Here’s what’s new in the comics and graphic novel collection here in the RBML.

CUNY professor Bert Hansen contributed over six dozen educational comics, from Popeye giving career advice to Mexican biographies.

Materials from Jerry Robinson’s library continue to grow, such as this 1947 guide to the comics business written by a young Stan Lee and illustrated by Golden Age artist Ken Bald.

A colleague contributed funds to help acquire a 1940 New Yorker cartoon by one of my favorites, Richard Taylor.

Our circulating collection has been enriched by the winnowing of others’ libraries, including over two dozen French-language graphic novels from publisher NBM, and several hundred volumes courtesy both of the Society of Illustrators, from the former MoCCA library, and MAD art director Sam Viviano.