Library Journal articles from September 2003

Library Journal archives from September 2003

A place outside the mainstream: American media were never diverse enough for democracy.(Editorial)(Editorial)
September 1, 2003... The decision of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow greater concentration in the ownership of American media--a ruling that may be reversed by Congress--nevertheless magnifies the crucial role of libraries' alternative...

Educated foolishness.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... Rob Geiszler's letter ("No need for an MLS," LJ 7/03, p. 10) reminded me of my Aunt Nina, who always said, "There ain't no fool like an educated fool." I am not saying Geiszler is a fool, but some of his comments were foolish.... He was smart...

Trophy speakers at SLA.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... Blaise Cronin's "The Trouble with Trophy Speakers" (The Dean's List, LJ 6/15/03, p. 46) mirrored my thoughts after hearing two high-profile keynote speakers at the Special Libraries Association (SLA) conference in New York City this June. Not...

Plenty of photos.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... In his review of our Becoming Giants: The Story of the 1952 Illinois State Champions (LJ 5/1/03, p. 167), John Hiett states that "sadly, very little visual material exists, just a few stills...." On the contrary, the first half of the program...

Permanent duties.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... Kudos to Sue Knoche and John Alita for their insightful responses to "Whose Job Is It, Anyway?" (How Do You Manage, LJ 7/03, p. 52). Although I have often advocated that paraprofessionals and library science students should have expanded...

It isn't AC.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... In her review of Laurie Notaro's Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Childhood (LJ 7/03, p. 82), Donna Marie Smith mistakenly suggests that a "swamp cooler" is a euphemism for an air conditioner. It is not. Swamp or...

Senate LSTA reauthorization $232M.(Late Bulletins)(Library Services and Technology Act funding)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... While the Museum and Library Services Act of 2003, which contains Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funding, passed the House of Representatives with $215 million authorized for libraries, the Senate August 1 agreed to $232 million....

DC's Raphael to head Multnomah PL.(Late Bulletins)(Mary (Molly) Raphael will head Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Mary (Molly) Raphael, director of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL), will head the Multnomah County Library (MCL), Portland, OR. She will take over for Interim Director Ruth Metz, who succeeded Ginnie Cooper. Cooper left in January...

Cape Town project wins $1M Gates award.(Late Bulletins)(Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation award to Cape Town, Africa, projects)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The Smart Cape Access Project of Cape Town, South Africa, has received the 2003 Access to Learning Award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The foundation cited Smart Cape's pilot project to install 30 computers in six libraries, the...

Gates's Akeroyd to lead NM State Library.(Late Bulletins)(Richard G. Akeroyd leaves Bill and Melinda Gates Library Foundation for New Mexico)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Richard G. Akeroyd, founding director of library programs at the Bill & Melinda Gates Library Foundation, has been named state librarian of New Mexico. He succeeds Benjamin Wakashige, now director of the library at Pacific University in Forest...

$10M challenge grant to OU Tulsa.(Late Bulletins)(University of Oklahoma)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The Schusterman family of Tulsa has pledged a $10 million challenge grant to the University of Oklahoma (OU) in Tulsa to help build a $24 million library, conference center, and classroom facility on campus. The money is contingent upon voter...

New bills in Congress would scale back USA PATRIOT Act: also, Sanders's bill gains ground, first Patriot Act lawsuit filed; Ashcroft defends law, FL ACLU sends posters.(News)(Bernie Sanders; attorney general John Ashcroft)
September 1, 2003... Nearly two years after the USA PATRIOT Act was hastily passed, opposition to it--or at least to some of its clauses--has grown significantly. Not only has there been substantial support for the Freedom To Read Protection Act, introduced in...

Joint San Jose Library opens: public/university facility seen as model for partnerships.(News)
September 1, 2003... On August 1, the first patrons to enter the new Martin Luther King Jr. Library, a joint venture of San Jose State University (SJSU) and the San Jose Public Library (SJPL), were greeted with a stirring round of applause from gathered...

