If you have been on the 2nd floor of the library lately and been all the way back to the blue North wall, you may have had the opportunity to checkout one of the most unique displays to be hosted at the Iowa City Public Library. This display, or exhibition, is the work of MFA student in Book Arts at the University of Iowa India Johnson, and is Thread Library. This library within our library is a collection of threads, with an accompanying card catalog.
Author Archive for Frannie
Friday, Apr 22, 2016
I have enjoyed the graphic novels of Daniel Clowes for 10+ years, which isn't saying much as he was first published in 1989, but for a creator to keep making things I liked as teenager and still enjoy as an adult is quite a feat. My first...
Wednesday, Dec 2, 2015
As the temperature drops and you've just read a book that weighs practically 10 pounds and has "Fire" in the title it is really hard not to make some sort of pun. All joking aside though, I'm pretty proud of myself for finishing Garth Risk...
Monday, Oct 19, 2015
I don't have very much time for reading what with balancing work, school, and the rest of life, so lately I have turned to graphic novels to stimulate my love of the printed word. This has led to me finally reading Saga by Brian Vaughn,...
About Frannie
A reader for all seasons, Frannie is just as happy with a tattered copy of Pippi Longstocking as she is with latest volume of Brain K. Vaughan's Saga. Primarily interested in the visual language in prose and colorful plays on words, secondarily occupied with troubled souls and tales of redemption.