Jimmy Gownley’s comic-strip review of Harriet the Spy, which he did for Sunday’s Unshelved, just made me wish he would do a graphic novel adaptation of the whole book. It would be a perfect match!
Jack Wilson of The Graphic Classroom has completed his master’s thesis, and it’s on an interesting topic: Whether reading comics motivates fifth-graders to read more.
Teach Comics is a new site dedicated to using comics in the classroom; a recent post also focuses on picking age-appropriate comics for the classroom. (Found via All Ages Graphic Novels.)
Reviews
Billy Aguiar on vol. 1 of Animal Academy (Prospero’s Manga)
Oyceter on Emiko Superstar (Sakura of DOOM)
Dave Ferrar on The Eternal Smile (Comics-and-More)
Melinda Beasi on vols. 1 and 2 of Off*Beat (there it is, plain as daylight)
Greg McElhatton on Skim (Read About Comics)
Nate Stearns on Swallow Me Whole (The Graphic Classroom)
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