CA budget cuts PL funding in half: full impact on local government resources not yet revealed.(News)(public libary funding in California)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The California state budget signed by Gov. Gray Davis in August slashes support for public libraries to $15.8 million, a sum that is half of last year's allocation. While state assistance is a small part of public library funding, Sarah Dalton,...

CA Universities learn of cuts: in preparation, UCLA cancels 1400+ journals and subscriptions.(News)(effects of budget cuts in California on public libraries)
September 1, 2003... The 2003-04 state budget belatedly adopted August 1 by the California Legislature will have a major impact on higher education. "This is an extremely difficult budget for the university," said University of California (UC) president Richard C....

Property values fuel Miami PL: Providence PL gains increase, as does Memphis.(News)
September 1, 2003... Owing to an increase in property values, the Miami-Dade Public Library System, FL, expects to gain an 11 percent increase in library funding for FY03/04. The Board of County Commissioners of Miami-Dade County has accepted the recommendation by...

COPE III looks at support staff: one recommendation: include paraprofessionals more in ALA.(News)
September 1, 2003... Paraprofessionals, who have gained attention during the recent efforts to boost salaries and status for library workers, were the subject of the American Library Association's (ALA) third Congress on Professional Education (COPE). Titled...

UCITA put aside by sponsors: still, law on information contracts may reappear in new guise.(News)(Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... In some good news for the library community, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) has officially abandoned UCITA, the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act. At the group's 112th annual meeting...

Iraqi librarian saves Basra collection: central library chief secretly moved books before assault.(News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... In the weeks and days before British forces assaulted the Iraqi city of Basra, Alia Muhammad Baker, the Central Library's chief librarian, secretly had been removing items from the facility and relocating them to her own home and those of...

ALA statement gears up for CIPA: libraries to get more information, including research on software.(News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Shortly after it canceled a planned meeting with filtering company vendors (see News, LJ 8/03, p. 14), the American Library Association (ALA) on July 25 issued a statement outlining its objectives regarding the Children's Internet Protection...

Fargo Public Library.(Public Libraries)
September 1, 2003... In Fargo, ND, where Library Systems & Services Inc. (LSSI) saw its management contract renewed recently for two years (see Late Bulleins, LJ 2/1/03, p. 13), there is new concern, as the Fargo Public Library board is considering breaking its...

San Antonio Public Library.(Public Libraries)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... San Antonio Public Library's (SAPL) unique collection of circus memorabilia has been relocated to the city's Witte Museum. Though one expert told the San Antonio Current that the archive of rarities collected and bequeathed to the library by...

Montgomery County.(Public Libraries)(return of controversial books to libraries in Texas)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... In Montgomery County, Conroe, TX, the library battles have continued a year after children's sex ed books were returned to the shelves, leading Library Director Jerilynn Williams to win a PEN award (see Late Bulletins, LJ 5/1/03, p. 13). After...

San Francisco Public Library.(Public Libraries)(vandalized books to be turned into art)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... After a bizarre act of vandalism toward books with gay and lesbian topics at the San Francisco Public Library (see News, LJ 10/15/02, p. 17), those books will be reborn as art. The 607 books, according to the San Francisco Examiner, were...

Libraries for the Future.(Public Libraries)(receives grant from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Libraries for the Future (LFF) has been awarded a three-year, $1.05 million challenge grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to establish a network of EqualAccess Libraries in ten states by 2005. A key component will be Access Skills, a...

Bertelsmann Springer.(Academic Libraries)(Cinven and Candover buy publisher)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The European Commission has approved the sale of Bertelsmann Springer to British firms Cinven and Candover (see News, LJ 6/15/03, p. 20). According to a news release, the commission said that the deal, which has been opposed by library groups,...

NCLIS.(National/International News)(National Commission on Libraries and Information Science)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... President George Bush has named historian Joan Ridder Challinor to chair NCLIS, the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. She succeeds Martha Gould, whose term ended July 19. Challinor, a resident of Washington, DC, was...

