From ancient egypt, where his beloved hypatia was murdered, to the farthest reaches of the galaxy in search of overdue books, rex upholds his vow to fight the forces of ignorance and darkness. Rex libris tells an entertaining story filled with sesquipedalian words, librarian jokes, and a bevy of fun mythological characters some of rexs coworkers include circe the sorceress and the egyptian god thoth. He must confront incredible foes, such as powerful alien warlords who refuse to. His story is finally told in rex libris, the new comic book series by james turner. Pictures has hired mark burton to pen the bigscreen adaptation of james turners comicbook rex libris, about an everyday guy who becomes part of a secret sect of librarians who battle forces of darkness in chasing down overdue or stolen books. The purpose of this paper is to use the work of philosopher slavoj zizek to gain insights into representations of the librarian and the library in contemporary popular culture. The series follows the adventures of rex libris, the head librarian at the middleton public library.
The astonishing story of the incomparable rex libris, head librarian at middleton public library. I think i derived the most humor from this book just by being a librarian and understand the painstakingly difficult patrons with overdue books and fees. Rex libris the best comic none of you have heard of a superlibrarian who travels through time and space and has adventures with literary and historical figures while in search of overdue books. Rex libris tp vol 02 book of monsters discount comic. Walden media will adapt supernatural librarian comic rex libris. Army vet biker librarianarchivist that happens to also be a visual artist and rides a harley davidson, i think rex libris kicks ass. The script for the film adaptation will be penned by scribe mark burton madagascar, chicken run, according to variety. This process takes no more than a few hours and well send you an email once approved. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
Rex libris is a busy comic, demanding the readers attention more than many comics, and its partly because of how turner creates the art. Top rated lists for rex libris 100 items comic book character of the day top contributors to this wiki. Xlibris, a publishing and printing services provider based in indiana. To talk about the recent carrie the musical episode of the cws riverdale the cbb boys are thrilled to bring back to the show geek culture writer and archie comics expert. Book of monsters is bigger, better and even cooler than volume one.
Rex travels to the farthest reaches of the galaxy in search of overdue books. Now dont piss me off and make me pull my shhhhhhhh out see more ideas about superhero, harley davidson and artist. Rex libris is a story about a librarian that has to fight evil. Comic books bears billy z and steve offer up a very special episode about a very special episode this time around. Should anyone by craft or any device whatever abstract this book. Rex libris, the head librarian at middleton public library, becomes a member of a secret sect in charge of protecting the worlds knowledge and most dangerous secrets. From ancient egypt, where his beloved hypatia was murdered, to the farthest reaches of the galaxy in search of overdue books, rex upholds his vow to. This comic book graphic novel is funny and intelligent and lets you on what life is really like for a librarian. Walden media will adapt supernatural librarian comic rex. By the time the comic reaches the cthulhu two storyline, turner is packing the book with panels, many of which are jammed with characters and creatures. Rex libris, a quarterly comic book, is about a librarian who collects overdue books from those reluctant to pay the fines.
Findings zizeks approach can provide novel and previously unconsidered insights into the understanding of librarian stereotypes in. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title ex libris. Will include dust jacket if it originally came with one. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A psychoanalytic reading of the comic book series rex libris using slavoj zizek s treatment of jacques lacan. Rex libris is a toughasnail librarian now several eons old fighting to protect knowledge and make sure books are returned on time, even when theyre held by intergalactic space creatures. Choose qty for rex libris vol 1 i librarian tp added.
With the aid of an ancient god who lives beneath the library branch, rex travels to the farthest reaches of the galaxy in search of overdue books. Middleton public librarys rex libris continues his campaign against demons, monsters and unreturned library books in this second collection of the culthit comic. Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other comic vine users. The astonishing story of the incomparable rex libris, head librarian at middleton public library, and his unending struggle against the forces of ignorance and darkness. Searching for more horror comics news, i came across rex libris. Rex libris tpb 20072009 amaze inkslave labor comic books. Please feel free to add a new publisher or new comic book series in this section.
I would dearly love to read more of this series but unfortunately was able to only get my hands on the first issue. Mosaic media is producing the comedic actionadventure. Rex libris is a science fiction humor comic book series written and illustrated by james turner. This collection contains the first five chapters, with roughly 32 pages per chapter. Tales of the sesquepedalian kickass librarian rex libris and his endless battle against the forces of darkness. James turner middleton public librarys rex libris, the worlds toughest librarian, continues his campaign against demons, monsters, and unreturned library books in this second collection of the hit comic.
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