This is a new weekly feature wherein our intrepid ranks will share whatever it is from the world of comics, graphic novels, manga, and anime is making them happy this week.
We stole the idea from the wonderful folks at NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour as a quick and joyful way to refresh our love for our favorite pop culture. We can’t promise we’ll always be as witty off the cuff, but we will try!
Right now, THIS: the most adorable comic about Batgirl, Supergirl, and costumes changes (from Mike Maihack at his blog.)
She/Her | Head of Reference and Programming, Woburn Public Library
Editor in Chief
Robin E. Brenner is the Head of Reference and Programming at the Woburn Public Library in Massachusetts. Previously she served as the Teen Librarian at the Brookline Public Library for 18 years. She has chaired the American Library Association Great Graphic Novels for Teens Selection List Committee, the Margaret A. Edwards Award Committee, and served on the Michael L. Printz Award Committee. She is currently the Past-President of the Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table for ALA. She was a judge for the 2007 Eisner awards, helped judge the Boston Globe Horn Book Awards in 2011, and contributes to the Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. She regularly gives lectures and workshops on graphic novels, manga, and anime at comics conventions including New York and San Diego Comic-Con and at the American Library Association’s conferences. Her guide, Understanding Manga and Anime (Libraries Unlimited, 2007), was nominated for a 2008 Eisner Award.
