Library News

How to Kill a Zombie with a Pencil (2/14/2012)

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Penn College Main Campus - Madigan Library (LIB)

We’ve watched movies and looked at books about zombies; we’ve dressed and walked like them. Now is the time to walk in the footsteps of George Romero and Max Brooks: writing about zombies. If you have already written stories, made comics, or drawn pictures of the living dead, bring them to share your ideas. We will also create brand new stories and art, so instead of just eating up other people’s work, we will contribute to the growing, exciting world of zombie literature.

Dr. John Weaver, Presenter Room: LIB200

Illustrated Journaling: Drawing the Mind in a Quest for Self (2/21/2012)

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Penn College Main Campus - Madigan Library (LIB)

The presentation will address the aspects of an illustrated journal, how to come by inspiration, what to write in the illustrated journal, what the rules are (if there are rules), why bother, and a good formula for ratio of writing to drawing/illustrating. We will talk about alternative 2-D illustration styles like collage, stamping, etc., and work on our journals, writing and drawing, with an opportunity to share.

April Line, Presenter Room: LIB200

Hellboy: Hey, that Superhero is a Monster (2/28/2012)

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Penn College Main Campus - Madigan Library (LIB)

Hellboy starts life as a B-movie monster summoned from the realm of nightmare on December 23, 1944 by Gregori Rasputin (who is now working for the Nazis). It is a bad start, but a good upbringing transforms him from a monster into a superhero defending Earth and its inhabitants from the occult forces of evil. Sure, he is conflicted—being a superhero is tough job for a demon tormented by his own past. We will look at Hellboy’s startling and complicated life, first as the comic book superhero imagined by Mike Mignola and then as the bigger-than-life star of his own movie.

Dr. John Hruschka, Presenter Room: LIB200