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About Classroom Comics
My project — of which this webpage is a part — successfully emerged from the “proposal” stage, on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 when I received the “OK” from the graduate school to proceed. I will create my dissertation of practice as a comic book, released serially, on a bi-monthly schedule over the next ten months. When all the issues have been released in the early spring of 2016, I will gather them together in a single “trade paperback” volume to be published with notes and an explanatory preface/introduction.
I am new to dissertations myself; traditionally, they are works outlining a scientific research study comprised of five chapters: Introduction. Literature Review. Methodology. Findings. Discussion.
My comics will roughly follow that design. As a “proof of concept” I started the first issue late in June of 2015. For private and educational purposes, you are welcome to download the color files here.
I welcome your comments, criticism and suggestions. Indeed, I am printing and responding to selected reader reactions in the “Key Strokes” letters column pages appearing at the back of each “ish.”
Thank you for listening, and I look forward to your response to these “classroom comics.”
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Looking for traditional “paper versions” of Classroom Comics? As they are released, you may purchase back issues through Amazon:
Issue #1: The Intro Issue #2: The Lit Review Issue #3: MethodsIssue #4: FindingsIssue #5: Discussion
…Or get all five issues collected in a single volume!
To find some great comics resources for classroom use visit:
Association of Library Services for Children — Graphic Novels Reading List – 2014 update
To find some great comics resources for classroom use visit:
Association of Library Services for Children — Graphic Novels Reading List – 2014 update
For older readers consider:
Young Adult Library Services Association — Great Graphic Novels for Teens
For an overview of the American comic book written from the vantage point of St. Louis, Missouri consider:
Comics’ Second City: The Gateway History of the American Comic Book
You may prefer the “full-color” version:
Comics’ Second City: Color Edition
When I first considered the use of comics in education in the fall of 2013, my reading of empirical research studies in peer-reviewed journals led me to write a literature review. The article may be accessed at:
Comics and Graphic Novels in the Classroom: A review of Scholarship in the Field