Monday 28 June 2021

ALIA Graphic June 2021 Roundup

Eisner nominees, screen adaptations and book clubs galore!

June represents an exciting time for graphic novels and comics with the announcement of the Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards, representing the cream of the crop of this year’s comics and potentially important additions to your library’s collection. Take a look below at the full list, featuring some established names and new players in the field.


At ALIA Graphic, we are always chuffed to see graphic novels take on new life as other forms, which is becoming wonderfully more common as their popularity grows. As June is also National Pride Month, we are even more excited to hear from Alice Oseman about adapting their LGBTIQ+ graphic novel series Heartstopper into a live action Netflix series.


With a recent resurgence of sorts in Manga, we have also included a bunch of news and resources (and an excellent podcast!) on the topic for your listening and reading pleasure.


Looking ahead to July and our first ALIA Graphic Novels and Comics Book Club is slated for Sunday July 25th at 3:00pm AEST. Through a fun monthly chat about graphic novels and comics, we aim to celebrate the medium, share ideas and enhance our collective Readers’ Advisory skills. We have also added a brand new ‘Graphic Novel Club’ tab to our website for all of your book club information needs. Read all information and register your interest in the event - we hope to see you there!

News

Collections & PD

Media & Resources

New Releases June 2021

Junior

  • The Mystery of the Meanest Teacher: A Johnny Constantine Graphic Novel - Ryan North, Derek Charm (DC Comics)
  • Pawcasso - Remy Lai (Allen & Unwin)
  • The Tea Dragon Tapestry - K. O’Neill (Oni Press)

YA

  • Alone in Space - Tillie Walden (Avery Hill)
  • Castlevania: The art of the animated series - FREDERATOR STUDIOS (Dark Horse Books)
  • The Girl From the Sea - Molly Knox Ostertag (Graphix)
  • Kyle’s Little Sister - BonHyung Jeong (Yen Press)
  • Suki, Alone - Faith Erin Hicks, Peter Wartman, Adele Matera (Dark Horse)
  • Renegade Rule - Ben Kahn, Rachel Silverstein (Dark Horse)
  • Seven Secrets - Tom Taylor, Daniele Di Nicuolo (Boom!)

Adult General

  • DCeased: Hope at World’s End - Tom Taylor, Various artists (DC Comics)
  • The Down River People - Adam Smith, Matthew Fox (Archaia)
  • Under the Air - Osamu Tezuka (Digital Manga)
  • The World Of Black Hammer Library Edition Volume 3 - Jeff Lemire, Tate Brombal, Tyler Crook, Gabriel Hernandez Walta (Dark Horse Books)
  • The Way of the House Husband, Vol. 5 - Kousuke Oono (Viz Media)
  • Resident Alien Vol. 6: Your ride’s here - Peter Hogan (Dark Horse)

Thursday 10 June 2021

Talking Manga with Ashley Hawkins

ALIA Graphic's Tara talks to our second international guest, Ashley Hawkins otherwise known as @MangaLibrarian on Twitter. They discuss different types of Manga, the different ratings, collection development and shelving.

Ashley also suggests lots of great titles for different age brackets. 

You can follow Ashley on her blog: https://mangalibrarian.com and Twitter.

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These are the titles recommended in the video by Ashley.

Jnr readers ( 5-10)
Chi’s Sweet Home
Yokai Watch

Middle grade 10-12 yrs
Must have shonen: My Hero Academia (early volumes)
Must have shojo: Kitchen Princess, Flying Witch

New titles to look out for:
Yotsuba&! Is coming back
Penguin & House by Akiho Ieda

Teens 13 - 16
Must have shonen: Case Study of Vanitas
Must have shojo: Horimiya, The White Cat's Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King's Lap

New titles to look out for: 
Play It Cool, Guys, Blue Period, Hello, I am a Witch and my Crush Wants me to Make a Love Potion! 
Older teens
Must have shonen: Chainsaw Man
Must have shojo: A Sign of Affection

New titles to look out for: 
My Dad is the Queen of All VTubers?!, Chasing After Aoi Koshiba, I Was Reincarnated as the Villainess in an Otome Game but the Boys Love Me Anyway!
Mature/Adult
Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan, Eniale & Dewiela, Our Fake Marriage, Perfect World, Way of the Househusband, Escape Journey

New titles: 
They Were Eleven (2022), Lil Leo

Light novel suggestions for purchase
Marielle Clarac
Full Metal Panic
I'm in Love with the Villainess
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!!
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki
I Have a Secret (by author of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas)