Check out the Watchmen

WATCHMEN
by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons


Before it was a blockbuster on the silver screen, it was a blockbuster on the comic book racks. See how it all originally started. Delve into the minds of writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons as they combined to put together one of the seminal works for comic books.

Remember, these aren't your parents' superheroes.

"The would-be heroes of "Watchmen" have staggeringly complex psychological profiles: beneath his mask, the hard-nosed vigilante Rorschach is not a billionaire Bruce Wayne-like playboy but a troubled loner with a sociopathic streak. The gadget-dependent Nite-Owl is a sexually impotent pushover. Dr. Manhattan, the lone character who genuinely possesses supernatural powers (gained from a quantum physics experiment gone horribly wrong), is so close to godhood that he can appreciate human affairs only at a subatomic scale. "A live body and a dead body contain the same number of particles," he observes. "Structurally, there's no discernible difference." -- New York Times

So come down to the library and find out for yourself. "Who Watches the Watchmen?"

Magazine Monday

After a week hiatus is back. After a week of Spring Break, it's time to come in and catch up on what magazines you've missed.

allure (April)
Look Younger Now: Smoother Skin, Fewer Lines, Anti-Aging Vitamins
Hair Therapy: Tame Frizz & Fight Flatness
Carrie Underwood: Good-Girl Scandal Magnet
4 Hidden Clues To What's Making You Fat

GQ (April)
Wall Street 2's Shia LaBeouf: He's So Money
The Penny-Pincher's Guide To Style
CIA, RIP: How A Shocking Attack In Afghanistan Killed More Than Spies
The Greatest Boxer Since Ali Is A Very Tiny Man

Vogue (April)
Shape Up For Street
Losing It: A Foodie Gets Fit
Quitting It: A Smoker Kicks The Habit
Beating It: A Model Fights Her Eating Issues
The Brady Bunch: Gisele (Baby, Body, Beauty Brand)

Essence (April)
Take Control of Your Life
Reinvent Your Career
Find Your Soul Mate
Get In Shape
Black Men & White Women: Jill Scott On Why It Still Hurts

Giant Robot (Mar.-April)
Black Rock Shooter
Yellow Fellow Fever
Quest For Kona
Free The Dolphins
Cosplay Days
Black Asians

Wired (April)
Rise of the Machines: How Tablets Will Change The World
The YouTube Revolution Turns Five
On The Trail Of The World's Most Brilliant Thief
Sony Bets Its Future on 3-D TV

Rolling Stone (April 1)
The Last Days And Lost Music Of Jimi Hendrix
Ben Stiller: A Serious Man
Killer Sludge: Coal's Toxic Secret
Marijuana Inc.: Inside America's Last Growth Industry

Police (March)
SWAT Saves Lives With Less-Lethal Weapons
Dr. Bill Lewinksi On Force Science
The Perils Of Parking Enforcement
Gunfight From The Passenger Seat

High Plains Journal (March 22)
Soybean Producers Rely On Export Market
Pork-Flavored Doughnuts?
Grain Terminal, Port Important Step For Exports
Organic Advocates Optimistic About New USDA Rules

And other magazines on the rack are Nursing Research, MAD, Smart Computing, US Weekly, and Time. So come in to the SCCC/ATS library, relax and enjoy a magazine!

Open this Sunday

Just a reminder the library will be open regular hours this Sunday, March 21.

The library will return to normal hours beginning Monday, March 22.

Closed Sunday

The library will be closed this Sunday for Spring Break.

Magazine Monday

It's another edition of Magazine Monday. What's new on the racks? Take look:

Lucky (April)
FREE!! $450,000 Worth of Giveaways
Sexy Shoes, Pretty Dresses, the Season's Hottest Bags -- All Within Your Budget
Spring's Most Body-Flattering Trend
Gossip Girl's Jessica Szohr on Finding Her Look
632 Easy ways to get Major Style

Popular Mechanics (April)
Get the Perfect Lawn in Just Six Weeks
DIY: Tighten Loose Car-Door Hinges, Build Your DReam (Tree) House, Hang Floating Shelves
How I Survived ... Wilderness Plane Crash, Bridge Collapse, Avalanche
Memo to the White House: Don't Kil NASA

XBox Magazine (April)
Fallout: New Vegas
Watch Out Modern Warfare! Medal of Honor is Back
Think You're hardcore? Take the OXM Challenge
Final Fantasy XIII Reviewed

Rolling Stone (Mar. 18)
Shaun White: Big Air, Big Hair & the Killer Inside
Rock God, Interrupted: Billy Corgan's Missing Years
2010's Biggest Albums
The Lost 'Exile' Sessions: New Songs From the Stones' Gritty Masterpiece

Motorcyclist (April)
v4 Victory: Honda & Aprilia Make V4s Cool Again
Honda VFR1200F: The Interceptor Grows Up
White Lightning Aprilia RSV4R vs. Yamaha YZF-R1
Billy Joel: The Piano Man Is a Real Motorcycle Fan

Sports Illustrated (Mar. 10)
The Olympics in Pictures

Other magazines that might pique your interest: Seventeen, Diverse, Us Weekly, Time, American Salon and Good Housekeeping just to name a few. So come down to the library, take a break and indulge yourself with a good magazine.

Magazine Monday

It's March. What better way to start off the month than with a magazine. Here's what we got in today:

Mental Floss (Mar-Apr)
The 10 Issue
10 Ridiculous Feats of Literature
10 Prostitutes Who Changed the World
10 Surprising Stories from Afghanistan
10 Life-Changng Video Games

Shape (March)
4-Week Makeover
Sculpt Sexy Curves
Beat Belly Flab for Good
Drop a Dress Size This Month
Get a Wow Body at 20, 30, 40+
Super Easy Diet Tricks: Drop Pounds and Stay Full

Smart Computing (March)
Troubleshoot Windows 7: Solve WErrors and Annoynaces
Encrypt Your Documents
How to Installl a Linux Operating System
DIY Project: Transfer Files to a New PC

Sporting News (Mar. 1)
NFL Offseason Guuide: 32 Plans to Get Better for 2010
Spring Football: 120 Schools, 120 Priorities
Too Biog to Fail: Nebraska DT Ndamukong Suh

Other magazines that came in this week: Time, US Weekly, Jet, National Geographic and Science News. So come on down, grab a magazine, relax and enjoy!

Capturing the Times: Photographs of the Farm Security Administration, 1936-1941

The Seward County Community College/Area Technical School Library is proud to present the traveling exhibit “Capturing the Times: Photographs of the Farm Security Administration, 1936-1941.”

Historic photos taken between 1936 and 1941 by a group of photographers working for the U.S. Farm Security Administration capture the essence of the nation as it worked toward recovering from the Great Depression.

These photographs have played a significant role in defining the nature of documentary photography and received critical acclaim for their emotionally powerful images of everyday life in extreme social, economical, and environmental conditions.

The images in this exhibit are an important part of the nation’s visual memory during this time. Included are Dust Bowl scenes, portraits of rehabilitation clients, images of striking miners, farm actions, and 4-H club fairs in their depiction of life in Kansas.

The exhibit is open to the public through the entire month of March.

For more information, contact the SCCC/ATS Library at (620) 417-1160.

Normal library hours are:

Mon-Thurs: 7:45 a.m to 10 p.m.

Fri : 7:45 a.m to 4:45 p.m.

Sat : CLOSED

Sun: 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.

“Capturing the Times: Photographs of the Farm Security Administration, 1936-1941” was produced by the Kansas Historical Society and is part of the Kansas Interpretive Traveling Exhibits Service.