Dave Carter

Comics Librarian & Video Game Archivist

[AthenaeumComicArt @athenaeum_art]

A2CAF is a few short weeks away, and I need your help to get the word out! We want to celebrate the amazing comic book artists that are joining us, like the legendary @xaimeh. Please share the event with anyone that you think would love indie comics! @aadl

[Dave Carter @davereadscomics]

Chalk drawing seen this morning on the side of Shapiro library @UMichLibrary #annarbor

[Ann Arbor District Library @aadl]

Miss out on the A2CAF action last weekend? We’ve got you covered. Full streams of our headliner events are now available to watch anytime at the links below.

[Dana Atnip @GalacticDragons]

Come on down for day two of A2CAF at the Ann Arbor District library until 6pm today!
@GoodTickleBrain @TrevorMcKee2 @ruthexpress @rikirinkaart

[Dave Carter @davereadscomics]

Happening now at @aadl — the Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival! Today and tomorrow 11am - 6pm. Great guests and a fantastic artists alley! https://t.co/lP6WJVkVO1 #annarbor #comics #a2caf

[Ann Arbor District Library @aadl]

Join us for the Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival 2023 TODAY & TOMORROW at the Downtown Library from 11 am-6 pm each day. Hosted in partnership with Kids Read Comics, we'll have artists, hands-on workshops, quick draws & more! Details: https://t.co/u5M1yXrTVJ

[Dave Carter @davereadscomics]

Today!!! #comics #annarbor

[UM CVGA @umcvga]

We are proud to co-sponsor the return of A2Inkubate! This year the A2CAF pre-conference has the theme "Comics Out of Life" and features panel discussions with Jen Wang, Gale Galligan, & Dan Santat; and Thien Pham & Nate Powell! Friday June 9, 1-3pm in the Michigan League.

[Ann Arbor District Library @aadl]

A2Inkubate presents: Comics Out of Life, an A2CAF pre-conference for librarians, educators, and cartoonists!

Friday, June 9, at 1:00 pm at the Koessler Room, Michigan League.

Details: https://t.co/A72HmkuOoO

[UM CVGA @umcvga]

We are proud to co-sponsor the return of A2Inkubate! This year the A2CAF pre-conference has the theme "Comics Out of Life" and features panel discussions with Jen Wang, Gale Galligan, & Dan Santat; and Thien Pham & Nate Powell! Friday June 9, 1-3pm in the Michigan League.

[AthenaeumComicArt @athenaeum_art]

Can you all do me a favor and share this post?! We want to make our first @aadl A2CAF Small and Indie Press event a huge success! Application linked below:

[Dave Carter @davereadscomics]

Today I finished an undertaking that took nearly nineteen years: I have read every single Peanuts newspaper comic strip in order, from October 2, 1950 through February 13, 2000. That's 17,897 strips in total!

[OSU Cartoon Library @CartoonLibrary]

We are so excited to announce our new exhibit, Facing Feelings: The Art of Raina Telgemeier, opening at the Billy Ireland Museum on May 24! This is the first retrospective of Telgemeier's work, and spans over 20 years of her career. @Scholastic @ScholasticTeach @ScholParents

[Dave Carter @davereadscomics]

@johannadc They switched from Diamond to PRH, like IDW and Marvel. (diamond still sub-distributes)

[UM CVGA @umcvga]

The CVGA @UMichLibrary is seeking to fill up to three positions for CVGA Special Projects Residency in the areas of Game Preservation and Accessible/Adaptive Gaming for the Spring/Summer 2023 term (May - August 2023).

See https://t.co/Xqil9lOS2v for info and link to apply

[UM CVGA @umcvga]

Support Student internships in game preservation and accessible & adaptive gaming at the CVGA today during Giving Blueday! https://t.co/fmw7uEtIHl #GivingBlueday @UMichLibrary

[Nick Dewhirst @SEMichigan_Wx]

Large tree limbs down across the Diag/Central Campus @UMich @NWSDetroit #miwx

[Cian Tormey @CianTormey]

So guys, I haven't done a comic breakdown thread for a while, happily I've been extremely busy. And ordinarily I'd use my own work to demonstrate the principles I explain, but I want to talk about the best comic page I've ever seen. Let me explain:

[Dave Carter @davereadscomics]

Humming House & Leslie Rodriguez covering “My Love”

https://t.co/9qvXNicVSe

[Dave Carter @davereadscomics]

It’s as though Booster Gold meant to go back in time to 2015 to become a social media influencer, but miscalculated by thirty years

[Dan Jurgens @thedanjurgens]

Everyone survives, but the results aren’t perfect. It’s the way things go for most of us, sometimes often, in our own lives, which is part of BG's charm. With the way social media and celebrity culture have grown, he's more relevant now than when issue #1 appeared in 1985. 4/5

[Dave Carter @davereadscomics]

The Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival is back in 2023! Creators, apply now for a free table at the best little small press comics show in the Midwest! @krcomics https://t.co/wWDOdi2UcO