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Comic Book

Types of Comics. Comic Book. Cartoon. Comic Strip. Uses for Comics. © Randy Glasbergen http://glasbergen.com. Comic strips created with Comic Boom software. A Center for Disease Control publication targeted for youth: http://www.bam.gov/sub_yourLife/yourlife_comiccreator.html.

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Comic Book

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  1. Types of Comics Comic Book Cartoon Comic Strip

  2. Uses for Comics

  3. © Randy Glasbergen http://glasbergen.com

  4. Comic strips created with Comic Boom software

  5. A Center for Disease Control publication targeted for youth:http://www.bam.gov/sub_yourLife/yourlife_comiccreator.html

  6. A publication from the Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/zoomcomic.html

  7. Ostrom, R. (2004). Active Learning Strategies for Using Cartoons and Internet Research Assignments in Social Studies Courses. • Guide analysis of sample cartoons to establish expectations • Select editorial cartoons to assign for analysis • Assign students to groups to analyze cartoons • Issue • Symbols • Exaggeration and Distortion • Stereotypes • Caricature • Humor and Irony • Background Knowledge • Argument • Presentations to class on their analysis; debate positions Source: The Mindsparks Editorial Cartoon Checklist

  8. Source: Cartoon News Magazine Daily Cartoonhttp://www.cartoonnewsmagazine.com/daily_cartoon.htm

  9. Sample Lesson Plan As students analyze the editorial cartoon, they will • Understand the context in which the cartoon was drawn • Discover the basic elements of the cartoon • Find and interpret the icons that appear in the cartoon • Identify the cartoonist’s message • Develop skill in seeing and understanding persuasive techniques used by cartoonists • Identify qualities of cartooning such as sensory, formal, expressive, technical, and judgmental Source: The Dirksen Congressional Center Editorial Cartoon Collectionhttp://www.congresslink.org/cartoons/lessons/1960_presidential_campaign.htm

  10. Creating a message requires • Critical thinking • Planning • Concise writing • Creativity = student engagement • Student engagement = excitement!

  11. Comic Boom Find a tour of Comic Boom at http://www.toonboom.com/products/comicboom/

  12. Comic Boom

  13. makebeliefscomix

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  16. Comic Book Creator 2

  17. Comic Book Creator 2

  18. Comic Book Creator 2

  19. Inexpensive Software • makebeliefscomix.com – free! • Comic Boom (PC) - $20 • Comic Life (Mac) - $28 (Amazon) • Comic Book Creator 2 - $30 (AsSeenonTV)

  20. Which approach are youmost likely to try out? • Purchasecartoons (memory prompt) • Createcomic strips for important concepts (make content more inviting) • Create a comic book for important concepts (make content more inviting) • Students analyze editorial cartoons (support learning activities) • Students create comic stripsor comic books (student-generated content)

  21. Sources • Science Cartoons Plus (S. Harris) - ~ $12 each http://www.sciencecartoonsplus.com/index.php • Today’s Cartoon (Randy Glasbergen) - ~ $20 eachhttp://www.glasbergen.com • Comic Book Creator 2 from re-sellers (no longer available from Planetwide Games Software) • Amazon re-sellers - $59.95 + • AsSeenonTV http://www.asseenontv.com/prod-pages/comic_book_creator.html ($29.95) • Active Learning Strategies for Using Cartoons and Internet Research Assignments in Social Studies Courses, by Richard Ostrom (2004)http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4033/is_200404/ai_n9373933 • Tales from the Public Domain: Bound by Law (comic book)http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/zoomcomic.html • New York Times News Service Photos & Graphicshttp://cartoons.nytimages.com/index.html • The Dirksen Center’s Editorial Cartoon Collectionhttp://www.congresslink.org/cartoons/index.htm • Comic Boom tour http://www.toonboom.com/products/comicboom/ • Makebeliefscomix http://www.makebeliefscomix.com

  22. Questions? Joan Van Duzer joan@humboldt.edu Center for Excellence in Learning & Teaching Humboldt State University 707.826.4460

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