#OwnVoices and Small Press Comics Reader’s Advisory Hello! Presenters: Amanda Hua, Children’s Librarian, The Seattle Public Library Nathalie Gelms, Youth Services Librarian, Sno-Isle Libraries Aydin Kwan, Assistant Manager, Outsider Comics and Geek Boutique 2 Let’s Meet Your Neighbors! Exquisite Corpse The Rules: • Teams of four, please. • Fold the paper in half twice to make four long rectangles. • Every team should have a clipboard, paper, and • First person draw a head and neck. pencils. • Second person draw a torso. • We will draw a body in • Third person draw legs. teams without seeing • Fourth person draw feet and ground. what the other person drew. 3 4 Up next: • #OwnVoices Definition and History • Comic Book Publishing • Resources for finding #OwnVoices and Small Press comics • Our favorite comics • Your favorite comics! 5 “This is saying our generation will never matter. But we have to matter. If we don’t, there is no future worth saving.” – Ms. Marvel #10, Civil War Vol. 2 6 #OwnVoices: A History Author Corinne Duyvis created the # on twitter “to recommend kidlit about diverse characters written by authors from that same diverse group,” (Duyvis, 2015). http://www.corinneduyvis.net/ownvoices/ 7 Comic Book Publishing × Major publishers and our big vendors often determine selection for libraries. × To make sure our collections are representative of all of our patrons, however, we need to explore other options. 8 What is small press? —Spike Trotman, Iron Circus Comics 9 #OwnVoices Publishers at a glance Small Press Small-ish Press Mid-Size Press • Ascend Comics • Avery Hill • BOOM! Studios • Beyond Press Publishing • First Second • Iron Circus Comics • Black Mask Studios • Oni Press • Native Realities • Lion Forge • Northwest Press • Retrofit Comics • Power & Magic Press • Silver Sprocket • YouNeek Studios • Youth in Decline 10 Even Smaller Press – Zines! 11 Select Resources Booklists, publishers, conventions, and more! 12 Online Booklists Aydin’s Selection List Mychal’s #OwnVoices From her directed Book List fieldwork on From his blog post on the representation in library Seattle Public Library’s graphic novel collections ‘Shelf Talk’ blog. for her MLIS at the University of Washington. 13 Aydin’s “Queer Comics Database” 14 PNW Comic and Fan Conventions • Emerald City • Atomic Comic • KuroNekoCon Comic Con Con (Tacoma • SpoCon Public Library) • Rose City • Lilac City Comic Con • Sakura Con Comicon • GeekGirlCon • NorWes Con • Central City • PAX • ACE Comic Comic Con • Short Run Con 15 You local comic book or Indie bookstore! Seattle/Tacoma Yakima Area Spokane Outsider Comics and Geek Boutique Central City Auntie’s Bookstore Comics and Phoenix Comics Collectibles The Comic Book and Collectibles Shop Inklings Atomic Comics Merlyn's Comics and Games Stargazer Comics www.comicshoplocator.com 16 Emerald Comics Distro [email protected] 17 #OwnVoices and Small Press Comics Our Favorites! 18 Nathalie’s Faves 19 Aydin’s Faves 20 Amanda’s Faves 21 Now it’s your turn! 22 Thank you to Jill and Margrith at Outsider Comics & Geek Boutique in Seattle for your time and knowledge! 23 Thank you to my SPL co-worker, Mychal Ludwig, for the Shelf Talk blog post and Bibliocommons list. 24 Other Resources to Check Out • Comic Book Legal Defense Fund • Small Press Previews • Comixology, Indie Comics • Women Write About Comics • The Comics Journal • Autostraddle: Drawn to Comics • Queer Comics Database • ALA Graphic Novel and Comics Round Table • Zine Archive and Publishing Project (ZAPP) now at the Seattle Public Library • Email [email protected] to access the collection 25 THAT’S ALL FOLKS! You can find us at … Amanda Hua; [email protected] Nathalie Gelms; [email protected] Aydin Kwan; [email protected] 26.