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Cropped book cover, The Cartoonists Club. Colorful cartoon illustration of four young people, one writing in a notebook, and one jumping for joy

Booklist Reader: Read-alikes for The Cartoonists Club

Raina Telgemeier is practically a household name when it comes to kids comics, and Scott McCloud wrote one of the foremost books (Understanding Comics) explaining how comics work. Readers inspired by the duo’s latest collaboration, “The Cartoonists Club,” will appreciate these other titles that teach key elements of cartooning and offer stories of kids creating comics together—and sometimes both at the same time.

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Horror Studies Collection Coordinator Ben Rubin examines "The Blair Witch Project" collection at Hillman Library. Photo: Aimee Obidzinski

‘The Blair Witch Project’ Joins University of Pittsburgh Library’s Horror Studies Collection

The University of Pittsburgh Library System’s Horror Studies Collection is a horror-lover’s dream. Amongst the holdings are the George A. Romero Archival Collection, consisting of hundreds of items from the influential “Night of the Living Dead” filmmaker, the literary papers of “Whalefall” and “The Shape of Water” author Daniel Kraus, scripts from filmmakers Wes Craven (“A Nightmare on Elm Street”) and John Carpenter (“Halloween”), and first editions of “Frankenstein,” “Dracula,” and various Edgar Allan Poe works. And now, students and researchers will have access to items from the 1999 found-footage classic, “The Blair Witch Project,” courtesy of the film’s producer.

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