Amazon.com.(National/International News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Amazon.com is in the process of developing a searchable online archive of the full text of thousands of nonfiction titles. Although in negotiations with major publishers, the company had asked the publishing firms to maintain confidentiality...

ACLS History E-Book Project right on schedule: electronic texts vying to replace the dying print monograph, 500 backlist/85 "born digital" frontlist titles online.(Electronic Publishing)
September 1, 2003... The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) History E-Book Project, which launched in 1999, is making long strides toward it goal of mounting a combination of classic history texts and new, more experimental titles. The latter are called...

GIS adds personal search agent tool: Polaris 3.0 release includes upgrades to PowerPAC portal, more.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... GIS has put a new twist on its PowerPAC portal product in its Polaris 3.0 release. A personal search agent, according to the vendor, will allow patrons to "save their personal searches to be run automatically at designated intervals and be...

Classical library adds top tunes: unique recordings from Hyperion and VOX labels; PALINET signs on.(Industry News)(Classical International)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Classical International has added the collections from leading record labels Hyperion and VOX to the offerings included in its Classical Music Library Service. Hyperion's collection includes many unique recordings and covers choral, solo,...

New Zealanders love MuseSearch: MuseGlobal search engine ranks best for features and performance.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... MuseGlobal's MuseSearch product earned top marks in a recent study commissioned by the National Library of New Zealand and conducted by the School of Information Management at Victoria University of Wellington. MuseSearch was one of a dozen...

Cleveland PL chooses Sirsi: self-proclaimed "People's University" contracts for Unicorn, Web2.(Installations)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The Cleveland Public Library (CPL), which calls itself the "People's University," has contracted with Sirsi Corporation to upgrade its automation abilities throughout its main facility and 28 branches. The agreement calls for the installation...

More academics for Innovative: University of Washington and Bob Jones installing Millennium/ERM.(Installations)(Innovative Interfaces customers)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The University of Washington (UW), Seattle, and Bob Jones University in Greensville, SC, have joined the Innovative Interfaces family of customers. UW has contracted for the vendor's Electronic Resource Management (ERM) systems for digital...

VTLS signing multiple contracts: domestic and international libraries opting for Virtua system.(Installations)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... VTLS has added several national and international customers to its list of users. Domestically, The Grolier Club in New York City, the nation's oldest society for bibliophiles and graphic arts enthusiasts, has contracted with the vendor for a...

Katrina Anderson joins Ex Libris: automation veteran and librarian named VP of U.S. operations.(Intoech People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Ex Libris (USA) has named Katrina M. Anderson vice president of its U.S. operations. Anderson, a 15-year veteran of the automation industry, comes to the post from her most recent position as director of customer services for Innovative...

WebWatch.(Infotech)
September 1, 2003... CLICKING ON THE WEB... According to research conducted by the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, at least eight million people in the United States have an eating disorder. Ninety percent of these are women, and...

What user studies tell us.(Online Databases)
September 1, 2003... WHAT DO PEOPLE really want from digital sources? As librarians, we wonder if they prefer print or electronic journals, and whether they would rather do everything themselves or sometimes ask for help. Do they even still need the library?...

Calendar.(Calendar)
September 1, 2003... WLA discusses "Libraries in Challenging Times" in Springfield; "Libraries Illuminate Life" at PLA; Libraries Stand "In, Defense of Freedom" at KLA/KSMA. SEPTEMBER 23-26--North Carolina Library Association (NCLA) 55th Biennial...

Toledo-Lucas County Public Library.(People)(Sanger Branch Library)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Wendy Bethune is the new Manager, Sanger Branch Library, Toledo-Lucas County Public Library. She has been working at the library since 1998.

Eric Glass is now Serials Librarian, Arthur Diamond Law Library, Columbia University Libraries (CUL), New York.(People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Eric Glass is now Serials Librarian, Arthur Diamond Law Library, Columbia University Libraries (CUL), New York. He holds an MLIS with a specialization in Information Systems from the University of Texas at Austin. Emily Holmes is the new...

