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	<description>The World in Words and Pictures</description>
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		<title>The Ten-Cent Plague&#8230;</title>
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Graphic novels owe their existence to comic books. Did you know that comic books were cited by some as the cause of juvenile delinquency in the 1950&#8217;s? The Ten-Cent Plague: the Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America by David Hajdu discusses the controversy that lead to comic book censorship. He&#8217;ll be in Buffalo as part of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://getgraphic.org/blog/index.php/2008/04/27/the-ten-cent-plague/</link>
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		<title>Movie Mania!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join us during National Library Week for two films that were inspired by comic books and graphic novels! The X Men will play in the state-of-the art auditorium in the Frank E. Merriweather Library  on Monday, April 14 at 5:00 p.m.
On Saturday, April 19 at 1:00 p.m. the Julia Boyer Reinstein Library will show League of Extraordinary Gentlemen .
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		<link>http://getgraphic.org/blog/index.php/2008/04/01/movie-mania/</link>
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		<title>Author Visit - Gene Yang</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gene Yang &#8212;  award winning author of American Born Chinese &#8211; will give a presentation at the Central Library, July 9th  and a graphic novel workshop on July 10th.  More information will follow.
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		<link>http://getgraphic.org/blog/index.php/2008/03/03/author-visit-gene-yang/</link>
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		<title>Persepolis</title>
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Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis, recently appeared on PBS&#8217;s Tavis Smiley television show. Satrapi was born in Iran and  Persepolis is her story about growing up during the Islamic Revolution.  To listen to the interview and/or read a transcript, click here. Btw, Persepolis was made into a film. It received an Academy Award nomination for Animated Feature Film. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://getgraphic.org/blog/index.php/2008/01/24/persepolis/</link>
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		<title>Comic Book Appeal: Martin Kilroy Panel Discussion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The appeal of comic books is as basic as an ancient cave painting.  Comic books present a gripping narrative embellished by an artist&#8217;s hand.  You might say that this is no different from a storybook, but it is.  A graphic novel or comic book often addresses themes that are way beyond the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://getgraphic.org/blog/index.php/2008/01/07/comic-book-appeal-martin-kilroy-panel-discussion/</link>
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		<title>Art Spiegelman ! &#8212; Author Presentation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Art Spiegelman, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel Maus will speak at the Central Library on May 22, 2008.  Save the date - more details will follow.
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		<link>http://getgraphic.org/blog/index.php/2008/01/07/art-spiegleman-reception/</link>
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		<title>Welcome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the Get Graphic! blog! This is your place to read, explore, and contribute information about the Get Graphic! project and graphic novels in general.
The following article was published in the Buffalo News &#8220;Next&#8221; Magazine about the Get Graphic program&#8230;

Getting Graphic at the Library
Buffalo is getting graphic - so get psyched. Many libraries across [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://getgraphic.org/blog/index.php/2008/01/01/graphic-novels-in-the-movies/</link>
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