Crash Course in Graphic Novels Webinar Chat Transcript page 1 1:43 PM Please send chats to All Participants 1:45 PM Hi everyone! I'm Elizabeth from the Community Library in Salem, WI. I just finished This Place: 150 Years Retold, and am currently making my way through KJ Charles' books. 1:45 PM I'm from southern California, reading I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (manga). 1:45 PM Hi all, I'm Raya from Columbus, MT . I am reading The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben. 1:45 PM Hello from Pennsylvania! I just finished The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz (not a graphic novel) and I LOVE the Raina Telgemeier books! 1:47 PM Hello, all. I'm Erin from Washington, IL. Love all types of reading materials, including graphic novels. currently reading Stealing Home by Sherryl Woods since I already watched Sweet Magnolias on Netflix. 1:47 PM Hi, I'm David Elliott from La Habra, California and am currently reading Swipe Right for Murder by Derek Milman. 1:48 PM I am a school librarian/elementary educator... I would like to know more about the genre... I'm here in Concord, NH 1:49 PM Hi! I'm Dana. I'm starting my first year as a middle school librarian this fall. I am currently reading "The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. 1:49 PM I teach a GN, Comics, Anime course at USM SLIS most falls. Most recent book read Becoming Unbecoming 1:49 PM Hi! Linda Quinn from Fairfield Public Library, CT. Listening to The End of October by Lawrence Wright 1:50 PM Hi, I'm Stacey from Augusta, WI. I enjoy reading historical fiction. I help out with teen programming and I know nothing about graphic novels, manga, anime, etc. 1:50 PM Hi, I'm Laura and I am an adult services librarian with Harris County here in Houston! I am currently reading Murder on Cold Street by Sherry Thomas! 1:50 PM HI I'm Camille from Great Neck Library and I just reread Where the Crawdads Sing for a virtual June book club at Freeport Memeorial Library 1:50 PM Hello, I am Madison from Virginia Beach Public Library. I am looking forward to reading Redbone & Umma's Table. 1:50 PM Hi Laura :) 1:51 PM Hello, I'm Desire'e Thomas from Columbia, SC. The last thing I read that was not school work was Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko Kui and I just finished watching Investiture of the Gods. Crash Course in Graphic Novels Webinar Chat Transcript page 2 1:51 PM Good afternoon everyone. I am a high school Library Media Specialist in Dallas ISD. I have a good-sized group of students who are into graphic novels. I am always looking for more series, titiles, etc. to add to our collection. 1:51 PM Hi, Karen from the North Castle Public Library in Westchester, NY. Looking forward to today's presentation as graphic novels are not really my thing. Hoping I can be convinced to convert! 1:51 PM Hi, I'm Kelli. I just finished my first year of Library science at McGill. I am currently reading Greta and the glass kingdom by Chloe Jacobs 1:51 PM HI, I'm Shayla from Charleston, SC! Right now I'm reading Star Wars: Master and Apprentice by Claudia Gray. 1:51 PM Hi, I'm Kris from Ames, IA. I just finished my first year as an elementary technology teacher librarian and I just finished reading New Kid by Jerry Craft. 1:51 PM Hello! I'm Stephanie from the Meriden Public Library (CT). I just finished Check Please and loved it! I am currently reading The Poet X 1:51 PM I'm Alison from Timberland Regional Library in WA and the last graphic novel I read was Nancy Drew: The Palace of Wisdom. 1:52 PM hi from Tacoma, Washington. I'm listening to "How to be heard" for work & the paranormal dating agency series for fun. I've been bing watching Good Witch. 1:52 PM Hi! I'm Lizzie from Burke County, North Carolina. Currently reading Felix Every After :) 1:52 PM Hello. I'm Nicole from Columbus, MS. Right now I'm reading Terry McMillan's "It's Not All Downhill From Here". I've been reading her since the 90s (Did I just tell my age?? :) 1:52 PM Hello. I'm Michele from New Hampshire. At the Circ desk I often help with Reader's Advisory and am look forward to learning more. 1:52 PM Hi everyone, I am Louise from the Waltham Public Library. I am very excited to learn more about graphic novels. Thank you for offering this. 1:52 PM Hi, I'm Loren Hinton, a youth programming specialist at the Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma City. I do RA for our online RA program. Currently reading books about RA because I'm taking a class this summer. The last graphic novel I read was the Goldie Vance series. 