X-li·brar·i·an (X-l-brâr-n)

1.One who has been trained in the ancient art of library science but who is no longer employed as such.

2. A serving member of the International Order Of Librarians

3. An ex-librarian who likes comics, graphic novels and animation and has an over-active imagination.

My Name is Inger Fountain and I  wasn’t born a librarian but my mother thought I was.  After qualifying with a post-grad diploma in the ancient art I worked in public libraries for a few years before becoming pregnant, having one of many mid-life crises, and wondering what exactly it was I was supposed to do with my life.

Enter comics, graphic novels and animation.

 

Two years later I had started what I believe to be the only business in the world specifically designed to advise and supply libraries with comics and graphic novels.  I no longer own Sealight Books but still love the medium of visual storytelling.  Particularly all-ages material or those titles that tell great stories without excessive and repetitive violence or other forms of gratuitous fan-service.

This blog is intended to offer my ex-librarian’s perspective on graphic novels and the people that read and write them. Welcome.

I am not Barbara Gordon nor do I know Barbara Gordon. Please do not send mail/guano/tastless Joker graphic novels to me addressed to Batgirl/Barbara Gordon as I am unable to pass them on.