Teaching With Comics
THE FLYING BEAVER BROTHERS AND THE FISHY BUSINESS
By Tegan Conner
Staff Writer
STORY REVIEW
When Ace and Bub wind up in a tree thanks to their new penguin friends, they make an awful discovery: a volcano is on their island. They are pretty sure it wasn’t there the day before; so, they decide to investigate. What they find are literally fish out of water (wearing a water suit of sorts), harvesting trees, polluting the island, all in the name of a tiny product called “Fish Stixs.” Continue reading →
August 22, 2012
in Comics in Classrooms, Elementary 7+, General, Grades 3-5
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WAR STORIES: Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
By Ellen Ma
Staff Writer
REVIEW
Garth Ennis brings you this series that consists of eight standalone short stories taken place during World War II, with one set in the Spanish Civil War. Although Ennis is the main writer, each story is taken on by a different artist.
The unique quality about this series is the different perspectives of each short story, which may be one of the reasons as to why there are so many artists. Continue reading →
August 22, 2012
in Advanced High School-University, High School 15+, Recommended Reading, Teaching With Comics
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FABLES: LEGENDS IN EXILE, VOL. 1
By Catharina Evans
Staff Writer
STORY REVIEW
The premise of this oft-touted series places “exiled” fables in contemporary New York City to live among the “mundanes” (i.e., real people). In FABLES: LEGENDS IN EXILE, characters from a spectrum of universes, both film and literary, mix uneasily together. In this upside-down world, Snow White reigns, Prince Charming comically bumbles around as an obnoxious lady-killer, and the Big Bad Wolf does good as Sheriff. Continue reading →
August 22, 2012
in High School 15+, Recommended Reading, Teaching With Comics, Uncategorized
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Bio: Trevor Mueller
At a very young age Trevor Mueller was shocked to discover his latent writing abilities. “Am I from another planet?” he used to ponder as a child, but alas he soon discovered that he was a mere mortal by crashing his bike into a tree.
Professional History
A graduate of Western Michigan University with a BA in Advertising and Promotions, Trevor has worked in advertising and marketing for his entire career. However, his passion as always been with comics and storytelling. Continue reading →
August 22, 2012
in Speakers Bureau, Teaching With Comics
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ED’S TERRESTRIALS
STORY SYNOPSIS
Ed is a dreamer. He loves his comics and make-believe and isn’t really interested in the grown up world. That is, until a space ship full of intergalactic refugee slaves comes crashing down into his tree house. The three aliens quickly set up shop in an effort to teleport their people to Earth, one by one, to save them from their bonds of slavery at the hands of the intergalactic food court. Others have a different idea. Ed’s bullying rich girl, Natalie, and Maximus Obliterus, the greatest of all the mall security from space are coming in to stop the underground space railroad.
July 31, 2012
in All Ages, Recommended Reading, Teaching With Comics
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THE DREAMLAND CHRONICLES: BOOK 1
STORY SYNOPSIS
What if you lost your sense of adventure? What if you stopped dreaming and your imagination was left to wither away?
In THE DREAMLAND CHRONICLES, writer and artist Scott Christian Sava introduces us to a character who must dream in order to enter into and become part of an alternative world. Drawn in computerized 3D imagery with computer graphics, Sava elaborately creates a place of the imagination where creatures both big and small, kind and deadly, are on the loose.
July 31, 2012
in All Ages, Recommended Reading, Teaching With Comics
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DINOSAURS ACROSS AMERICA
REVIEW
Geography, like many subjects, can be boring, fraught with the nasty notion that simply memorizing states and capitals constitutes learning. Phil Yeh, while presenting basic information about each state, also gives the reader a look into other aspects of the state, such as human interaction with the place, as well as history about the music, art, or technology that has shaped each state. There is even a little story to go along with the information to help the reader move along. It is a good thing.
July 31, 2012
in All Ages, Recommended Reading, Teaching With Comics
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CRYPTOZOOEY #1
By Michael Schofield
Staff Writer
So, CryptoZooey #1 was a hit at Comic-Con – and it was Well. Frigging. Deserved! Charming and funny, there is a little related-something akin to my youth’s sacred WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE that called-up my inner monster-fearer from below my inner dork that made Sarah and Steve Troop’s comic immediately endearing. It’s no stretch of imagination to understand what won over Comic-Conners when it is marketed as “CryptoZooey. A girl. A quest. And the monsters that help her.” Monsters rule.
July 31, 2012
in All Ages, Recommended Reading, Teaching With Comics
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AMELIA RULES!: Volumes 2-3
By Chris Wilson
Editor-in-Geek
STORY SYNOPSIS
Amelia’s story continues in these next two volumes in the hit, all-ages series. Reggie leads his band of pint-sized super heroes to battle against the Ninjas across town and the Legion of Steves. Amelia gets caught up in a kiss that would make Shakespeare proud. All the while, the hardships of the real world keep coming and Amelia makes her way through it with the help of those around her.
July 31, 2012
in All Ages, Recommended Reading, Teaching With Comics
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AMELIA RULES! The Whole World’s Crazy
By Chris Wilson
Editor-in-Geek
STORY SYNOPSIS
In this first volume the book is split into five sections, each one a separate story from the others. This is the story of Amelia. Her mother and father are recently divorced. She and her mother moved in with Tanner, Amelia’s 20-something aunt. Amelia finds herself a new group of friends, two of which she likes and one she does not. She and Rhonda love to hate one another and they frequently compete and bicker.
July 31, 2012
in All Ages, Recommended Reading, Teaching With Comics, Uncategorized
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