New Blog Creation: Welcome to Pissues!

A long time ago (last Thursday) in a galaxy far away (New Orleans), I came up with the greatest idea ever!  Split the Banned Library right down the middle!  See, I have lots of interests, from libraries to comics to movies to writing and everything, but they all do not fit in the Banned Library. 

I started doing the Banned Library to make some Internet library friends, share my thoughts on the industry, and for the most part put out my own spin on the library news blogsphere and make somebody laugh.  I am still going to do that, with posting to the BL at the same erratic pace.  I will just be shifting the content a little.

The Banned Library will be mostly for library news, book reviews, and technology posts.  I feel that this encompasses libraries as a whole and will fit with the overall direction the blog has naturally taken.

Penultimate Issues, or Pissues, will deal with everything else I want to say in my life.  Comic reviews, movie reviews, jokes, random fiction, everything everything everything in my little life that I care to share.

So join me at www.pissues.com for the blog or @pissues on Twitter if you dare... Cause it's gonna get real up in here, folks.

Comic Conservator Blackbeard Dies: Totally Not a Pirate Thing

 

Too soon, Mark Trail, too soon

Bill Blackbeard, known as the scholar of newspaper comics, died at 84 years of age on March 10th. 

Banned Library tends to look to the lighter side, sometimes in a mocking and neener-neener kinda way, but what this guy did was pretty cool.

When the awesomely-named Mr. Blackbeard saw there was no archive of newspaper comics, he started one.  His appreciation for the art form lead to the preservation, knowledge and recognition of comics in general.   Mr. Blackbeard wrote scholarly papers on the subject, even a collection of comics published by the Smithsonian.  Even if you do not enjoy comics, we should celebrate anyone who attempts to hold on to any part of our culture and traditions, especially those that are fading away as we head towards newer technologies.

One of my favorite things as a kid was grabbing the big Sunday paper and pulling out the "funnies."  While that may never again occur in this society, I am thankful Bill Blackbeard was thoughtful enough to hold onto all those items. 

LA Times