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About TGC
The Graphic Classroom is a resource for teachers and librarians to help them stock high quality, educational-worthy, graphic novels and comics in their classroom or school library. I read and review every graphic novel or comic on this blog and give it a rating as to appropriateness for the classroom.
Socialize With Chris
Mr. Wilson's Classroom on Facebook
Master's Seminar Paper
CLICK HERE to read my graduate study on comics in the elementary classroom.
Keeping Comics Safe in the Classroom
CLICK HERE to read more about keeping your comics stored safely in your classroom. We make specific recommendations of products that we find work best.
TGC in the News
- Comics As Literacy
- Fourth Grade Club Donates Items for Less Fortunate
- Club Becomes Heroes for Needy Students
- Teacher Librarian
- Technicolor Spaghetti (MSTA)
- TGC @ School Library Journal
- School Library Journal: GIE
- Creating a Graphic Classroom
- Teacher Inspires Students to Read with Comics
- Bang, Bop, Bam!
- Holy Student Assessment, Batman! We've Hit the Schools
- Innovative Teaching: Comic Books in the Classroom
- Innovative Teaching: Chris Wilson Discusses the Comic Book Movement
- Twelve Best Comic Books for the Classroom
- Turning to Comics Books to Help Students Read
- The Bible Goes Graphic
- School Library Journal: GIE
Submit Your Comics
Would you like your comic or graphic novel reviewed here at THE GRAPHIC CLASSROOM? You can do so in two ways, one of which is guaranteed and the other is not:
1. Send me a copy of the comic or graphic novel. I will read it and review it as soon as possible. You can email me privately and I will give you my mailing address. abikerbard@mac.com
2. You can simply tell me about your creation.
If you send me a copy, then I will review your submission. I will be honest and fair and do my best to get your book reviewed in a timely manner. I am a full time graduate student, so my time is limited. If I receive a lot of books, then I will put them on a first-come, first-reviewed list and do the best I can.
If you cannot or will not send me a media copy of your book, then you can just request that I review it. My money is short, as I am going to school and not working, so you are depending on my ability to afford your book. There is no guarantee that I will get to your work nor any guarantee that I will even review it. If I can afford it and have time to read it, then I will most certainly review it. It's all about the teachers, librarians and kids.
Reviews are never based on free media copies. I am writing my Master's Thesis on the subject of comics in the classroom, so this is important to me. I am committed to this and I take reviews very seriously. I do not rip into books in order to get readership. I will have a critical eye, but I am also excited about helping teachers find great books for the classroom.
1. Send me a copy of the comic or graphic novel. I will read it and review it as soon as possible. You can email me privately and I will give you my mailing address. abikerbard@mac.com
2. You can simply tell me about your creation.
If you send me a copy, then I will review your submission. I will be honest and fair and do my best to get your book reviewed in a timely manner. I am a full time graduate student, so my time is limited. If I receive a lot of books, then I will put them on a first-come, first-reviewed list and do the best I can.
If you cannot or will not send me a media copy of your book, then you can just request that I review it. My money is short, as I am going to school and not working, so you are depending on my ability to afford your book. There is no guarantee that I will get to your work nor any guarantee that I will even review it. If I can afford it and have time to read it, then I will most certainly review it. It's all about the teachers, librarians and kids.
Reviews are never based on free media copies. I am writing my Master's Thesis on the subject of comics in the classroom, so this is important to me. I am committed to this and I take reviews very seriously. I do not rip into books in order to get readership. I will have a critical eye, but I am also excited about helping teachers find great books for the classroom.
Great Comic Sites
- All Ages Reads
- Boys Read
- CinC's All-Ages List
- Comics in the Classroom
- Comics Playground
- Comics Research
- Diamond Bookshelf
- EN/SANE World
- Games To Order
- Graphic Novel Reporter
- Kids Comicon
- Kids Love Comics
- More Than Words
- News-A-Rama
- No Flying No Tights
- Out From the Comic Shop
- Remedial Comics
- The Comic Book Project
- The Rhetoric of Comics
Create Your Own Comics
Webcomics in the Curriculum
Comic Conventions & Festivals
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- Hall of Heroes (3)
- Highly Recommended (185)
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About The Editor
My name is Chris Wilson. My first name is Jack, which is why you see it on the posts, but I usually go by my middle name: Chris.
Having worked as the Managing Editor for a weekly newspaper then as the Director of a non-profit for people with disabilities, I have gone back to school. I am now a full time graduate student in the college of education at Missouri State University. I am getting my Masters of Science in Education - Elementary Education.
I know that reading is a problem for many students today. I feel strongly that comics and graphic novels can be one way that we can combat this problem. Graphics novels should be in every public school library and classroom library. That is why I am choosing to write my thesis on using comics and graphic novels in the elementary classroom.
Email Me
abikerbard@mac.com
I know that reading is a problem for many students today. I feel strongly that comics and graphic novels can be one way that we can combat this problem. Graphics novels should be in every public school library and classroom library. That is why I am choosing to write my thesis on using comics and graphic novels in the elementary classroom.
Email Me
abikerbard@mac.com
Meet the Staff
Disclaimer
Some comic literature is not appropriate for every classroom, or every community. Some are not appropriate for any classroom. You need to review any piece of comic literature for yourself and determine if it is appropriate for your grade, class, curriculum, goals, school and community.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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