Originally posted by: RepDetect
Most larger libraries will let you pay a small fee ($10 or so) and get a visitor's card. The trick then would be finding one that's not too far away that has what you want. It's worth a shot, even just calling around and asking them. And it's also a great way to figure out if you really want to buy the books later or not. A good example would be the Charles Schultz Complete Peanuts that Fantagraphics is putting out; definitely nice books, but not something I can afford right now, thus a perfect choice for checking out of the library and seeing first hand if they're good wish-list candidates.
Originally posted by: theredbaron
You can get Sandman at your local LIBRARY?!
Damn, I'm jealous of you. No comics or even 'graphic novels' in sight at mine...
You can get Sandman at your local LIBRARY?!
Damn, I'm jealous of you. No comics or even 'graphic novels' in sight at mine...
Most larger libraries will let you pay a small fee ($10 or so) and get a visitor's card. The trick then would be finding one that's not too far away that has what you want. It's worth a shot, even just calling around and asking them. And it's also a great way to figure out if you really want to buy the books later or not. A good example would be the Charles Schultz Complete Peanuts that Fantagraphics is putting out; definitely nice books, but not something I can afford right now, thus a perfect choice for checking out of the library and seeing first hand if they're good wish-list candidates.
Still jealous. I live in Australia, and while I can find practically whatever I want at the comic shop - Peanuts, Garfield, Asterix, Tin Tin, The Far Side, or *maybe* Superman is about where the library ends for comics around here...and I read all those in high school!