Check out my article in the March 09 edition of Educational Leadership. Sure, they put the graphic novel article in an issue with 3 sixes associated with it, but it is not a bad read. I finally got some things off my chest about how some perceive GN's, and I tried to move us beyond the "define then give examples" stage, though I still had to do some of that too.
The article was retitled "Going Graphic: Understanding what graphic novels are -- and aren't -- can help teachers make the best use of this literary form." The phrase "going graphic" is one of many graphic novel article title cliches, unfortunately, but besides that, I was happy with the tightness of the copy editing, etc. And they added pictures, which really made it pop.
It's pretty cool to be in a journal with James Gee, Howard Gardner, Michael Levine, etc. And this publication focuses on principal types, which represent a powerful but less-frequently targeted audience when it comes to getting educators thinking about sequential art in the classroom.
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