Mark Conner
@librarycobwebs.bsky.social
Comics librarian in Pennsylvania
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Mark Conner
@librarycobwebs.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hi there 👋
I'm a librarian who believes there's a comic out there for every reader.
I'm here to chat about what everyone's reading, collection development, and the future of libraries.
I'm a librarian who believes there's a comic out there for every reader.
I'm here to chat about what everyone's reading, collection development, and the future of libraries.
I can't get over this AI company ad I keep getting online. The audio just says "there's never been a worse time" like how nice of them to own up to it like that
October 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I can't get over this AI company ad I keep getting online. The audio just says "there's never been a worse time" like how nice of them to own up to it like that
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Library vendors claim to be our partners.
This isn't how good partners behave.
This isn't how good partners behave.
"But OverDrive CEO Steve Potash argues that AI recommendations and other technology can help promote libraries at a time when literacy is in trouble."
Clearly, Potash doesn't know or care what it is LIBRARIES actually do. AI recommendations undermine the work that library workers do.
Clearly, Potash doesn't know or care what it is LIBRARIES actually do. AI recommendations undermine the work that library workers do.
October 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Library vendors claim to be our partners.
This isn't how good partners behave.
This isn't how good partners behave.
The best comic awards!
Congratulations to everyone who has been nominated!
The 2025 Ignatz Award nominees have arrived
The 2025 Ignatz Award nominees have arrived
www.comicsbeat.com
August 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The best comic awards!
Fastest fulfillment in the west! I already got my books and they're so beautiful. Love the new dust jacket for Cloud Town and the notebook style of Friends in Stormy Weather looks great. Thanks! @studiobeancan.bsky.social
I've been a huge fan of @studiobeancan.bsky.social since the days I would find copies of their Free Money series around Pittsburgh so I'm very excited for Cloud Town: Friends in Stormy Weather www.kickstarter.com/projects/stu...
Cloud Town: Friends in Stormy Weather
"Bubbly yet dangerous." A teen drama in a world of monsters and mad scientists!
www.kickstarter.com
June 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Fastest fulfillment in the west! I already got my books and they're so beautiful. Love the new dust jacket for Cloud Town and the notebook style of Friends in Stormy Weather looks great. Thanks! @studiobeancan.bsky.social
I was thinking about this too with all the recent Fantagraphics Marvel stuff. Like I get archival projects are their thing, but it still seems weird. Do you think it's about branding or capacity or something else?
May 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I was thinking about this too with all the recent Fantagraphics Marvel stuff. Like I get archival projects are their thing, but it still seems weird. Do you think it's about branding or capacity or something else?
I guess it was @scottmccloud.bsky.social Day for me at the comic shop today!
May 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I guess it was @scottmccloud.bsky.social Day for me at the comic shop today!
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I think seeing Kirby’s collages in person was my favorite part.
May 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I think seeing Kirby’s collages in person was my favorite part.
Yes all the time! (But I'm also the librarian who buys them for my library so 🤷)
May 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Yes all the time! (But I'm also the librarian who buys them for my library so 🤷)
It would mean a great deal if you could share this information about the importance of the SNAP-Ed program which is facing elimination from the federal budget.
#SNAPEdWorks
#SNAPEdWorks
May 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It would mean a great deal if you could share this information about the importance of the SNAP-Ed program which is facing elimination from the federal budget.
#SNAPEdWorks
#SNAPEdWorks
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THE POPE'S MOM WAS A LIBRARIAN
May 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
THE POPE'S MOM WAS A LIBRARIAN
If they ever can't get David Bradley to play the first Doctor, I feel like this guy would be a great pick
May 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If they ever can't get David Bradley to play the first Doctor, I feel like this guy would be a great pick
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lol I will say that one way you can help me specifically and concretely is by buying a copy of Year of the Ring in North America if you haven't already: www.polygon.com/24156672/pol...
We wrote a huge book about Lord of the Rings, out now!
Love The Lord of the Rings? Then you’ll love this book!
www.polygon.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
lol I will say that one way you can help me specifically and concretely is by buying a copy of Year of the Ring in North America if you haven't already: www.polygon.com/24156672/pol...
I've been a huge fan of @studiobeancan.bsky.social since the days I would find copies of their Free Money series around Pittsburgh so I'm very excited for Cloud Town: Friends in Stormy Weather www.kickstarter.com/projects/stu...
Cloud Town: Friends in Stormy Weather
"Bubbly yet dangerous." A teen drama in a world of monsters and mad scientists!
www.kickstarter.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I've been a huge fan of @studiobeancan.bsky.social since the days I would find copies of their Free Money series around Pittsburgh so I'm very excited for Cloud Town: Friends in Stormy Weather www.kickstarter.com/projects/stu...
