Resources
This page contains helpful resources related to Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, & Comics.
Online Activities
- Comic Book Heroes from The Children's Museum of Indianapolis - surveys, games and activities and resources. Be sure to check out What Comics Would You Like? and Build Your Own Comic.
Book Lists and Pathfinders
Teaching and Learning
- Bookshelf from Diamond Bookshelf
- Graphic Novels from Horn Book
Video Interviews
Web Comics
Read Crossover Dreams: Turning Free Web Work Into Real Book Sales by Motoko Rich in The New York Times.
- DrunkDuck: The Webcomics Community - some adult content
- Fun Brain's Web Comics. This website publishes lots of content for kids including a book called Diary of a Wimpy Kid that's also available in a book form. You can also read On the Rocks, Brewster Rockit Space Guy, and Silent Kimbly.
- Smith Mag (contains some adult contain). This website contains many examples of webcomics including A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge and Shooting War.
Comic Resources
Comic Creator Resources
Publisher Websites
Core Lists of Graphic Novels
Grant
Organizations
Websites to Explore
Comic Books for Young Adults: A Guide for Librarians
Graphic Novels from IPL Teenspace
Kids-Safe Graphic Novels for Your Readers
No Flying, No Tights: A Website Reviewing Graphic Novels for Teens
Outcast Studios Comic Creators Resource Site
Recommended Graphic Novels for Public Libraries
Teaching Comics from NACAE
Articles to Read
Beaman, Anita & Warfield, Melissa. Comics in the Classroom: Reaching Out to Reluctant Readers. Knowledge Quest.
Bochan, Toby Leah. Parent Guide to Book Genres: Graphic Novels
Bryan, Gregory, George W. Chilcoat, and Timothy G. Morrison. Pow! Zap! Wham! Creating Comic Books from Picture Books in Social Studies Classrooms. Canadian Social Studies, 37, Fall 2002.
Cahill, D. Literacy in comics. Multiple Perspectives: Mulitimedia in the Classroom. 2000.
Kan, Kat. Just what is it with graphic novels anyway? Knowledge Quest, 35(1), Sept/Oct 2006.
Lavery, Clare. Using Cartoons and Comic Strips
Lyga, Allyson A.W. Graphic Novels for (Really) Young Readers. School Library Journal, 3/1/2006.
Parent Guide to Book Genres: Graphic Novels
Petrucha, Stephan. On Writing (And Reading) the Graphic Novel (PDF). Knowledge Quest. 36(3). 2008.
Schultz, Amy. Getting a BANG! Out of Comics: Using Graphic Novels to Improve Literacy. The Writing Site.
Schwarz, Gretchen E. Graphic Novels for Multiple Literacies.
Schwarz, Gretchen E. Expanding literacies through graphic novels (PDF). English Journal, 95 (6), 58-64. 2008.
Schwarz, Gretchen G. Media Literacy, Graphic Novels, and Social Issues. Simile, 7(4), 1-11, Novmber 2007.
Seyfried, Jonathan. Reinventing the Book Club: Graphic Novels as Educational Heavyweights (PDF). Knowledge Quest. 36(3). 2008. (PDF Bibliography)
Shea, R. Comics in the Classroom. Teacher Magazine, 18(2), 16-17, October 2006.
Using Graphic Novels in the Classroom: A Guide for Teachers and Librarians
Books to Read
Education
Cahill, S. Going graphic: Comics at work in the multilingual classroom. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. 2004.
General
Will Eisner. Comics and Sequential Art, Poorhouse Press, 1985.
Will Eisner. Graphic Storytelling, Poorhouse Press, 1995.
Goldsmith, Francisca. Graphic Novels Now: Building, Managing, and Marketing a Dynamic Collection. ALA.
Scott McCloud. Understanding Comics - the Invisible Art, HarperCollins, 1994.
Scott McCloud. Reinventing Comics, HarperCollins, 2000.
Scott McCloud. Making Comics, HarperCollins, 2006.
For lesson ideas, go to the bottom of the ScrapComics page.