What is Get Graphic?
Get Graphic: The World in Words and Pictures is a community-wide two year project designed to introduce teens, parents, librarians and teachers to the exciting and extremely popular literary format of graphic novels. All sorts of fun and informative events will be held throughout Western New York including noted graphic novel author visits and graphic novel design workshops. Teens will be inspired to write their own stories in the graphic novel format and their pages will be included in a book to be published in 2009.
Truly a community project, partners include the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, the Nioga Library System, UB Libraries, UB Department of Library and Information Studies, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, The Buffalo News Next Magazine, Erie I Boces School Library System, Hein Publishing, Buffalo Public Schools Library System and WBFO radio.
Visit this website often for up-to-date information about Get Graphic events and graphic novel news.
This project was made possible in part by a Family Literacy Library Services grant from the New York State Library, New York State Education Department.
Upcoming Events 
- May 22: Art Spiegelman ! — Author Presentation at 4:00 PM
- July 9: Author Visit - Gene Yang at 4:00 PM
Graphic Novel of the Month
Dogs and Water
By Anders Nilsen
A young man wanders through desolate tundra with only a stuffed bear for companionship. It is unclear where he’s coming from or where he’s going. In his wanderings he crosses paths with animals and armed men. Each interaction is tense, for in a land where resources are so sparse every living being is a competitor. Eventually he is accepted into a pack of dogs whose tenuous friendship is as comforting as it is unsettling.
