Web of Spider-Man # 70
Caitlin ArndtPratt SILS
27 April 2010
• Over the past 20 years, comics have gained recognition as valuable cultural artifacts.
• How do we, as Information Professionals, deal with the ultimate in low-culture, high-maintenance materials?
• Comics are not made to last.
• Little consistency among titles, series and creators
• Single Issues, Trade Paperbacks, Digital Comics…
ALA Graphics: Batgirl Poster
Projects to watch out for:Marvel Digital
Comics
What can Marvel do?
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Library!C.Arndt 2010
• Outdated• Lacks useful
information for catalogers
• Lots of redundancy
Created by: Dean Clayton & Peter Luzifer
Frank CastiglioneFrank CastleCharles Fort
Francias StrongholdJohnny TowerBig NothingMr. Smith
Frank RookAnd that’s just mainstream continuity!
Culling data from an inexhaustible resource…
…The Comic-Book Geeks!
(via The New Oxford American Dictionary)
“A person with an eccentric devotion to a particular interest”
All Images from Marvel Database Project unless otherwise noted.