Pictures & Animation

Comic strips, cartoons, and other visual arts.

	ALA propaganda poster -- From Modern Humorist's "Save America" campaign.
	Alex . . . the Librarian -- A comic strip by Alex Krentzin.
	ALIAnet Greeting Cards -- Includes some with a kick-ass super-hero-ish librarian chick.
	A'Mazing Grace -- A comic from Sam Uzi.
	Ariadne cartoons -- By Malcolm Campbell: electronic library; ex-chief librarian; new technology; silence.
	Banned Books Week -- Editorial cartoon from the Christian Science Monitor.
	Conan the Librarian: "Mother Goose & Grimm" comic strip, available in JPEG format.
	Dating the Librarian's Daughter -- An "Off the Mark" single-panel comic (upper-left).
	Dewey the Bookworm -- A few cartoons from Friends & Foundations of California Libraries.
	Dating the Librarian's Daughter -- An "Off the Mark" single-panel comic (upper-left).
	Dykes To Watch Out For -- The Bibliophile (sex in the HQ 70s); Modern Maturity (Mo applies to library school).
	Edna, The Librarian -- Profile of a character from the "Hey, Professor" comic strip.
	The Empress -- Lego librarian pictured on tarot card.
	FBI in Libraries -- Political cartoon.
	Funny cartoon about libraries and computers.
	Gondwanaland -- "Radical librarians save the world" from spectral dinosaurs.
	Gravad Lax Bookmarks -- Cool Dutch bookmark site.
	Hello Kitty -- A picture to color of H.K. reading a book. Also see pre-colored pic of a reading Badtz Maru.
	If the library were like Amazon.com -- by Joseph and Mary.
	Internet Pornography in the Library -- Cartoon by John Pritchett.
	Is It Broken? -- A "Penny Arcade" comic strip about books and technology.
	Keep Your Mind Occupied With Good Books -- A "social hygiene" poster from 1922.
	Know Your Place! Shut Your Face! -- Satirical posters, including "Books cause dangerous thoughts!" and one or two others relevant to libraries.
	Let's Hear It for Librarians -- Animated e-postcard.
	Librarian -- Animation from The Doodles gave us a chuckle.
	Librarian -- Hook-handed, monster-zombie-thingie, by Alexey S. Lipatov. Be sure to click on the tour link for more fantasy pics.
	The Librarian -- Oook! Nifty pic of Discworld's orangutan librarian.
	The Librarian (aka "Freedom") -- SF/Fantasy artist Boris Vallejo's poster work for The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag. Unlike most of Boris' pics, the woman in this one is clothed. Someone else has used a Java applet to give this picture an animated reflecting pool effect.
	The Librarian -- Painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
	Librarians -- Matted cartoon for sale.
	Library Books -- A photocollage at the 800x600 Project.
	Library Media & PR Toolbox -- Nice collection of clip art for libraries, with links to other sites.
	Library Surveillance: DoublePlusGOOD -- One of Infinite Jest's American Crusade 2001+ trading cards.
	Library System Terrorizes Publishing Industry -- Comic strip by Ruben Bolling.
	Linux Lass -- Librarian is transformed by open source, suits up to protect her library, and trimphs over The Man.
	Little Bob Bighorn's Library Adventure -- Coloring pages featuring wild animals in the library.
	MAD Look at the Library -- Sergio Aragones cartoons.
	Maxine at the Library -- Front and inside of a birthday card from Hallmark.
	Minimum Security -- Cartoon on libraries and USA PATRIOT Act.
	MLA/GODORT Read (Docs!) Campaign -- Minnesota librarians pose with the government documents they love.
	Naked Librarians -- Bookplate drawings of nude women; links to a few photos of nekkid wimmin with books thrown in as a bonus.
	New Yorker library cartoons.
	Non-Fictional -- A Lynda Barry strip.
	One Innocent Day In the Library -- A really big GIF of a comic strip.
	Overdue -- Animated COPS parody.
	Paige Turner -- Arthur's librarian.
	Parents' Guide to the Internet: Librarians' Page -- Linked here for a cartoon of "Super Librarian."
	Pornography Exchange Program -- An amusing cartoon.
	Posters from the Library of Congress' WPA Collection: January: A Year of Good Reading Ahead. March: Read the Books You've Always Meant to Read. September: Back to School, Back to Work, Back to Books. October: A Good Time to Read. Be Kind to Books Club. Books Are Weapons. Funny Side Up. Little Miss Muffet. Passports to Adventure. Story Hour Club. These Books Are Too Good to Miss. Use Your Library Often. Vacation Reading Club. Visit the Library on the Parkway. Wee Willie Winkie.
	PVP -- First installment of a comic-strip series about reading Tolkien.
	Quest -- Strange animation with a ninja-pirate mushroom and library joke at the end.
	Reading Rockets e-cards.
	Rhymes with Orange -- A Sunday funny about library marketing.
	Scarygoround -- Comic's "It's a Gas Gas Gas" story line includes foul play in the closed stacks.
	Terror in the Stacks -- Poster for nonexistent PATRIOT Act movie.
	Typical Rabbit Library -- Cartoon by Hagen.
	Unshelved -- Daily comic strip (formerly known as Overdue) set in a library.
	Wanted! The Tipsy Librarian -- Since there's so many, it might be hard to track down this exact one.
	What Do You Read? -- Comic about the USA PATRIOT Act.
	Zippy the Pinhead -- 1997 strip inspired by Nicholson Baker.

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