How people get theiꦓr comic books and graphic novels has changed somewhat with the COVID-19 pandemic, but one way that'll never change is getting comics from libraries.
While libraries have been visited less in the past year due to the pandemic, it has also illuminated how readers can use their library digitally with services like OverDrive and its Libby app - a digital reading service that partners with local libraries for books, magazines, and yes, comic books and graphic novels.
🍸In the past 12 months, comics books and graphic novels were chec𒈔ked out over 15 million times from public libraries.
Top 5 Young Adult/Adult Comics checked out from public libraries worldwide:
- by Jason Reynolds and Danica Novgorodoff
- by Marie Kondo and Yuko Uramoto
- by Jen Wang
- by Charlie Mackesy
- by Gerard Way
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Libby is one of several ways to read comics digitally. Check out our list of the best digital comics readers for Android and iOS devices.
Chris Arrant covered comic book news for Newsarama from 2003 to 2022 (and as editor/senior editor from 2015 to 2022) and has also written for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel Entertainment, TOKYOPOP, AdHouse Books, Cartoon Brew, Bleeding Cool, Comic Shop News, and CBR. He is the author of the book Modern: Masters Cliff Chiang, co-authored Art of Spider-Man Classic, and contributed to Dark Horse/Bedside Press' anthology Pros and (Comic) Cons. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. Chris is a🅰 member of the American Library Association's Graphic Novel & Comics Round Table. (He/him)
