Reader's Advisory Roundtable (RART) Events

“RA Goes Graphic: Comic Books, Manga, & More”

The 2008 Readers’ Advisory Spring Retreat at the MN Landscape Arboretum

Click HERE for a Registration Form

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008, 8:45a.m. -2:30p.m.

http://www.arboretum.umn.edu

8:45-9:00 Registration & Morning Refreshments.

9:00-10:0 Ice Breaker: History lesson on graphic novels. Share a title that you like or have

heard of, or thought was intriguing (though you may not have read it!)

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:45 So what’s up with the art work? Christopher Jones, a DC Comic book penciller/artist

will help us break down the process of creating a comic. He also will share his knowledge

and information on the local comic book scene and make some recommendations.

11:45-12:30 Lunch

12:30-2:00 Manga -- An introduction to “That Japanese Stuff.” Anna Waltz will help us answer

some of our most pressing questions: Are you confused by these new publications? Do you feel

as if you need to learn a new language just to keep up?

2:00-2:30 Wrap Up & Evaluations

Christopher Jones (www.christopherjonesart.com) has been working in comics professionally since 1989, penciling, inking and sometimes writing for publishers including DC, Image, Malibu, Caliber, and Sundragon Comics. Most of Chris' work in recent years has been penciling for DC Comics, where he is the regular penciller on The Batman Strikes, the comic based on the new Warner Brothers animated Batman series. Chris currently holds the title as artist of the most circulated Batman and Superman comics of all time. Chris won this trivia-worthy title when he provided pencil art for installments of the mini-comics distributed with the Justice League toys in Burger King kids meals in 2003. The comics had print runs of 35 million copies

Anna Waltz is a local science fiction writer and life-long comic book collector. She frequently speaks at sci-fi and anime conventions. What's good? What do you need to watch out for? Come learn about Japanese manga and why it's so popular. We'll examine the history, lingo, categories, publishing, and trends of this exciting genre.

Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

3675 Arboretum Drive, Chanhassen, MN

952-443-1400

How to Get to the Arboretum
The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is located about 4 miles west of Chanhassen on State Hwy. 5, just one quarter-mile west of the intersection of State Hwy. 5 and State Hwy. 41.

From Minneapolis

Take 35W to I-494 west to State Hwy. 5 (exit 11C).
OR, take 35W to the Crosstown (62), go west and follow the signs to Hwy. 212, but do not exit the highway, and continue west on State Hwy. 5.
Follow State Hwy. 5 for about 9.25 miles, past Chanhassen, past the intersection of State Hwy. 5 and State Hwy. 41. Just past the intersection of State Hwy. 41, there will be a small brown sign on the right-hand side of the road just before the Arboretum entrance. On the left you will see the large, pale-gray entrance sign.
Take a left-hand turn off Hwy. 5 onto the Arboretum Drive.

From St. Paul

Take I-494 to State Hwy. 5 (exit 11C)
OR take I-94 west to I-494, go south to State Hwy. 5 (exit 11C).
Follow State Hwy. 5 for about 9.25 miles, past Chanhassen, past the intersection of State Hwy. 5 and State Hwy. 41. Just past the intersection of State Hwy. 41, there will be a small brown sign on the right-hand side of the road just before the Arboretum entrance. On the left you will see the large, pale-gray entrance sign.
Take a left-hand turn off Hwy. 5 onto the Arboretum Drive.