Libraries becoming new niche for comics fans

The Daily Herald Says libraries in all over the country are devoting more dollars and shelf space than ever before to comic books, both in their traditional monthly periodical format or, more often, in sturdier, book-length versions sometimes referred to as \”graphic novels.\”

\”It\’s the hot thing right now,\” said Shari Hetzke, secondary school services specialist for the Arlington Heights Memorial Library. \”For every graphic novel we have on the shelves, two or three are checked out.\”