Dav Pilkey: How to Draw Piggy and Barky McTreeFace
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Children's book author and illustrator Dav Pilkey has another couple of quick drawing lessons: Piggy and Barky McTreeFace, They're both from his "Dog Man" series.
Category: Comics
Preservation Week: From Captain America to Thomas Jefferson
Posted by: Neely Tucker
It's Preservation Week, and the Library's Preservation Research and Testing Division has helped set national standards in cultural heritage institutions for half a century. Among other highlights, they've helped save "Captain America" comics and discovered Thomas Jefferson's edits in the Declaration of Independence.
Posted in: Comics, Libraries, Preservation, Preservation and Conservation, Science
Parents! Dav Pilkey Shows The Kids (And You) How to Draw Flippy! Plus Music!
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Author and illustrator gives a tutorial in how to draw Flippy the Fish, one of the characters from his bestselling "Dog Man" series.
Hey Kids! Dav Pilkey Reads From “Dog Man,” Shows You How to Draw Big Jim
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Bestselling children's author Dav Pilkey shows readers how to draw "Big Jim," a character from his "Dog Man" series, and reads from one of the books.
Love in the Comics: The Star-Crossed Story of “Negro Romance”
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library of Congress now has the world's only known complete collection of "Negro Romance," the only black romance comic printed in America's Golden Age of Comics.
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Superheroes, Superteams
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Megan Halsband, a reference librarian in the Serial and Government Publications Division, walks us through some of the best superhero teams in comic book history.
Posted in: Comics