Celebrating International Comic Book Day 2015

May 2015

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From left: Charles N, Sam S, Shaunnie T, Jack L, Andrew L, Peter H and Lloyd Abbs.

Comic book fans have been celebrating International Comic Book Day 2015 at a special event organised as part of our library programme. The event was supported by members of the Sixth Form Glastonbury Volunteer Team, who dressed up as some of the most iconic comic book characters for the day.

In the library, activities included face painting and an excellent "comic swap', alongside opportunities to read some of our newly-purchased comics and graphic novels. A green-screen photo booth was also set up, which allowed younger students to pose for pictures with our superheroes, Super Girl, Bat Girl, Captain America, Tony Stark, aka Iron Man and a choice of three Spiderman characters!

The atmosphere was excellent and following numerous requests from students, we will be looking towards developing a specialist library section to cater for the increasingly popular comic book culture, including classic adventure comics and Japanese Manga.