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Originally Posted by DuncanWatson
In my old library periodical's could be checked out but for less time than books. They also had a section in the "stacks" where older periodicals were stored. They had special plastic covers for the ones in the main section as they had to suffer from many people touching them.
And for instance they had issues of "Amazing Spider-man" in my old library, so yes, honest to goodness comics. Not the largest selection as comics in the 80s included many hundreds of titles published monthly and my library had only a few, but it was very cool.
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I am very very surprised. you must have had a very well funded library with a head librarian with a lot of independence!
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Originally Posted by boxcorner
Comic books, or graphic novels, are very popular in European countries such as Belgium, France and Italy. They are usually have hard covers and a rigid spine, are about A4-size and around 1cm thick. Also, hardback comic annuals of a similar size are published in the UK.
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those I can see being in a library. the other flimsier version that I have referred to simply would not stand up to a great deal of mobility