Branch District Library System.(People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Frank Hemphill, Director, Branch District Library System, Coldwater, MI, is retiring again, effective December 31, after coming out of retirement in 2002 to take the position.

County of Los Angeles Public Library.(People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Theresa Maguire has been appointed Chief Deputy County Librarian, County of Los Angeles Public Library. She had served as City Librarian, Pasadena, for the past six years.

East Baton Rouge Parish Library System.(People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... John Richard has retired as Director, East Baton Rouge Parish Library System, LA. He had been Director there since 1977.

South Central Library System.(People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Barb Sanford has retired as PR & Marketing Coordinator, South Central Library System, Madison, WI, after 16 years of service.

University of Arizona Libraries.(People)(Janice Simmons-Welburn is appointed)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Janice Simmons-Welburn has been appointed Associate Dean, University of Arizona Libraries, Tucson, leaving her position as Director, Central Public Services & Facilities, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City.

City of Casa Grande Public Library.(People)(David Snider retires)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... David Snider has retired as City Librarian, Casa Grande, AZ. He was Director, City of Casa Grande Public Library, since 1977.

University of Southern Mississippi Libraries.(People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Kay Wall has been appointed University Librarian, University of Southern Mississippi Libraries, Hattiesburg. after serving more than 20 years at the libraries.

Obituaries.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
September 1, 2003... Elizabeth Parkinson Hoffman, retired Director (1975-91), Haverford Township Free Library, PA, died on July 16 at the age of 82. Donald F. Webster, retired Director of College Libraries (1973-95), State University of New York College of...

Must-reads for fall.
September 1, 2003... AUTUMN BRINGS THE YEAR'S biggest books, which we await eagerly. From the hundreds of new titles that arrive on our doorstep, the LJ editors have chosen ten you should not miss. These books run the gamut: Diane Middlebrook taps into the...

Genre fiction with a twist.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson (Warner. Nov. 0-446-53302-5. $22.95) Like comedian Rodney Dangerfield, sf and fantasy don't get much respect. Though often dismissed by highbrow critics, these genres have given birth to some of...

The sound of two needles tapping.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook by Debbie Stoller (Workman Oct. 0-7611-3258-9. $23.95; pap. 0-7611-2818-2. $13.95) With one sweater, Debbie Stoller--editor in chief of neo-feminist magazine BUST--launched a generation of young...

Disturbed by doublethink.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... The Calligrapher by Edward Docx (Houghton. Oct. 0-618-34397-0. $24) The lacerating tale of a disaffected young Londoner. A commentary on the absence of considered belief. An elegant embodiment of John Donne's poems. Edward Docx's The...

An emancipator's journey.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America by Henry Wiencek (Farrar. Nov. 0-374-17526. $30) The great American subject of race is at the center of Henry Wiencek's National Book Critics Circle Award winning...

Literary chemistry.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Her Husband: Hughes and Plath; A Marriage by Diane Middlebrook (Viking Oct. 0-670 03187-9. $25.95) By now the story of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes has become a part of literary lore, given a proper and purposeful heritage in journals,...

A present-tense retrospective.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Julian Schnabel by Julian Schnabel (Abrams. Dec. 0-8109-4633-5. $75) An artist's monograph, with its critical assessments, glossy color plates, and bio-resume, just hasn't been a priority for Julian Schnabel. A prolific, gusty painter, he...

Broadcast from the edge.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Charlie Johnson in the Flames by Michael Ignatieff (Grove. Oct. 0-8021-1755-4. $24) Not all readers want a book that makes them confront the tragedy of someone else's war. Michael Ignatieff's second novel (after the 1993 Booker...

Plea of an exiled writer.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Thank You for Not Reading by Dubravka Ugresic (Dalkey Archive. Nov. 1-56478-298-0. pap. $1395) Victor Hugo once said of those living in exile, "You are flung away, but you are not set free." This is especially true of writers. Not only...

Crossing the pond.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... No Angel by Penny Vincenzi (Overlook. Oct. 1-58567-481-8. $26.95) One of the rare birds of publishing, Penny Vincenzi is a world-famous But (with more than four million copies of her 11 novels sold internationally) who is virtually unknown...

