncan. p. 43-54 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "Unity and Discontinuity in The Invisibles" / Marc Singer. p. 55-70 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "Visual Storytelling in Lone Wolf and Cub" / Pascal Lefèvre. p. 71-83 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "Sequential Dynamism and Iconostasis in Abstract Comics and Steve Ditko's Amazing Spider-Man" / Andrei Molotiu. p. 84-100 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Triumph of the Human Spirit in X-Men" / Jeff McLaughlin. p. 103-115 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "Drawing on Words to Picture the Past in Safe Area Gorazde" / Amy Kiste Nyberg. p. 116-128 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Pleasures of Persuasion in Captain America" / Christopher Murray. p. 129-142 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "Manipulating Demand and The Death of Superman" / Mark Rogers. p. 145-156 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "Commodification through Superman: Return to Krypton" / Ian Gordon. p. 157-166 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "Editor Axel Alonso and the Sale of Ideas" / Stanford W. Carpenter. p. 167-177 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Re-Visionary Works of Alan Moore" / Matthew J. Smith. p. 178-188 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "Discovering the Story fo Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster" / Brad J. Ricca. p. 189-200 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "Reconstructing the Superhero in All Star Superman" / Peter Coogan. p. 203-220 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Construction of Race and History in Tintin in the Congo" / Leonard Rifas. p. 221-235 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "Second-Wave Feminism in the Pages of Lois Lane" / Jennifer K. Stuller. p. 235-251 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "Superrealist Intertextualities in Max's Bardin" / Ana Merino. p. 252-264 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "British Girls' Comics, Readers and Memories" / Mel Gibson. p. 267-279in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "Wearing One's Fandom" / Jeffrey A. Brown. p. 280-290 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Comics Shop as Cultural Clubhouse" / Brian Swafford. p. 291-302 in Critical Approaches to Comics : Theories and Methods (New York : Routledge, 2011). -- Call no.: PN6710.C75 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR JUNE 28, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels / edited by A. David Lewis and Christine Hoff Kraemer. -- New York : Continuum, 2010. -- 366 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. -- Contents: "Looking for God in the Gutter" / Douglas Rushkoff ; "The Devil's Reading : Revenge and Revelation in American Comics" / Aaron Ricker Parks ; "London (and the Mind) as Sacred-Desecrated Place in Alan Moore's From Hell" / Emily Taylor Merriman ; "Drawing Contracts : Will Eisner's Legacy" / Laurence Roth ; "Catholic American Citizenship : Prescriptions for Children from Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact (1946-1963) / Anne Blankenship ; "Gold Plates, Inked Pages : the Authority of the Graphic Novel" / G. St. John Stott ; "Comics and Religion : Theoretical Connections" / Darby Orcutt ; "Killing the Graven God : Visual Representations of the Divine in Comics" / Andrew Tripp ; "Echoes of Eternity : Hindu Reincarnation Motifs in Superhero Comic Books" / Saurav Mohapatra ; "The Christianizing of Animism in Manga and Anime: American Translations of Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Vally of the Wind" / Eriko Ogihar-Schuck ; "On Preacher, or, The Death of God in Pictures" / Mike Grimshaw ; "Superman Graveside : Superhero Salvation beyond Jesus" / A. David Lewis ; "The Apocalypse of Adolescence : Use of the Bildungsroman and Superheroic Tropes in Mark Millar and Peter Gross's Chosen" / Julia Round ; "From God Nose to God's Bosom, or How God and Jack Jackson Began Underground Comics" / Clay Kinchen Smith ; "A Hesitant Embrace : Comic Books and Evangelicals" / Kate Netzler ; "Narrative and Pictorial Dualism in Persepolis and the Emergence of Complexity" / Kerr Houston ; "Machina Ex Deus : Perennialism in Comics" / G. Willow Wilson ; "Conversion to Narrative : Magic as Religious Language in Grant Morrison's Invisibles" / Megan Goodwin ; "The Magic Circus of the Mind : Alan Moore's Promethea and the Transformation of Consciousness through Comics" / Christine Hoff Kraemer and J. Lawton Winslade ; "Religion and Artesia/Religion in Artesia" / Mark Smylie ; "Present Gods, Absent Believers in Sandman" / Emily Ronald ; "Tell-Tale Visions : the Erotic Theolgoy of Craig Thompson's Blankets" / Steve Jungheit. -- Includes bibliographical references and index. -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "Looking for God in the Gutter" / Douglas Rushkoff. p. ix-xii in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Devil's Reading : Revenge and Revelation in American Comics" / Aaron Ricker Parks. p. 15-23 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "London (and the Mind) as Sacred-Desecrated Place in Alan Moore's From Hell" / Emily Taylor Merriman. p. 24-43 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "Drawing Contracts : Will Eisner's Legacy" / Laurence Roth. p. 44-62 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "Catholic American Citizenship : Prescriptions for Children from Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact (1946-1963) / Anne Blankenship. p. 63-77 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "Gold Plates, Inked Pages : the Authority of the Graphic Novel" / G. St. John Stott. p. 78-92 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "Comics and Religion : Theoretical Connections" / Darby Orcutt. p. 93-106 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "Killing the Graven God : Visual Representations of the Divine in Comics" / Andrew Tripp. p. 107-120 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "Echoes of Eternity : Hindu Reincarnation Motifs in Superhero Comic Books" / Saurav Mohapatra. p. 121-132 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Christianizing of Animism in Manga and Anime: American Translations of Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Vally of the Wind" / Eriko Ogihar-Schuck. p. 133-146 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "On Preacher, or, The Death of God in Pictures" / Mike Grimshaw. p. 149-165 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "Superman Graveside : Superhero Salvation beyond Jesus" / A. David Lewis. p. 166-187 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Apocalypse of Adolescence : Use of the Bildungsroman and Superheroic Tropes in Mark Millar and Peter Gross's Chosen" / Julia Round. p. 188-204 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "From God Nose to God's Bosom, or How God and Jack Jackson Began Underground Comics" / Clay Kinchen Smith. p. 203-217 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "A Hesitant Embrace : Comic Books and Evangelicals" / Kate Netzler. p. 218-229 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "Narrative and Pictorial Dualism in Persepolis and the Emergence of Complexity" / Kerr Houston. p. 230-246 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "Machina Ex Deus : Perennialism in Comics" / G. Willow Wilson. p. 249-257 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "Conversion to Narrative : Magic as Religious Language in Grant Morrison's Invisibles" / Megan Goodwin. p. 258-273 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "The Magic Circus of the Mind : Alan Moore's Promethea and the Transformation of Consciousness through Comics" / Christine Hoff Kraemer and J. Lawton Winslade. p. 274-291 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "Religion and Artesia/Religion in Artesia" / Mark Smylie. p. 202-308 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "Present Gods, Absent Believers in Sandman" / Emily Ronald. p. 309-322 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- "Tell-Tale Visions : the Erotic Theolgoy of Craig Thompson's Blankets" / Steve Jungheit. p. 323-344 in Graven Images : Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (New York : Continuum, 2010). -- Call no.: PN6712.G73 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- **** NEW CATALOGING, INDEXING AND CORRECTIONS FOR JUNE 29, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Projections : Comics and the History of Twenty-First-Century Storytelling / Jared Gardner. -- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2012. -- 220 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. -- (Post 45) -- Contents: Fragments of modernity, 1889-1920 ; Serial pleasures, 1907-1938 ; Fan-addicts and the comic book, 1938-1955 ; First-person graphic, 1959-2010 ; Archives and collectors, 1990-2010 ; Coda : comics, film, and the future of twenty-first-century storytelling. -- Includes bibliographical references and index. -- Call no.: PN6725.G36 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Marvel Comics in the 1970s : an Issue-by-Issue Field Guide to a Pop Culture Phenomenon / by Pierre Comtois. -- Raleigh, N.C. : TwoMorrows Publishing, 2011. -- 223 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. -- Call no.: PN6725.C6805 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels / M. Keith Booker, editor. -- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood Press, 2010. -- 2 v. (763 p.) : ill. ; 26 cm. -- Includes bibliographical references and index. -- Contents: v.1. A-L ; v.2. M-Z ; Index. -- Summary (from SkyRiver): Focuses on English-language comics with special emphasis on the new graphic novel format that emerged in the 1970s. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 1-2. -- Call no.: PN6707.E48 2010 ----------------------------------------------------- Critical Survey of Graphic Novels : Heroes & Superheroes / editors, Bart H. Beaty, Stephen Weiner. -- Ipswich, Mass. : Salem Press, 2012. -- 2 v. (818 p.) : ill. ; 26 cm. -- Includes bibliographical references and index. -- Contents: v. 1. 100 Bullets-Lucifer ; v. 2. Madman-Y: The Last Man. -- LIBRARY HAS: v. 1-2. -- Call no.: PN6725.C753 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- Kramer's Ergot. 8 / edited by Sammy Harkham. -- Brooklyn, N.Y. : PictureBox, 2011. -- 1 v. : col. ill. ; 23 cm. -- An anthology of alternative comics. -- Contents: Overture / Robert Beatty ; Notes on camp, part 2 / Ian F. Svenonius ; Jimbo / Gary Panter ; Warm genetic house-test pattern / C.F. ; Mysteries of unexplained worlds / written by unknown, drawn by Bill Bolno and Sal Trapani, redrawn by Kevin Huizenga ; Friendship comic / Leon Sadler ; Cody / Gabrielle Bell ; Childhood predators / Frank Santoro & Dash Shaw ; Ain't it so? / Tim Hensley ; Get your ass to Mars / Takeshi Murata ; Mining colony X7170 / Johnny Ryan ; Goblins orbit the earth (I'm here! It's me!) / Leon Sadler ; Secret tourist / Chris Cilla ; Barbarian bitch / Anya Davidson ; The ultimate character 2002 / Ben Jones ; A husband and a wife / Sammy Harkham ; Epilogue / Robert Beatty ; Oh, wicked Wanda! (select excerpts) / Ron Embleton & Frederic Mullalley. -- Call no.: PN6726.K708 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- Petrograd / written by Philip Gelatt ; illustrated by Tyler Crook ; lettered by Douglas E. Sherwood ; design by Keith Wood with Tyler Crook ; edited by Jill Beaton. -- Portland, OR : Oni Press, 2011. -- 248 p. : col. ill. (red & black) ; 24 cm. -- Summary (from SkyRiver): Cleary, a reluctant British spy, finds himself assigned to the most difficult assignment of his career: orchestrate the death of Grigoi Rasputin, the mad monk who is extremely influential over the Russian royal family. To accomplish this he will have to negotiate dangerous ties with the secret police, navigate the halls of power, and tangle with dangerous radicals on the eve of the Russian Revolution. -- Spy genre. -- Call no.: PN6727.C6955P4 2011 Rasputin, Grigori Efimovich, ca. 1870-1916. -----------------------------------------------------Back to the A to Z index screen