Ooo-la-la,

It’s that time of the week again, letting you know the latest titles in our web-only, freely-accessible Xpress Reviews section! I’m stoked.

Xpress Reviews for Week of Nov. 14, 2006

NONFICTION
Ayers, Jeff. Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek® Fiction Companion. Pocket: S. & S.

Callahan, Gerald N. Infection: The Uninvited Universe. St. Martin’s.
Gualde, Norbert. Resistance: The Human Struggle Against Infection. Dana, dist. by Univ. of Chicago. [composite review]

Ehrenreich, Barbara. Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy. Metropolitan: Holt.

Plisson, Philip (photogs.) & Christian Buchet (text). The Eternal Sea. Abrams.

Riverbend. Baghdad Burning II: More Girl Blog from Iraq. Feminist Pr., dist. by Consortium.

Tanner, Lee. The Jazz Image: Masters of Jazz Photography. Abrams.

GRAPHIC NOVELS
Balce, Nicc. Random Encounter. Vol. 1. Viper Comics. (GN)

Bendis, Brian Michael (text) & others (illus.). Ultimate Marvel Team-Up: Ultimate Collection. Marvel. (GN)

Claremont, Chris & Tony Bedard (text) & Chris Bachalo & Roger Cruz (illus.). Uncanny X-Men—The New Age. Vol. 5: First Forsaken. Marvel. (GN)

David, Peter (text) & Mike Wieringo & Roger Cruz (illus.). Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Vol. 1: Derailed. Marvel. (GN)

Dysart, Joshua (text) & Sal Velluto & others (illus.). Captain Gravity and the Power of the Vril. Penny Farthing. (GN)

Frampton, Otis. Oddly Normal. Vol. 1. Viper Comics. (GN)

Gray, Justin & Jimmy Palmiotti (text) & Khari Evans (illus.). Daughters of the Dragon: Samurai Bullets. Marvel. (GN)

Gray, Justin & Jimmy Palmiotti (text) & Tony Dezuñiga (illus.). Jonah Hex: Face Full of Violence. DC Comics. (GN)

Han, Seungwon. Your Lover. Vol. 1. Netcomics. (manhwa)

Hopkins, David (text) & Brock Rizy (illus.). Emily Edison. Vol. 1. Viper Comics. (GN)

Ahoy,

Although we’ve been posting web-only, freely accessible Xpress reviews for awhile now, we figured that maybe, well, it might be good to publicize them (yay brain!). So every week, we’ll post here what titles are being reviewed and you can mosey on over, if you like.

Xpress Reviews: Week of Oct. 24, 2006

NONFICTION
1) Hall, Stephen S. Size Matters: How Height Affects the Health, Happiness, and Success of Boys—and the Men They Become. Houghton.

2) Rimm, Sylvia B. Keys to Parenting the Gifted Child. 3d ed. Great Potential.

3) Siegel, Bernie, M.D. Love, Magic and Mudpies: Raising Your Kids To Feel Loved, Be Kind, and Make a Difference. Rodale.

GRAPHIC NOVELS
1) Amano, Jeff (text) & Craig Rousseau & others (illus.). RUULE. Vol. 2: Kiss & Tell. Image Comics.

2) Bendis, Brian Michael (text) & Mark Bagley & others (illus.). Ultimate Spider-Man. Vol. 16. Marvel.

3) Benson, Gabriel (text) & Jeff Amano (illus.). Fade from Grace. Image Comics.

4) Brandon, Ivan (text) & Hawthorne, Mike & others (illus.). RUULE. Vol. 1: Ganglords of Chinatown. Image Comics.

5) Bullock, Mike (text) & Jack Lawrence (illus.). Lions, Tigers, and Bears. Vol. 1: Fear and Pride. Image Comics.

6) Consiglio, Tony. 110 Per¢. Top Shelf Productions.

7) Hine, David (text) & Jim Muniz, Kevin Conrad, & others (illus.). Decimation: X-Men—The 198. Marvel.

8) Katoh, Tadashi. Project X Challengers—Cup Noodle: The Miracle of 8.2 Billion Served; The Magic Noodle, Nissin Cup Noodle. Digital Manga.

9) Layman, John (text) & Aaron Lopresti & others (illus.). Decimation: Sentinel Squad O*N*E. Marvel.

10) Ohtsuka, Eiji (text) & Housui Yamazaki (illus.). The Kurosagi Corpse Deliver Service. Vol. 1. Dark Horse.

11) Sable, Mark (text) & Paul Azaceta & others (illus.). Grounded. Vol. 1: Powerless. Image Comics.

12) Yamada, Yugi. Close the Last Door! Juné: Digital Manga.

13) Yi, Dong-Eun (text) & Yu Chung (illus.). Freak: Legend of the Nonblonds. Vol. 1. ICE Kunion.

Hello all!

Ann Kim here, Special Projects Coordinator and Editor of the Graphic Novels column and the Xpress (web-only) GN reviews. And yes, the post title is grossly misleading. For the moment.

Just wanted to let everyone (who’s interested) know a few things: the Graphic Novel column runs 6x/year in the Jan., Mar. 15, May 15, July, Sept. 15, and Nov. 15 issues of Library Journal. Additionally, we’ve expanded GN coverage on our website in our free-to-all-great-and-small Xpress Reviews section. For your edification, the following GN titles have been reviewed for this week:

1) Baek, HyeKyung. Bring It On! Vol. 3. ICE Kunion. (manhwa*)
2) David, Peter (text) & J.K. Woodward (illus.). Fallen Angel: To Serve in Heaven. IDW Pub. (GN)
3) Kim, Mi-Kyung. 11th Cat. Vol. 3. ICE Kunion. (manhwa)
4) Mizuki, Shioko. Crossroad. Vol. 3. Go Comi! (manga)
5) Shin, Ji-Sang & Geo. Chocolat. Vol. 3. ICE Kunion. (manhwa)
6) Waltz, Tom (text) & Casey Maloney (illus.). Children of the Grave. IDW Pub. (GN)
7) Wilson, F. Paul (text) & Matthew Smith (illus.). The Keep. IDW Pub. (GN)
8) Mallory, Michael. X-Men: The Characters and Their Universe. Hugh Lauter Levin. (About Comics)

*manhwa = Korean comics; reads left-to-right like the good ol’ English way 

Aaaaand, if you or another librarian is interested in learning more about graphic novels and collection development, there’s a wonderful, informative, civilized group of kool kats at the Graphic Novels in Libraries listserv. You can’t go wrong.

But quick question here: How many of you have or work in libraries that have separate Adult GN sections? To me, it seems like it should be given, considering that Graphic Novels Are Not a Genre, They Are a Format (or GNANAGTAAF for short. Um, yeah). But I consistently find that not many libraries do.

Everyone have a lovely weekend,
AK