Web of Spider-Man # 70

Caitlin ArndtPratt SILS

27 April 2010

• Over the past 20 years, comics have gained recognition as valuable cultural artifacts.

• How do we, as Information Professionals, deal with the ultimate in low-culture, high-maintenance materials?

• Comics are not made to last.

• Little consistency among titles, series and creators

• Single Issues, Trade Paperbacks, Digital Comics…

ALA Graphics: Batgirl Poster

Projects to watch out for:Marvel Digital

Comics

What can Marvel do?

Projects to watch out for:Marvel Digital

ComicsIntellectual

Property Hub

Projects to watch out for:Marvel Digital

ComicsIntellectual

Property HubDon’t Forget the

Library!C.Arndt 2010

• Outdated• Lacks useful

information for catalogers

• Lots of redundancy

Created by: Dean Clayton & Peter Luzifer

Frank CastiglioneFrank CastleCharles Fort

Francias StrongholdJohnny TowerBig NothingMr. Smith

Frank RookAnd that’s just mainstream continuity!

Culling data from an inexhaustible resource…

…The Comic-Book Geeks!

(via The New Oxford American Dictionary)

“A person with an eccentric devotion to a particular interest”

All Images from Marvel Database Project unless otherwise noted.