National Library Week: Drawn to the Library! (April 6 - 12): Home

In recent years, animation has become more popular than ever, including the wide array of cartoons for both children and adults, the continued popularity of anime, and the technical wizardry of computer-generated animations from studios such as Pixar and Illumination. Those looking to enter this field have many career options from which to choose, including the animation itself, as well as script-writing, directing, voice-acting, marketing, and tie-in product development.

A fun and fact-filled introduction to the dismissed Black art masters and models who shook up the world

The sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their century-long hold on the American imagination. Starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus, author Jeremy Dauber whizzes readers through comics' progress in the twentieth century and beyond: from the golden age of newspaper comic strips (Krazy Kat, Yellow Kid, Dick Tracy) to the midcentury superhero boom (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman); from the moral panic of the Eisenhower era to the underground comix movement; from the grim and gritty Dark Knights and Watchmen to the graphic novel's brilliant rise (Art Spiegelman, Alison Bechdel, Joe Sacco).