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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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NINA in THAT MAKES ME MAD
By Chris Wilson
Editor-in-Geek
STORY REVIEW
Everything makes little Nina mad. She gets upset when her parents don’t know what she likes, when she gets blamed for something she didn’t do, when she tries hard and others do not, when grown-ups don’t let her help, when she does something nice and no one notices and especially when she has to wait. Continue reading →
June 29, 2012
in Comics in Classrooms, Elementary 7+, Uncategorized
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Comic Express: A Method for Expressing Ideas in Comic Form
By: Don Bergland, University of Victoria
Illustrated stories are a powerful form of popular expression. Formats such as the single cartoon, panel strip, comic book, graphic novel, and illustrated book have been widely used in our culture to communicate and express ideas in dramatic ways.
Comic products are usually characterized by powerful graphic images which reveal skill in drawing and illustration. Students who attempt to create comic forms, however, are sometimes disappointed when their results lack the illustrative power associated with this format. Continue reading →
February 28, 2012
in Lesson Plans, Teaching With Comics, Teachingcomics.org
Tagged art education, comic, expression, ideas, multiple frames, photo-vignette, photoshop
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The Graphic Novel - 16 Week Class
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The Graphic Novel ENG 411J - CRN 34984 Spring Semester, 2008 Instructor: Rebecca Gorman Classroom: King Center 314 Continue reading → |
July 26, 2010
in Syllabi, Teaching With Comics, Teachingcomics.org
Tagged assignments, course description, course objectives, graphic novel, Rebecca Gorman
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Comic Book Superheroes
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Developing a Syllabus for a Course on Comic Book Superheroes By Elaine M. Deering Instructor of English, Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida For years, I bought our family a stylish coffee table book on Superman or Spiderman or other comic book superhero each year at Christmas time. As I paid for my purchase, I would produce my faculty ID and ask if I could get a teacher’s discount. The cashier would invariably reply that the book would have to be related to a course I was teaching, to which I would confide my desire to develop a literature course on comic book superheroes someday. Sometimes I would get a wink and a discount; if the cashier was a purist, my request would be declined. Continue reading → |
March 13, 2010
in Syllabi, Teaching With Comics, Teachingcomics.org
Tagged comic book, course, Elaine M. Deering, graphic novel, lynn university, superhero
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Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
| Written by M. David Lopez |
| Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud |
Directions: Using your book, notes and in small groups, discuss and arrive at conclusions to these discussion questions.
Chapter 1 – Setting The Record Straight – pp. 2
- What is McCloud’s dilemma regarding comics as the book begins?
- What’s the difference between pictures and comics?
- According to McCloud, why isn’t it easy to define comics?
- To what definition does he eventually arrive?
- List the ancient civilizations that had some form of comics. Continue reading →
February 21, 2009
in Study Guides, Teaching With Comics, Teachingcomics.org
Tagged understanding comics discussion study guide scott mccloud group work literature circle
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How to Draw the Newspaper Adventure Strip
| Written by Charles Flanders |
| Saturday, 07 February 2009 19:13 |
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After attending classes at the Allbright Art School, Charles Flanders (1907-1973) moved to New York, where he was later employed by King Features Syndicate in 1932. There he worked on a number of comic strips by other artists, including Alex Raymond’s Secret Agent X-9, and Bringing Up Father. He adapted Ivanhoe and Treasure Island for Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson’s New Fun Comics as well as his original strip, Sandra of the Secret Service. He’s best known, though, for his work on Fran Striker’s The Lone Ranger, which he drew from 1939 until 1971.
NACAE is happy to be able to distribute this how-to booklet, entitled How to Draw the Newspaper Adventure Strip, recently rediscovered by the artist’s daughter Shelley Flanders, for classroom use. Charles Flanders created the booklet in the 1960s, with an eye toward young aspiring cartoonists looking for basic instruction in drawing a comic strip start to finish. If you’d like non-educational copies of this booklet or would like to order a spiral-bound hard copy of it, please visitwww.howtodrawcomics.net. Download attachment: How to Draw the Newspaper Adventure
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February 7, 2009
in Handouts, Teaching With Comics, Teachingcomics.org
Tagged Charles Flanders, King Features Syndicate, NACAE, The Lone Ranger
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Crafting a Minicomic
| Written by Mac McCool |
| Creating a hand-made minicomics gives students a taste of self-publishing and an introduction to book-making. This exercise works for students ages 8 through college-level. In this exercise, students create an 8-panel story. With low-tech instruments (e.g. glue, scissors) or high-tech tools (e.g. Photoshop), students layout their panels in the correct orientation and paging sequence before making copies to share with friends and family.Download attachment: Crafting a Mini Comic
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September 21, 2008
in Exercises, Teaching With Comics, Teachingcomics.org
Tagged book-making, Mac McCool, minicomic, self-publishing
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Image, Text, and Story: An exploration of graphic novels
| Written by Rachel Williams |
| Image, Text, and Story: An exploration of graphic novels is an interdisciplinary class designed to help students explore a variety of graphic novels that focus on social issues, personal stories, politics, and war. The graphic novel is a literary form that has grown in popularity over the past thirty years. They provide a compelling juxtaposition of image and narrative.Students will discuss the visual construction and written content in excerpts from a series of graphic novels and cartoons.
Finally, students will construct their own graphic novella. Download attachment: image_text_and_story |
September 21, 2008
in Syllabi, Teaching With Comics, Teachingcomics.org
Tagged image, interdisciplinary class, narrative, Rachel Williams
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Serious Business About Comics
| Written by A. David Lewis |
| In 2006, comic book creator and educator A. David Lewis (THE LONE AND LEVEL SANDS) was asked by Fuller Middle School in Framingham, MA to come speak on the graphic novel to a section of their 6th grade (ages 11-12). This fit into the MA educational curriculum framework (their state guidelines) as the exploration of an alternate literary genre as well as the integration of art with text. Having already taken that Spring’s MCAS exam, this interactive discussion on comics and graphic novels was a welcome respite to the students; in advance of the presentation, each class was given time, with some loose instructions, to fashion their own 8-page “graphic novels” on any story of their choosing/devising. Continue reading → |
September 21, 2008
in Lesson Plans, Teaching With Comics, Teachingcomics.org
Tagged 6th grade, A. David Lewis, comic books, graphic novel
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