One argument for the human race.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Goya by Robert Hughes (Knopf. Nov. 0-394-58028-1. $40) The author of the best-selling art histories The Shock of the New and American Mirrors, Robert Hughes has offered his robust insights on art since the mid-1970s. As a critic, he has...

Taking back readers' advisory: online book talk, from simple lists to 24/7 live chat, gives librarians a new way to promote reading.
September 1, 2003... WHAT SHOULD I READ next?" "I'll asks a patron eagerly. "What should I tell her? groans the librarian inwardly. In the best of times, readers' advisory can be a slippery thing; recommending the next good mystery to devour requires a lot more...

A collective effort: made in the U.S.A.(Labor Studies)(Bibliography)
September 1, 2003... EVERY PUBLIC library has its business section. But even the largest one may not have a serviceable collection on labor, despite the enjoyment most of us--in unions or not--get from the achievements of the American labor movement: the "weekend,"...

Too much customer service?(Backtalk)
September 1, 2003... WHEN IT COMES to customer service, librarians are caught in a paradox that may drive patron expectations beyond what can be fulfilled. More and more, library directors request customer service training even as surveys reveal high levels of...

How do you manage?
September 1, 2003... CASE STUDY It's a Small World FRANCIS KELLY, one of several librarians at the Lincoln Public Library, struggled patiently to help a patron. The woman understood almost no English and spoke what few words she knew in a heavy accent,...

Prepub alert.
September 1, 2003... COMING IN JANUARY 2004... a surprisingly large number of big-time novelists, from Chevalier to Weber, with a few major debuts thrown in. Nonfiction is especially strong, ranging from Socrates to Hollywood to that star-spangled year, 1968. ...

Documentary best sellers.(video recordings)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
September 1, 2003... 1 Gods and Generals (DVD) Warner Home Video. 2003. 0-7907-7262-0. $27.98. 2 Real Cancun (DVD) Warner Home Video. 2003. 0-7806-4420-4. $26.97. 3 Standing in the Shadows of Motown (DVD) Artisan Entertainment. ...

Graphic novels.
September 1, 2003... As a longtime comics fan, I'm happy to set the comics industry, and graphic novels in particular, getting unprecedented amounts of attention--from the movies, the mainstream media, and devoted fans alike. Publishers Weekly (6/16/03) reports...

Bell, Gabrielle. When I'm Old and Other Stories.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Alternative Comics. 2003. c.128p. 1-891867-43-1. pap. $12.95. F Cartoonist Bell originally released most of the black-and-white material here in a series of self-published mini comics, and this diverse collection shows her broad range of...

Carey, Mike (text) & Peter Gross & others (illus.). Lucifer: The Divine Comedy.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... DC Comics: Warner Bros. 2003. c.192p. 1-4012-0009 5. pap. $17.95. F In the pages of Neil Gaiman's celebrated "Sandman" series, Lucifer Morningstar quit his job as King of Hell and went to live on Earth. Now, in this excellent dark fantasy...

Chin, Oliver. 9 of 1: a Window to the World.(Book Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Frog, dist. by Publishers Group West. 2003. c.112p. 1-58394-072-3. pap. $12.95. F In this educational work, Chin explores a variety of reactions to the 9/11 attacks through the device of a group of fictional high school students assigned...

Dini, Paul (text) & Bruce Timm & others (illus.). The Batman Adventures: Dangerous Dames and Demons.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... DC Comics: Warner Bros. 2003. c.1 76p. 1-56389-973-6. pap. $14.95. F Dini and Timm were part of the creative team behind Batman: The Animated Series, widely considered one of the finest superhero TV shows ever. This book collects all of...

Eisner, Will & others. Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives: Vol. 10.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... DC Comics: Warner Bros. 2003. c. 192p. 1-56389-962-0. $49.95. F When Eisner (the comics legend for whom the Eisner Awards are named) was asked in 1939 to create a weekly comic-book supplement for Sunday newspaper syndication, he saw it as a...

