<span style="color: rgb(73, 73, 73); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">The Graphic Novel and Comics Group has been promoting the collection and support of graphic novels through a diverse range of events and sponsorships such as pop-up libraries and educator/librarian-focused panels at regional comic conventions like New York Comic-Con and Comic-Con International: San Diego, facilitating the Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries, and coordinating the GraphiCon slate of programming at the ALA annual conventions.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(73, 73, 73); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(73, 73, 73); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);" /> <span style="color: rgb(73, 73, 73); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">At 2018 ALA Annual Conference, the ALA Council, with enthusiastic member support, passed a petition to convert the existing Member Initiative Group into the Graphic Novels and Comics Round Tables.</span>

<span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); color: rgb(73, 73, 73); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Formerly known as the Graphic Novel Member Interest Group.</span>