It’s all too easy to dismiss colorful, fun books of this sort, with their brief chunks of text and apparently oversized photos, as merely motivational in nature.
Is ‘Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox’ the Darkest Superhero Film Ever?
July 30, 2013 by
Can creators in essence separate the “super” from the “hero” and still be said to be working with the same character?
You Don’t Need to Go to Comic-Con to Have Fan Literacies
July 19, 2013 by
Long after the school year ends, students will still think about their Civil War-reenacting history teacher or their librarian who enters poetry competitions.
Ways to Welcome Fanfiction in Schools
July 18, 2013 by
When it comes to fanfiction and academics, there is a long history of non-fans writing and doing things that fans don’t particularly like, so you should be extraordinarily careful when you introduce fanfiction-based exercises to wary young fans.
Fanfiction: What Educators Really Need to Know
July 17, 2013 by
Do young fanfiction authors seek the kind of feedback that educators would find “useful” in K-12 settings, and are fanfiction communities really the nurturing environments of peer-critique that some make them out to be?
In Honor of Baseball’s All-Star Game, A Book to Pre-Order
July 16, 2013 by
Student sports fans (in this case, baseball fans specifically) can leverage their outside-of-school literacies to comprehend and appreciate the sophisticated cartoons and high-level text.
Something to Consider on the Eve of Comic-Con: Cosplay and Critical Thinking
July 16, 2013 by
“We can look at cosplay as a medium that assists other media, anime and manga, by targeting a certain audience segment related to fandom.”