COMICS

摘要

Continuing to fuel today's pop culture landscape, graphic novels have become the lifeblood of new and innovative work. This year, we see more genres blending and mutating into fresh forms of storytelling, emerging voices are finding their earliest expressions, and creative teams large and small (some comprised of only a single creator) are forging truly fantastic material for every occasion, every mood, and every reader. These upward trends show no signs of abating, and libraries have become champions of the illustrated format. According to Kuo-Yu Liang, VP of sales and marketing, Diamond Comic Distributors, "In 2016, graphic novels sales increased 17.2 percent for public libraries and 14 percent for school libraries." Reporting a whopping 64 percent growth in digital lending from 2015 to 2016, OverDrive's Hadie Bartholomew told LJ that public libraries are set for another record-breaking year in 2017.