In our ongoing effort to keep teachers and librarians informed of what's going on and coming up of interest to them, here's a list of GN-related content ahead this week at the Texas Library Association in San Antonio. If you're planning to attend, make sure you don't miss out!

The 2010 Will Eisner Awards (for which I was one of the judges) were announced today. I expect there will be some disagreements about what was nominated and what wasn’t—which is part of the fun. I know it’ll be a good discussion, at least, and I look forward to hearing what everyone has to say about it. I know firsthand the kind of care and concern that went into making this list. So what was nominated? Check out the list here! And let the debates begin!
 
 
Best Short Story

Action Comics #1 and Detective Comics #27 (the first appearances of Superman and Batman, respectively) have been in the news a lot the past few months. Both are rare comics, with only a relative handful still in existence and even fewer in close to pristine quality. And both have sold at auction for record prices. Last month, a copy of Action sold for $1 million. But an even better looking copy of the issue has just gone for $1.5 million on the auction site comicconnect.com. It goes without saying that it's a record.

Carol’s a huge fan of the Wimpy Kid books, so I was hoping she and I would both be able to attend the special preview of the movie held last Thursday night in Times Square in New York. Unfortunately, she’s traveling to the West Coast on business, so I was on my own for the movie. It might have been a good thing, because I ended up enjoying myself immensely and laughing hysterically.