Comments on: Exhibit - library

By: Andre

Andre — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:37:12 +0000

@Cow: Re: A): I guess I could have worded that better. I realize that while the PH has some problem’s, it’s not on the scale of what the US has (we haven’t been MC Hammer broke yet).

B) It’s wishful thinking, but I do wish the government would spend some more time and cash on sustained reading initiatives that would attract the public to local libraries and whatnot. Reading (be it comics or the more standard textual fare) isn’t getting the attention it deserves anymore. Just by reading comics alone, a kid could expand his vocabulary or be exposed to a broad spectrum of subjects of interest.

By: Lyndon

Lyndon — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:26:46 +0000

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By: sarahdg

sarahdg — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:26:57 +0000

may library na puro graphic novels/comics kami nakita problema lang puro naka-korean language dito sa pinas. sa isang japanese restaurant sa makati merong manga pero konti lang. sa singapore meron silang reading library puro manga in chinese, i think membership nga siya and they get profit lang by selling coffee or if somebody wants to buy the manga also.

By: Jiro Maeda

Jiro Maeda — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:22:42 +0000

baka pwedeng gumawa ng library exclusively for graphic novels, comics and pocketbooks? Yung may membership fee tsaka not open to the public para less chances of the collection getting swiped?

By: psychoCOW

psychoCOW — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:04:38 +0000

Back in the day, the closest thing we had to comics in our library was Tintin. Awa ng diyos, bumabalik naman sa lib yung mga issuess.

Andre: Two things: a)The Philippines is not doing as badly as you think it is. It’s part hype, part we’re-too-used-to-crisis-management-anyway; b)sadly, there is no market here for libraries. Fucking shame.

By: Targrod

Targrod — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:22:49 +0000

dkogets =(

By: Lyndon

Lyndon — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:29:57 +0000

I spent some of my college years in armchair reader galleria.

By: Andre

Andre — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:05:12 +0000

This reminds me of the Armchair Reader, a little library that used to be in what was then Parksquare 2. They had a shelf dedicated to comics like Asterix, Tintin, and a bunch of other cool stuff that I really dug into as a kid.

Too bad they didn’t last long, musn’t have made enough of a profit (even way back then, when the PH was still somewhat economically stable).

By: Tora^2

Tora^2 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:37:47 +0000

if they weren’t stolen, the libraries themselves withdrrew those books from their collections and ended up in the inventories of Booksale or any other 2nd-hand bookshop

By: Jiro Maeda

Jiro Maeda — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:26:45 +0000

Tora^2 your comment reminded me of a few books I bought from booksale which had stamps that said ‘Property of so and so Library’ nuff said