As a special feature of The Fanbase Weekly podcast, the Fanbase Feature focuses on and celebrates a specific element of geek culture.

A very special Fanbase Feature! At San Diego Comic-Con 2024, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief Barbra Dillon moderated “The Pathway to Libraries for Indie Comics” panel (originally recorded on Thursday, July 25, 2024) during which library professionals and indie comics creators discussed how new pathways can be forged to bring diverse, educational, and inclusive indie comics to library patrons everywhere. Panelists included Moni Barrette (director of collection development & publisher relations, LibraryPass), Christina E. Taylor (consulting comics librarian), Jordan Hart (writer, Ripple Effects), Jessica Maison (writer, Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters), and Hillary Chang (branch manager, McCully-Moiliili Public Library).

Cast members: Moni Barrette (director of collection development & publisher relations, LibraryPass), Christina E. Taylor (consulting comics librarian), Jordan Hart (writer – Ripple Effects), Jessica Maison (writer – Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters), Hillary Chang (branch manager, McCully-Moiliili Public Library), and Barbra Dillon (Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief)

This month’s sponsor: Craig Miller has lived a comics fan’s dream come true. He graduated college and started his first job: working on the publicity for Star Wars. His book, Star Wars Memories, tells previously untold stories of the making and marketing of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back. More Movie Memories continues the adventure, with more stories about Star Wars; tales of his adventures as a consultant to Jim Henson, Warner Bros., Disney, Universal, and other studios on many of the genre films of the 1980s including Superman II, The Thing, The Dark Crystal, Krull, The Last Starfighter, The Black Cauldron, and more; and talking about his second career in Hollywood: as a writer of animation on shows ranging from Curious George to The Real Ghostbusters to G.I. Joe and Beast Wars. Both books are now available for sale on Amazon!   

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Episode Photo by: Barbra Dillon

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