by a family literacy
grant from the New
York State Library,
New York State
Education Department
What?
Why?
How?
Caption
Panel
Thought
Balloon
Sound Effect
Dialog Balloon
Gutter
Major Types
Humor
Non-Fiction
Fantasies
Adaptations
or
Spin-offs
Realistic Fiction
Personal
Stories
Toon Books
For emerging
readers age 4+
Can be read to or
by children
Vetted by
educators
A little history
Comic Strip=grandfather of Graphic
Novel
Around since end of 1800s
Originally used to draw people to
Sunday paper
Katzenjammer Kids
1897
Used word balloons
Popular comics
Superman
First superhero
On newsstands:
1938
Superheroes big
during World War II
After WWII: crime,
science fiction and
horror comics
A New Beginning
Late 1950s: Justice League of America
born
1961: Fantastic Four, Incredible Hulk, &
Spiderman
1960s: Self-published underground
comics
Milestones in the
Graphic Novel World
1978-Will Eisner coins term
1986- Batman: the Dark Knight Returns
1987- The Watchmen
President
Obama
collects both
Spider-Man
and
Conan the
Barbarian
comics
Manga
Manga history
Manga=comic
books
Period before
WWII=beginning of
modern manga
Mid 1990s=came
to US
God of Manga
Osamu Tezuka
Hayayo Miyazaki:
anime & manga
Panel Order
& Dialog
Balloons
5
10
11
Manga Terms
Shonen: teenage
boys
Shojo: teenage
girls
Shonen-ai /
Yaoi=boys love
perceived as
subversive=attractive!
Ratings
Read by?
2/3 of GN
market=manga
75%=13-17 y/o
girls
(multiple
Get Graphic!