Comics – Rebecca Autrey

I agree with Versaci when he said that some adolescents and teenagers find classroom material to be dull and how its important to catch them off guard.  Comics books are a perfect way to do this!  They would be perfect for the kid who hates reading or someone who just can’t find their place in the literary world.  It adds for a new look at creativity and a new way of understanding stories and what the author is trying to convey because the story is in between the pictures and the words.

Reading my Lunch Lady graphic novel went by so much faster than all the other books we’ve read in class so far.  I probably finished it in 10 minutes.  It reminded me of when I was little, when my brother and I used to read Captain underpants.  These books are really similar; same sense of humor and same basic story of kids in school helping a super hero who originated from their school.  It was weird to go back to reading speech bubbles and looking at the pictures to further understand the story.  In some ways it almost slowed down my reading and kind of frustrated me that I couldn’t skim over the words and understand what I was reading.  I think comic books would be interesting to introduce when talking about an author’s purpose.  This could include a classroom discussion about why certain pictures we used to tell the story instead of just focusing on literary text.  I’m sure there are comics that could tie into other subjects too and those would be fun to introduce to kids to get them excited in all aspects of the classroom.

 

Rebecca Autrey