Ellis, Warren (text) & Colleen Doran (illus.). Orbiter.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... DC Comics: Warner Bros. 2003. c.104p. 1-4012-0056-7. $24.95. F Ten years after the Space Shuttle Venture's disappearance put an end to human space travel, a strangely changed Venture returns to the derelict Kennedy Space Center. A team of...

Furuyama, Kan (text) & Jiro Taniguchi (illus.). Samurai Legend.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... CPM Manga: Central Park Media. 2003. c.248p. tr. from Japanese by Mayumi Kobayashi. 1-58664-856-X. pap. $15.95. F This historical samurai drama, a standalone book presented in the original right-to-left format, tells the story of Yagyu...

Kafka, Franz (text) & Peter Kuper (illus.). The Metamorphosis.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Crown. 2003. c.80p. 1-4000-4795-1. $16. F Kafka's novella "The Metamorphosis," in which an ordinary man is inexplicably transformed into a giant insect, is among his most acclaimed works, and here Kuper presents a faithful and compelling...

Lobdell, Scott (text) & Leinil Francis Yu (illus.). High Roads.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Cliffhanger. 2003. c.160p. 1-4012-0033-8. pap. $14.95. F In Paris during the waning days of World War II, chance brings together a naive American farmboy GI, a has-been midget actor currently playing Hitler in a satirical musical revue, and...

Loeb, Jeph (text) & Jim Lee (illus.). Batman: Hush.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Vol. 1. DC Comics: Warner Bros. 2003. c.128p. 1-4012-0061-3. $19.95. F When DC announced that Loeb (Batman: The Long Halloween; Superman for All Seasons) and Lee (a founder of Image Comics, known for his work on Marvel's X-Men) would be...

Monkey Punch. Lupin III. Vol. 3.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Vol. 3. Tokyopop. 2003.192p. tr. from Japanese by Ray Yoshimoto. 1-59182-121-5. pap. $9.99. F The devious and daring Lupin III is best known in America from the anime film The Castle of Cagliostro, directed by Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited...

Okuda, Hitoshi. The All-New Tenchi Muyo: Vol. 1: Alien Nation.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Viz Comics. 2003. c.176p. tr. from Japanese by Lilian Olsen. 1-56931-825-5. pap. $8.95. F Despite the "all-new" tag, this is actually just a relaunching of Okuda's sf comedy manga series No Need for Tenchi, with Viz's newly adopted,...

The Rising Stars of Manga.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Vol. 1. Tokyopop. 2003. c.248p. 1-59182-224-6. pap. $9.99. F This ten-story anthology is the result of a contest held by Tokyopop for manga-inspired American artists. The ten winners have a great variety of art styles, from delicate shojo...

Slott, Dan & others (text) & Min S. Ku & others (illus.). Justice League Adventures.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... DC Comics: Warner Bros. 2003. c.160p. 1-56389-954-X. pap. $9.95. F This book collects seven stories from the comic book series of the same name, inspired by the Cartoon Network animated Justice League show. This version of DC's premier...

Torres, J. (text) & Scott Chantler (illus.). Days Like This.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Oni. 2003. c.80p. 1-929998-48-1. pap. $8.95. F Largely based on real-life events, this book takes the reader back to the early 1960s New York pop music scene, to the days of the doo-wop revival and the rise of the girl groups. As the story...

Tsuda, Masami. Kare Kano.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Vol. 2. Tokyopop. 2003. c. 198p. tr. from Japanese by Amy Forsyth. 1-931514-80-1. pap. $9.99. F Yukina and Soichiro are the top students at their high school, and everyone admires them for their grace. For Yukina it's all pretence and...

Daniels, Les. DC Comics: a Celebration of the World's Favorite Heroes.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Billboard: Watson-Guptill. 2003. c.272p. 0-8230-7919-8. pap. $29.95. F This is an updated and retitled edition of Daniels's 1995 book, DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes, sporting a new cover by painter Alex...