Open AccessEditor’s Note: The Year I Discovered Graphic Novels
Author(s) -
Sharon Verbeten
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
children and libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2374-7641
pISSN - 1542-9806
DOI - 10.5860/cal.17.1.2
Subject(s) - popularity , girl , visual arts , bit (key) , picture books , art history , art , computer science , psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology , computer security
As a book lover, I always thought it seemed blasphemous when I declared, “I don’t like graphic novels.” In truth, I really hadn’t given them much of a chance. I always had assumed their format would be difficult for me to follow—sensory overload, of sorts.Of course I had been familiar with their popularity in my library—most pre-teens had asked for them. It made reader’s advisory a bit more challenging if I hadn’t read any, so I finally cracked one open—I started with Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson. The story really drew me in; I grew up in the 1970s, when roller derby was televised (and my parents let me watch it!). I was absorbed in the story, and by the time I was done, well, I guess I had read my first graphic novel!