Comics Plus Publisher Spotlight: Humanoids’ Mark Waid
LibraryPass sat down [remotely] with Humanoids’ publisher, Mark Waid, to discuss their illustrious history, the nuances of transgressive comics, and highlights of some of their newer titles, including Swine, Space Bastards, and Young Mozart.
Download our Summer Reading Guide: Animal Adventures
Stop the summer slide with our Summer Reading Guide featuring engaging Animal Adventures comics that explore the animal kingdom from a variety of unique perspectives like The Octonauts, Super Pets, Red Dog, Penguins vs. Possums, and many more.
Exploring Manga for Libraries & Schools
This brief primer will help librarians and educators get a better understanding of what manga is, its unique categories, and some key titles to consider for your collection and/or readers’ advisory recommendations.
Comics Plus Update Improves Navigation, Discoverability, Shelf Management
We’re excited to reveal Comics Plus’ updated browser UI which is now live for all customers and demo collections! Along with backend performance improvements, we’ve also made the platform easier to navigate when using a web browser, on desktop and mobile.
Free Webinar: Understanding Manga
Join us for this free webinar where our panel of experienced educators and librarians—Mike Barltrop, Jillian Ehlers, Michael Gianfrancesco, Ashley R. Hawkins, Kat Kan—will share their insights on everything you need to know about manga.
Teaching STEM/STEAM with Graphic Novels—Archive
On April 29, 2021, our panel of experienced educators—Dr. Shari Brady, Tracy Edmunds, Jim Ottaviani, C.A. Preece—shared insights on their discovery process and results from using graphic novels to teach STEAM programs. The 60-minute presentation was moderated by LibraryPass’ John Shableski.
This Summer, Let’s Read All The Comics!
If a formal summer reading program is on your agenda, or you just want fun readers’ advisory recommendations, Comics Plus’ curated list of Summer Reading Picks has fun and engaging recommendations for everyone. From readalikes for popular kids’ favorites to hot picks for more mature readers, you’ll find titles that engage and excite readers of all ages and interests.
Superheroes for Everyone
For voracious readers looking for superheroic adventures featuring new and familiar characters, Comics Plus’ Superheroes for Everyone collection includes everything from Batman and The Boys to exciting newcomers like Hajime Tsukomo, Herobear, and Lupe.
Memoir, LGBTQ, Manga Lead the Way in Digital Comics Circulation
Reinforcing our belief that there’s more to comics than Dog Man and superheroes, memoir, LGBTQ, and manga were the most engaged categories in Comics Plus, driven by popular titles like Dark Horse’s Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, and IDW’s They Called Us Enemy. Titles in those categories were checked out more than three times the average during the first quarter of 2021.
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