WHAM! POW! GRAPHIC NOVELS!
In the Spring of 2015, I had the privelege of taking an entire class devoted to Comics Readers Advisory. Even though the class was only 8 weeks, it was THE most intensive, informative class I took during my time at the University of Illinois' Graduate School of Library and Information Science. The instructor is a comics rock star and advocate, and she gave us SO MANY worthwhile sites to review and learn from that I do not have the time to annotate each one. However, the titles of the sites are fairly self explanatory, so I hope you forgive me for not describing them.
MY INSTRUCTOR
Carol Tilley, Comic Book Crusader--To learn how lucky I was to have Carol Tilley not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES as an instructor, just check out this video dedicated to her work to prove comics really are invaluable learning tools. The mini-documentary is about 23 minutes long, and it is completely necessary viewing if you're needing to advocate for graphic novels in your collection or thinking about why you need to build up your GN knowledge.
ARTICLES
The Man Who Saved Comics
Carol Tilley on Her Wertham Research
Superheroes as Icons
Publishers Re-Think Comics for Tablets
SUPERHERO READING LISTS
List of DC Archives Editions
List of DC Showcase Editions
List of Marvel Masterwork Editions
List of Essential Marvel Editions
List of Marvel Omnibus Editions
Superhero Database
CURATED COLLECTIONS
Government Comics Collection (University of Nebraska)
Moore Collection of Underground Comics
COMICS ONLINE& WEBCOMICS
GoComics--FREE daily comic strips! Search by favorite and re-live the classics and contemporary strips whenever you want!
The WebComic List
Wikipedia List of Webcomics
FOR THE KIDS
Kids Comics
Kid Friendly Web Comics
FOR THE TEACHERS
National Association of Comics Art Educators
Book Discussion Guidelines
MY INSTRUCTOR
Carol Tilley, Comic Book Crusader--To learn how lucky I was to have Carol Tilley not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES as an instructor, just check out this video dedicated to her work to prove comics really are invaluable learning tools. The mini-documentary is about 23 minutes long, and it is completely necessary viewing if you're needing to advocate for graphic novels in your collection or thinking about why you need to build up your GN knowledge.
ARTICLES
The Man Who Saved Comics
Carol Tilley on Her Wertham Research
Superheroes as Icons
Publishers Re-Think Comics for Tablets
SUPERHERO READING LISTS
List of DC Archives Editions
List of DC Showcase Editions
List of Marvel Masterwork Editions
List of Essential Marvel Editions
List of Marvel Omnibus Editions
Superhero Database
CURATED COLLECTIONS
Government Comics Collection (University of Nebraska)
Moore Collection of Underground Comics
COMICS ONLINE& WEBCOMICS
GoComics--FREE daily comic strips! Search by favorite and re-live the classics and contemporary strips whenever you want!
The WebComic List
Wikipedia List of Webcomics
FOR THE KIDS
Kids Comics
Kid Friendly Web Comics
FOR THE TEACHERS
National Association of Comics Art Educators
Book Discussion Guidelines