Spuddle: catch up with the Graphic Novel Club

 As 2022 begins, the Graphic Novels Club would like to share some of their work from the last twelve months! 

Earlier this year, members had the opportunity to take part in the Excelsior Award where they read and discussed the graphic novels nominated for the award before voting for their favourites. 

Witch Hat Atelier, They Called us Enemy and Hotel Dare proved to be popular choices among our members and are now all available to borrow from the library!

With the start of the new academic year in September, the club also worked together to compile a list of book recommendations. Intended as an introduction for new readers, the GN reading list reflects a broad range of genres and is a great resource for anyone looking to get into the genre or try something a bit different.

Please see our previous blogpost to see the list in full and get a taste of some of these brilliant picks: The Grey Coat Library - Books &c.: Intro to Graphic Novels: a reading list !

Of course, the majority of the GN Club's time has been focused on creating their very own graphic novel. After months of detailed planning, story boarding, script writing and designing, the GN Club has finally begun the final design for their own original graphic novel. 

Spanning multiple genres and featuring a broad range of pop culture references and artistic styles, Spuddle is an original and ambitious multi-verse comic detailing protagonist Sam's adventures attempts to find her missing friend as she travels across different realities and encounters surprising obstacles and romance in her quest.

Keep an eye out for further updates on the progress of Spuddle here on the library blog!

If the Graphic Novels Club sounds like something you might be interested in, please come along to our next meeting.

The GN club meets every Wednesday from 3:30-4:30 at St Andrew's Library and includes students from years 7-10 - new members from any year are always welcome!