I don't know if this is on their website anywhere but the @comicsbeat.bsky.social newsletter always has a list
April 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I don't know if this is on their website anywhere but the @comicsbeat.bsky.social newsletter always has a list
I just started Fred Fordham's adaptation of A Wizard of Earthsea and it's really wonderful so far but sometimes I wish glossy bright white paper was not the standard for color graphic novels. I find the contrast between the heavily textured art and the white page distracting
April 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I just started Fred Fordham's adaptation of A Wizard of Earthsea and it's really wonderful so far but sometimes I wish glossy bright white paper was not the standard for color graphic novels. I find the contrast between the heavily textured art and the white page distracting
Finished reading this this morning and really enjoyed it! I totally get the Hellboy/Redwall comp I've seen in the marketing but to me it felt like British Usagi Yojimbo. A funny animal comic that also beautifully captures a particular historical/cultural moment
Out now from @DarkHorseComics William of Newbury "This deserves a place on every fantasy reader’s shelf."- @publisherswkly - based on the true writings of an #medieval monk come for the spooky fun #Fantasy #comics #comicbooks ordering links in bio
April 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Finished reading this this morning and really enjoyed it! I totally get the Hellboy/Redwall comp I've seen in the marketing but to me it felt like British Usagi Yojimbo. A funny animal comic that also beautifully captures a particular historical/cultural moment
I need some publisher to bring the W.I.T.C.H. graphic novels back into print before my library's copies completely fall apart
April 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I need some publisher to bring the W.I.T.C.H. graphic novels back into print before my library's copies completely fall apart
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How much money did the Russos get for the next 2 Avengers movies? Oh, yeah, $80 million. RDJ even more. But they have nothing for one of their great writers. All Peter David has is me and you. gofund.me/59445afa
Donate to Help Peter David, organized by Graham Murphy
Hi, friends. I'm restarting a fundraiser for Peter David and his family. Peter's health issues continue… Graham Murphy needs your support for Help Peter David
gofund.me
March 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
How much money did the Russos get for the next 2 Avengers movies? Oh, yeah, $80 million. RDJ even more. But they have nothing for one of their great writers. All Peter David has is me and you. gofund.me/59445afa
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The dismantling of IMLS will have major impacts on the library services provided to students in schools and patrons who access their public libraries
If you value your library, you must speak out & contact congress
If you value your library, you must speak out & contact congress
Do you value your library?
Trump just ordered the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the key source of federal support for libraries.
Libraries are vital social infrastructure, the foundations of an open, democratic society. Gutting them means gutting our own communities.
Trump just ordered the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the key source of federal support for libraries.
Libraries are vital social infrastructure, the foundations of an open, democratic society. Gutting them means gutting our own communities.
Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent
The order targeting the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, appeared to test the bounds of the president’s power.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The dismantling of IMLS will have major impacts on the library services provided to students in schools and patrons who access their public libraries
If you value your library, you must speak out & contact congress
If you value your library, you must speak out & contact congress
Reader me really likes the paperback of Paranoid Gardens because it reminds me of the cut out on this Star Wars paperback.
Librarian me knows it's going to get destroyed SO quickly.
Librarian me knows it's going to get destroyed SO quickly.
March 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Reader me really likes the paperback of Paranoid Gardens because it reminds me of the cut out on this Star Wars paperback.
Librarian me knows it's going to get destroyed SO quickly.
Librarian me knows it's going to get destroyed SO quickly.
Once you start looking, her work is everywhere and she absolutely deserves the recognition of being entered into the Hall of Fame!
March 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Once you start looking, her work is everywhere and she absolutely deserves the recognition of being entered into the Hall of Fame!
But she is also an amazing connection to the golden age of comics working as an assistant to artists like Hal Foster and Tex Blaisdell. She wrote an incredible tribute to this era with her revival of Joe Kubert's Viking Prince.
March 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
But she is also an amazing connection to the golden age of comics working as an assistant to artists like Hal Foster and Tex Blaisdell. She wrote an incredible tribute to this era with her revival of Joe Kubert's Viking Prince.
It was only later that I would learn about her influential and groundbreaking work with Wimmens Comix, Gay Comix, and Pudge. Pushing the envelope with what could be done in comics right along with Trina Robbins, R. Crumb, etc.
March 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It was only later that I would learn about her influential and groundbreaking work with Wimmens Comix, Gay Comix, and Pudge. Pushing the envelope with what could be done in comics right along with Trina Robbins, R. Crumb, etc.