Article: Inside the World of Comic Books.(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: COMIC BOOKS GO TO CLASS; FULTON TEACHER FINDS THEY ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  March 12, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... graders about how he used to bring comic books to school to trade when he got a lot ... for granted that everyone knew about comic books. But only about a dozen out of 89 students had ever read a comic book." Holy comic books, Batman! Mercer was so amazed he created ...

Article: Comic books regaining popularity
University Wire;  August 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... bookshelves filled with thousands of comic books for people of all ages. And just for ... Higuera Street. Some people who collect comic books are reaching back for a nostalgic look ... and the recent release of Spiderman, comic books are becoming recognized as an important ...

Article: BIFF! POW! ZING! COMIC BOOKS PACK A PUNCH
Antiques & Collecting Magazine;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...COMIC BOOKS HAVE exerted a pull on American popular ... Americas. Like its musical cousin, jazz, comic books are brash, streamlined and at their ... going strong, the fact is that today, comic books are a multi-billion dollar industry ...

Article: Enduring love affair with comic books
Cleveland Jewish News;  March 17, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... 17-2000 Enduring love affair with comic books Growing up in the 1950s in New York ... out his youthful rebellion by reading comic books. He compares it to young people today ... vividly remembers his introduction to comic books. "It was sitting on the stoop of our ...

Article: Heroes in the classroom: Comic books in art ...
Art Education;  November 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... your arts instruction? A lesson in comic books-history, design, story, and production ... brief history and critical analysis of comic books and cartooning, we provide a lesson ... noticed how many students interested in comic books and cartoons did not perform well in ...

Article: SCHOOLS USING COMIC BOOKS TO REACH STUDENTS ...
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  May 2, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... introduced graphic novels - essentially, comic books with elaborate storylines - into his ... Secret Origin of Good Readers." While comic books and graphic novels shouldn't replace ... movies, video games and politics. Comic books starring superheroes like Superman and ...

Article: Comic books becoming more appealing to female ...
University Wire;  June 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Eagle) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON -- Comic books filled with images of blood and carnage ... time when most women didn't read most comic books. But Rebecca Head, an American University ... of sarcasm. Now, other content in comic books is more available to readers and particularly ...