Teens Blog
Graphic novel and comics fans, take notice! On Thursday, October 18th, veteran comics artist Kazu Kibuishi, author and illustrator of Amulet, Copper, Daisy Kutter and the Flight series, joins us for a live video chat at Central. If you're a fan of Kazu's work, you won't want to miss this unique look at his creative process! The Skype session will include a virtual "tour" of his studio, a drawing demonstration, a look at what
he's currently working on, and lots of time for questions. We'll also be randomly drawing giveaways of free books and posters, so be sure to come early!
OK …you’re back to school and your break is over. Now it’s time to focus on all the winter fun that is ahead! Where you say? At the KPL Teen Services of course! Come on down and see our, I mean, YOUR new space. It is colorful and bright with twelve windows and even a door!
Some of you got the memo, it was on and popping in Teens this afternoon. If you haven’t been down to check us out then “make your way downtown” to the library.
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/teens/If you missed the last Cartooning with Kenjji program at Oshtemo, don't sweat it: we've got a great series of videos showing Kenjji doing what he does best! Check it out:
If you're having trouble with this video, the whole playlist can be accessed on YouTube.
Hey, J-Pop fans! We need more ideas about what kinds of things you like to read and watch. Take a few minutes with this short survey and let us know what you want to see at the library!
UPDATED: Based on the number of votes, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood narrowly beat Akira for the next J-Pop viewing! But fear not- we have tons of anime to watch so we'll definitely get to your favorites.
Calling all comics fans: Teen Services invites you to join us as we welcome back author and illustrator Mark Crilley! Mark will be talking about all of his books for tweens and teens, including the acclaimed Akikographic novels for tweens and the manga series Miki Falls for teens, which was recently chosen by Brad Pitt's film company to be made into a major feature film. The Comics Buyers Guide also called Miki Falls “a brilliant new series by one of comicdom’s best storytellers.” The series was awarded a spot on the Young Adult Library Services Association’s Great Graphic Novels for Teens list in 2007, and Akiko has been nominated for the Will Eisner Award over a dozen times since 1995! Come listen to Mark as he tells behind-the-scenes stories from his experiences as a writer and illustrator, provides tips for aspiring writers and artists in the audience, and shares information about writing and storytelling.
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For more information about Mark and a look at his work, check out his website or his page at DeviantArt.
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Fellow graphic novel fans, let us all rejoice in the latest news of Scott Pilgrim! What's that? You don't know about Scott Pilgrim? Why, it's only the single most awesome graphic novel series of the past whatever years! At once hilarious and touching, the award-winning Scott Pilgrim series combines comedy, romance, science fiction, martial arts, manga, video games, skateboarding and rock music into a graphic novel so amazing, mere description simply does not do it justice- but I'll do my best:
Scott Pilgrim (20-something slacker and bass player for the band Sex Bob-omb) is unemployed and living in Toronto when he quite literally meets the girl of his dreams. Scott's been dreaming about rollerblade-wearing Amazon delivery girl Ramona Flowers ever since she started using his head as a trans-dimensional gateway to make her deliveries on time, and when they finally meet at a party it seems everything's looking up for ol' Scott. But not so fast! Ramona has seven evil ex-boyfriends and they're all coming to kill Scott, so in order to keep himself and his relationship with Ramona he'll have to defeat all of them in hand-to-hand combat. In short, just your average Canadian-slacker-bass-playing-boy-meets-rollerblading-girl-of-his-dreams-and-must-then-defeat-her-seven-evil-ex-boyfriends-who-are-coming-to-kill-him kind of story.
Two days ago, series creator Brian Lee O'Malley released the completely astounding cover art to the long-awaited sixth (and final) volume in the series, Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour! I've posted a small version of the cover here, but you can download a bigger version for your computer or phone at Brian's official site. Now, as if that wasn't enough, some marketing genius saw fit to post the trailer to the upcoming film adaptation Scott Pilgrim vs. The World this morning! The movie, directed by Edgar Wright(who also directed Shawn of the Dead and Hot Fuzz so you know it'll be great), will be released here in the US on August 13. If you've read the series, you'll recognize just how awesomely awesome this trailer is. Check it out!
Updated: Due to the library closing on Thursday because of hazardous weather conditions, Mark's visit had to be canceled and will be rescheduled for the spring. Please check back on this page for further information!
Calling all comics fans: Teen Services invites you to join us as we welcome back author and illustrator Mark Crilley! Mark will be talking about all of his books for tweens and teens, including the acclaimed Akikographic novels for tweens and the manga series Miki Falls for teens, which was recently chosen by Brad Pitt's film company to be made into a major feature film. The Comics Buyers Guide also called Miki Falls "a brilliant new series by one of comicdom's best storytellers." The series was awarded a spot on the Young Adult Library Services Association’s Great Graphic Novels for Teens list in 2007, and Akiko has been nominated for the Will Eisner Award over a dozen times since 1995! Come listen to Mark as he tells behind-the-scenes stories from his experiences as a writer and illustrator, provides tips for aspiring writers and artists in the audience, and shares information about writing and storytelling.
For more information about Mark and a look at his work, check out his website or his page at DeviantArt.
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Mark Crilley
markCrilley
http://www.kpl.gov/teens/events/mark-crilley.aspx
With all the hoopla over vampires (i.e. Twilight) lately, you'd think that people were starting to forget all about the other major threat to our existence- I'm talking, of course, about zombies here. Fortunately there's several quality graphic novel series that help underscore just how serious the zombie menace is. I'll be looking at two very different titles in this post: The Walking Dead series, and Eric Powell's Eisner Award-winning slapstick gore-fest The Goon. (A word of warning: readers with an existential fear of returning from the grave with an unnatural hunger for brains should skip down to Karen’s excellent post on Francisco X. Stork’s Marcelo in the Real World.)
The Walking Dead is the most straightforward, classic us-versus-zombies title of the bunch. While it owes a huge debt to George Romero’s Living Dead films, it goes much further in it’s depiction of what the long-term effects of a total zombie takeover might be like on society. Fighting off hordes of the undead is one thing, but things really get nasty when different factions of the human survivors begin turning on one another for control of the few remaining resources. Due to a totally unflinching and ultra-graphic depiction of life after the zombie apocalypse, The Walking Dead is not recommended for the squeamish.
The Goon, on the other hand, takes the classic zombie menace theme, bolts on a cast of hard-boiled gangsters, werewolves, Spanish-speaking mutant lizard-men and other assorted bizarre characters; adds a dash of 1950’s science-fiction; and sets the whole mess in an unidentified Prohibition-era port city. It’s a formula that just shouldn't work, but yet totally does. The Goon is a musclebound mob enforcer who happens to live in a city infested with zombies(the zombies have their own section of town on the wrong side of tracks). With his sidekick Franky (a short, skinny loudmouth whose favorite fighting technique is called “Knife to the Eye”, for good reason), The Goon protects his city against the forces of the Nameless Zombie Priest by any means necessary, which usually involves lots of Warner Brothers-style violence and destruction.
The Goon is also not recommended for the easily-offended, due not only to the typical zombie blood and guts, but also some crude humor. Fans of Sin City, MAD Magazine, or Hellboy will love it. As an extra bonus, Goon creator Eric Powell is working on a big-screen animated version, due out sometime in 2010.
Remember, kids: Vampires come and go, but zombies are forever… or at least until someone removes their heads.