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Comics

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Genres and Topics

DEFINITION

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WEBSITES: CURRICULUM AND LESSON PLANS

WEBSITES: TO ASSIST STUDENTS IN CREATING COMICS

WEBSITES: GENERAL RESOURCES ON COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

ARTICLES (about comics in the classroom)

BOOKS (about teaching this topic/genre)

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• Carter, J. (Ed.). (2007). Building literacy connections with graphic novels: page by page, panel by panel. Urbana, IL; National Council of Teachers of English

• Fisher, D. & Frey, N. (Eds.). (2008). Teaching visual literacy: using comic books, graphic novels, cartoons and more to develop comprehension and thinking. Thousand Oaks, CA; Corwin Press

• Gorman, M. (2003). Getting graphic: using graphic novels to promote literacy with pre-teens and teens. Columbus, OH; Linworth.

• Lyga, A. with Lyga, B. (2004). Graphic novels in your media center: a definitive guide. Westport, CT; Libraries Unlimited.

BOOKS (general information about comics)

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• McCloud, S. (2006). Making comics. New York, NY; Harper.

• McCloud, S. (2000). Reinventing comics. New York, NY; Harper.

• McCloud, S. (1993). Understanding comics. New York, NY; HarperPerennial.

BOOKS (classroom friendly comics)

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• Guibert, E. & Sfar, J. (2006). Sardine in outer space. New York, NY; First Second.

• Klein, G. (2006). The lost colony, book one: the snodgrass conspiracy. New York, NY; First Second.

• Moore, E., & Pekar H. (Eds.). (2006). The best american comics 2006. New York; Houghton Mifflin.

• Moore, E., & Ware C. (Eds.). (2006). The best american comics 2007. New York; Houghton Mifflin.

• Mouly, F., & Spiegelman, A. (Eds.). (2006). Big fat little lit. New York, NY; Puffin Books.

• Satrapi, M. (2004). Persepolis: the story of a childhood. New York, NY; Pantheon.

• Satrapi, M. (2004). Persepolis 2: the story of a return. New York, NY; Pantheon.

• Spiegelman, A. (1986). Maus I: a survivor's tale: my father bleeds history. New York, NY; Pantheon.

• Spiegelman, A. (1992). Maus II: a survivor's tale: and here my troubles began. New York, NY; Pantheon.

• Stassen, J.P. (2007). Deogratias, a tale of Rwanda. New York, NY; First Second.

• Winick, J. (2000). Pedro and me. New York, NY; Henry Holt and Company

• Yang, G. (2007). American born Chinese. New York, NY; First Second.

ONLINE VIDEO, SHORT FILMS & MOVIE CLIPS

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• Stefan G. Bucher's Daily Monster - short time elapsed videos of monster cartoons.

RADIO/PODCASTS

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• NPR (January 26, 2004): Morning Edition January 26, 2004 "Intersections: Of Maus and Spiegelman" an interview with Art Spiegelman.

• WNYC (January 14, 2008): The Brian Lehrer Show "Reading with Pictures" a discussion with Michael Bitz (the Comic Book Project), Francoise Mouly (art editor at The New Yorker and editorial director of TOON books) and Stanford Professor Psychology Barbara Tversky.