http://www.heromachine.com/2008/02/27/comics-in-schools/ Get the latest on the world's premier character portrait creator. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:31:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.heromachine.com/2008/02/27/comics-in-schools/#comment-634 Brad Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:10:57 +0000 http://www.heromachine.com/2008/02/27/comics-in-schools/#comment-634 This is amazing. I'd never heard of the Maus comic before, but I would definitely say a comic book, a familiar medium to many, is a great way to educate young German schoolchildren about that terrible time for all of us. Schindler's List and The Diary of Anne Frank are certainly moving, but they're so cold and hard-hitting, it could not possibly be accepted as an educational means, especially for youngn's. I do know, however, that classics such as The Scarlet Letter, The Prince and the Pauper, and another few have been converted to a more comic book like presentation. Certainly a good move, but nothing like making a story of the holocaust into such a media. This is something I'm very impressed to learn. It makes me think of how comics used to be sent to soldiers to entertain them, which is probably responsible for the interest of all people over 12 to continue reading them (such as ourselves). And I can definitely see how Captain America's words would move you, he is definitely the ultimate patriot. They moved me, too. Of course, another significant point is that comic books give children someone to look up to. Comic books play up to the role model aspect most, as the same is for cartoons, when you see a superhero taking down an everyday thug. I still consider it a beautiful thing that you see the supers never, ever using guns. It's a great lesson from the very beginning. I should probably stop rambling, but it's something I'm apt to do when I feel passionate about something. All in all, I think the Maus comic will possibly move the entire world forward, and the fact that it starts in a graphic novel is a great, great thing. This is amazing. I’d never heard of the Maus comic before, but I would definitely say a comic book, a familiar medium to many, is a great way to educate young German schoolchildren about that terrible time for all of us. Schindler’s List and The Diary of Anne Frank are certainly moving, but they’re so cold and hard-hitting, it could not possibly be accepted as an educational means, especially for youngn’s. I do know, however, that classics such as The Scarlet Letter, The Prince and the Pauper, and another few have been converted to a more comic book like presentation. Certainly a good move, but nothing like making a story of the holocaust into such a media. This is something I’m very impressed to learn. It makes me think of how comics used to be sent to soldiers to entertain them, which is probably responsible for the interest of all people over 12 to continue reading them (such as ourselves). And I can definitely see how Captain America’s words would move you, he is definitely the ultimate patriot. They moved me, too. Of course, another significant point is that comic books give children someone to look up to. Comic books play up to the role model aspect most, as the same is for cartoons, when you see a superhero taking down an everyday thug. I still consider it a beautiful thing that you see the supers never, ever using guns. It’s a great lesson from the very beginning. I should probably stop rambling, but it’s something I’m apt to do when I feel passionate about something. All in all, I think the Maus comic will possibly move the entire world forward, and the fact that it starts in a graphic novel is a great, great thing.

]]> http://www.heromachine.com/2008/02/27/comics-in-schools/#comment-628 Jeff Hebert Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:46:25 +0000 http://www.heromachine.com/2008/02/27/comics-in-schools/#comment-628 Yes, "Maus" was being used in a couple of courses not long after I graduated, mostly in history and English lit, I believe. The German comic is a new one, just out in the last year or so. Yes, “Maus” was being used in a couple of courses not long after I graduated, mostly in history and English lit, I believe. The German comic is a new one, just out in the last year or so.

]]> http://www.heromachine.com/2008/02/27/comics-in-schools/#comment-624 Redd Fox Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:27:52 +0000 http://www.heromachine.com/2008/02/27/comics-in-schools/#comment-624 Jeff, Is that comic book you mentioned Art Spiegelman's Maus I and II? Because at the university I go to (Texas State U.), I saw that as a "textbook", it was in the bookstore for checkout... I'm in "Communication Design" AKA Graphic Design, and I'm hoping that will be a required book, even though I've read both... Comics can definitely be a way to teach anything! Jeff, Is that comic book you mentioned Art Spiegelman’s Maus I and II? Because at the university I go to (Texas State U.), I saw that as a “textbook”, it was in the bookstore for checkout… I’m in “Communication Design” AKA Graphic Design, and I’m hoping that will be a required book, even though I’ve read both… Comics can definitely be a way to teach anything!

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