San Diego Here I Come!

It's been slow around the interwebs lately, as many of my steady news outlets have personnel doing the same as I: Getting ready for San Diego Comic Con! This will be my second-ever SDCC. I went back in 2002(?) as editor-in-chief of the online comics and commentary site Outcast Studios.

This year I'll be going as a panelist, joining Katie Monnin and others in an academic session on comics and writing. I'll be wearing some comics-related clothing, but I will not be in full costume this year. Maybe next year, though!

Kids Using Comics in New Delhi, India, to Talk About Corruption, Social Issues...

....through something called the World Comics India Organization, a sort of Indian Comic Book Project. How quickly the U.S. can get left behind these days, eh?

George R.R. Martin Talk Comics and Reading Circa 1981

Another story of an accomplished adult who learned to read through comics! Hotcha!!

More Dore Ripley at GNR: Comics Adaptions of Edgar Allan Poe

Dore Ripley traches ad Diablo Valley College and at Cal State East Bay. She has used graphic novels in several of her courses and continues to illustrate their value to her college students.

Ooligan Press's Classroom Publishing Guide Available!

Ooligan Press has released Classroom Publishing: A Practical Guide for Teachers, 2nd edition. The main website can be accessed in this post's title, and the press has a title-specific blog here.

What's this have to do with comics and education? My past exploits as a secondary teacher are detailed along with many other familiar names. My section deals with making and publishing comics, of course. :)

I have an advance copy, and I have to say, while I was a little dubious when I was being interviewed for the project a while back, I really do think the book is a good resource for current and future teachers. I'm thinking about adding it to some of my classes and suggesting it to colleagues. It is thorough, chocked-full of real-life examples, and takes on a broad definition of publishing appropriate to "best practice" thinking.

Western Mass Writing Project and Kids Create Comics over the Summer

Maybe we'll get something like this started up in EP one day.