tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535525493775623042.post6880964716214248200..comments2024-03-22T05:45:28.281-07:00Comments on Departing the Text: Graphic Novels at Home and In School: A DialogueMERYL JAFFE, PhD - parent, psychologist, teacher, author...http://www.blogger.com/profile/10310099341897509058noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535525493775623042.post-51099555141561791752010-11-01T17:51:34.251-07:002010-11-01T17:51:34.251-07:00My boys, 9 & 10 years old, have a few books th...My boys, 9 & 10 years old, have a few books that are graphic novel-ish, and educational, at the same time. We have The Cartoon Guide to Statistics, The Cartoon Guide to Physics, as well as Genetics and Chemistry. We also have a few Manga Guides to various subjects as well. They love these books and get much more from them than regular texts. We also have a comic book that details the history of science. Not all graphic novels or comic books are just for fun. Some are just fun as a byproduct.Suzettenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535525493775623042.post-29072401907076451092010-10-24T20:50:33.829-07:002010-10-24T20:50:33.829-07:00Thank you for this post! You have some great resou...Thank you for this post! You have some great resources here. Also, I don't feel I need to justify permitting my sons to read graphic novels now. You've made a well-reasoned case.Anniehttp://www.learnateveryturn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535525493775623042.post-14027865696476431252010-10-20T15:38:38.996-07:002010-10-20T15:38:38.996-07:00Great, great post. As a writer and clinician I bel...Great, great post. As a writer and clinician I believe that all media must be considered. Graphic novels as you say, are emerging. What was once a simple "comic book" has unlimited possibilities. They can be literary and artistic. And as you so aptly point out, they draw on a variety of cognitive skills for the developing mind. Good job!Janey Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00308623348870943709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535525493775623042.post-43116562374729921462010-10-20T11:38:46.318-07:002010-10-20T11:38:46.318-07:00Great post, Meryl! I appreciate the breakdown of h...Great post, Meryl! I appreciate the breakdown of how important graphic novels can be in the learning process, but also how important they are as a medium for storytelling. I do think they are becoming more recognized and certainly more widely available. When I was a child in the 1970s, my mother (a elementary school teacher) used to let me read anything -- including stacks and stacks of comics. Spiderman was by far my favorite.Karen S. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116824802269613088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535525493775623042.post-83188262936609649592010-10-18T18:17:18.037-07:002010-10-18T18:17:18.037-07:00I have been reading a lot lately how graphic novel...I have been reading a lot lately how graphic novels are a legit and great way to get reluctant readers to enjoy reading. I haven't read many myself yet, but I found some great classics redone as graphic novels that are a perfect example of how great this genre is!<br /><br />Thanks so much for your post!Pragmatic Momhttp://pragmaticmom.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535525493775623042.post-20816842434334336462010-10-14T15:13:49.572-07:002010-10-14T15:13:49.572-07:00Great post Meryll! Your bulleted lists might entic...Great post Meryll! Your bulleted lists might entice others who haven't gone the distance to discover the value of graphic novels to explore a bit on their own. <br />As a child I was presented with a copy of a book created by a friend of my father. Flip van der Burgt told the stories of the Old Testament in expressionistic wood cuts, printed black on white.<br /><br />When I first discovered how popular graphic versions of classic plays were in the U.S. I was appalled. Shakespeare as a comic book writer? It grew on me though. My development, as yours took me from apprehension to appreciation.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_%28comics%29" rel="nofollow">Persepolis</a> by Marjane Satrapi is a great example of a contemporary autobiographical comic that will drive home the story that might otherwise not be heard or read.Judith van Praaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12113677919729425142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535525493775623042.post-80492885842288904002010-10-13T19:23:15.329-07:002010-10-13T19:23:15.329-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.MERYL JAFFE, PhD - parent, psychologist, teacher, author...https://www.blogger.com/profile/10310099341897509058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535525493775623042.post-90617403124935215082010-10-13T18:25:53.741-07:002010-10-13T18:25:53.741-07:00Rock on! Comics are great for young and old, and i...Rock on! Comics are great for young and old, and it's exciting to see so many parents embracing them these days.<br /><br />I do have one little nitpick, though - just as graphic novels are not a genre, neither are manga. Japanese comics (as well as their Korean and Chinese cousins, manhwa and manhua) come in as many different genres as comics from the West. :]A. Brennerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05183131795238588385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535525493775623042.post-65371007209998453062010-10-13T16:28:24.312-07:002010-10-13T16:28:24.312-07:00Hi Meryl!
I read my first graphic novel this year...Hi Meryl!<br /><br />I read my first graphic novel this year. The Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, VT is near my new hometown. I hadn't realized just how serious some graphic novels really are. "I know nothing of your genre" I confessed to one of the Center's founders. "It's a MEDIUM, not a genre" he corrected me. And the difference is palpable. It is a medium in which any genre--classy or not--can be expressed. <br />And good things await!<br />Best,<br />Sarah PinneoSarah Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306158055163994965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1535525493775623042.post-83276762080568812832010-10-13T12:54:34.971-07:002010-10-13T12:54:34.971-07:00Meryl,
saw your note on Mother Writer over at Sh...Meryl, <br /><br />saw your note on Mother Writer over at She Writes. The graphic novel came into focus for me via my writing cohort Liz Brennan, who started "feeding" them to me last year. My sons 4, 7, read TinTin with their father; at first I was a little alarmed by the content. However, the love they share as they read seems to override the rest, and they have picked up some stellar vocab along the way "monocle" "Yeti" etc.<br /><br />For my daughter, when she was 8, we were lead to Rod Espinosa's The Courageous Princess--I reviewed it briefly on Feral Mom, Feral Writer, (couldn't dredge up my own url for it at the moment); Courageous Princess is great fun because the princess has to be her own hero. <br /><br />For the teenage/adult crowd, perhaps something like Blankets (author escaping me) which is sort of a first falling in love/falling out of love with family of origin's religion quest story that I enjoyed (also reviewed briefly at Feral Mom.<br /><br />As a writer, and someone drawn to artwork and poetry, I loved Allison Bechdel's Funhome, Tragicomedy (I hope I have that title right); it is her account of growing up in the home of her undertaker father, etc, a coming of age/ coming out story any writer would appreciate.<br /><br /><br />I am going to print out your post here for use for one of my comp classes I teach; I love the way you break out the plus list for diving into the graphic novel. Yes, one must still take along one's judicious hat and choose, screen, wisely. But there's so much to be gained by checking out the genre. Some fertile work going on in that field. We will see more and more historical stories and figures, I think, coming out in graphic novel format.<br /><br />Thanks for your post.Tania Pryputniewiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12177520317393803035noreply@blogger.com