A Book of Snowflakes
The National Diet Library in Tokyo has scanned a copy of Sekka Zusetsu, an 1832 book of snow crystals observed and recorded by Doi Toshitsura. See them here!
Alex Winter and Walter Chaw on Ugetsu!
At the Denver Public Library’s Saturday Afternoon Film Discussion, “Actor, director and producer Alex Winter (act. Bill & Ted film series; act. The Lost Boys; dir. Zappa) joined film critic Walter Chaw on December 5th 2020 to discuss Kenji Mizoguchi’s 1953 haunting masterpiece, Ugetsu.” Watch here.
So Many Daily Comic Strips!
Hoopla has a bingepass allowing you to read so many daily comic strips–including Dan Schkade’s Flash Gordon–from Comics Kingdom, King Features Syndicate’s comic strip website. If you have Hoopla, you can use it through your local library. (I assume this is US only, but don’t know for sure).
Fantastic Fest 2024: “Danny Villanueva Jr.’s Frightening and Tragic <i>What Happened To Dorothy Bell?</i>”
At Biff Bam Pop, The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo has some thoughts about What Happened To Dorothy Bell? “I’m not sure what it is about public libraries that make them a rich vein for horror. Whether it’s Ghostbusters or Stephen King’s IT, or if you’re somehow spooked by […]
The Library of Twitter Emoji, ASCII and Text Meme Templates
A righteous Twitter user named Nathan has made an accessible Google doc collecting all the Twitter emoji, ASCII and text meme templates he can. Behold here.
“Decolonizing Your Library: Building an Inclusive Graphic Novel Collection and Beyond”
At Booklist, Alexandria brown has some suggestions and offers some resources for librarians to build inclusive graphic novel collections and decolonize their libraries. “Decolonization work and graphic novels may not seem like an obvious pairing, but in fact, the two can go hand in hand. In recent years, […]
The Cultural Gutter 