Now, Ms. Counts and all of her librarian colleagues have really been at the forefront of comics advocacy, really since the early '80s, when a school library journal article stated that the mere presence of graphic novels in the library increased usage by about 80 percent and increased the circulation of noncomics material by about 30 percent.
Ibu Counts dan semua rekan-rekan pustakawannya menjadi pelopor dalam hal penggunaan komik, sejak awal tahun 80-an, saat artikel tentang perpustakaan sekolah menyatakan bahwa kemunculan novel grafis di perpustakaan meningkatkan jumlah pengguna sebesar 80 persen, dan meningkatkan sirkulasi materi non-komik sebesar 30 persen.