1:53 PM I'm from Charlotte and not with public library. Just retired and looking for new things to read. 1:53 PM I am a library assistant at Burlington County Library System in NJ. Crash Course in Graphic Novels Webinar Chat Transcript page 3 1:54 PM Hello! I'm Matthew Galloway and I work in collection development for Anythink Libraries in Colorado. I'm currently reading Code Name Helene and am absolutely in love with the voice of the story evne though I don't usually go for World War historical novels. 1:54 PM Hi Matthew! 1:54 PM Phil welcome! How did you find out about this webinar? Happy to have you join us! 1:54 PM Happy to hear you're enjoying Code Name Helene, Matthew :) 1:54 PM I am a correctional librarian with very little knowledge of graphic novels 1:54 PM Hi! I'm the collection development library for the Pasco County Library System in central FL. I'm reading America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo 1:54 PM Hello Everyone, 1:54 PM Is the volume on? I don't hear anything 1:55 PM Hi, I'm Jordan Walker-Reyes from Lexington, SC. I am an ESOL teacher and ELA co-teacher in middle school. Our kids love graphic novels, and I am here to learn more about them. I read the Voces Sin Fronteras: Our Stories, Our Truth collection of graphic memoirs. I am currently reading Hey Kiddo and The City of Ember. 1:55 PM Hello from New Hampshire! 1:55 PM I'm an evaluator at OC Public Libraries in Orange County, CA. I help select graphic novels for our system. 1:55 PM I received email from library with invitation. 1:55 PM Shirley from Pelion SC and reading Alastair Reynolds Bone Silence from the Revenger Series. 1:55 PM Greetings all. Adult Services Librarian here from North Carolina 1:55 PM Hello! I am DeNeene from Dallas. I am working my way through the mythology of a few ancient cultures and enjoy drawing parallels to comic book heroes. Next, I am interested in the relationship of those characters to those of classic video games. 1:55 PM I work in the Children's Department in the Kansas City Kansas Public Library. I am in charge of the YA and Graphic Novels sections in our department. I just read Drew and Jot: Dueling Doddles by Art Baltazar. It is such a fun graphic novel full of whimisical, colorful drawings! 1:55 PM Here from Grapevine, TX. Currently trying to catch up on Saga. 1:55 PM Hi everyone. My name is Kirsten Wilkes and I am a library technician at Halton District School Board in Burlington, Ontario Canada Crash Course in Graphic Novels Webinar Chat Transcript page 4 1:55 PM I'm currently reading the graphic novel This One Summer 1:55 PM Hello everyone! I am an elementary librarian in Dallas ISD. 1:55 PM Looking forward to learning about graphic novels! 1:55 PM I forgot to mention that my first full-fledge graphic novel was by Marissa Meyer called Wires and Nerves. It was a little difficult for me to get through since I've pretty much just read "words only" novels 1:55 PM I'm Paige and a librarian with the San Diego County Library! Pleasure to be here! 1:55 PM Hello! I'm Stacy Hirschhorn, a Library Assistant with Aurora Public Library out in Colorado! I am currently reading Fun Home by Alison Bechdel 1:56 PM Hello from New Jersey! 1:56 PM Christy from Dallas, HS librarian. I am currently reading the prequal for Hunger Games 1:56 PM Hi from Kentucky! 1:56 PM Hi, Dan Johnson from Salem Public Library in Oregon. Currently reading Bitter Root 1:56 PM Hi I amtuning in from Newfoundland. I hope to get some good iinfo on graphic novels today!! :) 1:56 PM I'm from New Tecumseth Public Library in Ontario Canada, and am currently reading Blue Skies Tomorrow by Sarah Sundin. 1:56 PM From Ontario, Canada? Anyone else from up North heh? 1:56 PM Lesa Holstine, Manager, Collections & Tech Services at Evansville Vanderburgh PL, Evansville, IN. Reading a mystery published in 1913, a British Library Crime Classic - Castle Skull by John Dickson Carr. 1:56 PM I'm Katie from Denver Public Library, currently reading V for Vendetta 1:56 PM I just read Drew and Jot too @Liz King! 1:56 PM Hello from Michigan! 1:56 PM Sean from Shelton, WA.