For avid sci-fi enthusiasts or those looking to explore new frontiers, our Galaxies Near and Far, Far Away collection offers a wide range of well-known franchises like Star Wars, Star Trek, Halo, and The Incal, alongside newer stories waiting to be discovered. The five titles highlighted this month ask readers to untether themselves from reality and delve into a galaxy of fantastical adventures.
Many Western cultures celebrate love every February—even though the true origins of Valentine’s Day are murky—but romance is one of the most popular genres in every medium, and its fans know that Happily Ever Afters can be celebrated all year. Our “Love is in the Air” collection will satisfy your most avid readers looking for romantic stories, while offering great recommendations for new readers—whether they’re looking for True Romance or variations on the classic love story. Try not to swoon over these age-appropriate titles for the lovers and dreamers in all of us!
LibraryPass welcomes ABDO, AWA, Frederator, Graphic Mundi, and Scout Comics to Comics Plus, offering schools and libraries unlimited simultaneous access to a diverse selection of comics, graphic novels, and manga.
Manga is an incredibly diverse medium and there are a lot of opportunities to get lost in the weeds as you begin, or refine, your collection development strategy to incorporate it. Worse, you might deprive your readers of serendipitous discovery by only focusing on the most popular titles they already know about.
2021 was a great year for Comics Plus, which is now available exclusively through 1,600+ schools and libraries in 41 states and Puerto Rico, as well as several foreign countries, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Spain, UK, and Vietnam.
We periodically review and occasionally update age ratings on specific titles and series to ensure they align with our age-appropriate guidelines, and those guidelines are regularly reviewed to ensure they align with our dual mission to to provide unlimited access to a broad range of content while enabling our customers to confidently offer Comics Plus to their students and patrons.
Juni Ba (Djeliya), Svetlana Chmakova (Awkward, The Weirn Books, Dramacon), and Joseph Illidge (MPLS Sound, Heavy Metal), share insights on their work, the unique power of comics and manga, and the important role libraries play in developing and nurturing new readers.
Library Journal, the premiere publication for librarians and information specialists in public and academic libraries, reviewed Comics Plus in their October 2021 issue and gave it a positive review!
While some may find the upcoming holiday season familiar and approaching normal, others may be adapting to changing family dynamics, forging new bonds, and embracing new customs. Whatever old traditions we partake in or new ones we create, our All in the Family list celebrates the good, bad, and everything in between that comes with the notion of family ties.
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