Category: Comics in the Classroom

  • CIC 40 Years of V For Vendetta

    Today is election day in the US and fittingly I am writing about #VforVendetta. It is important to remember that the death of democracy is not anarchy but fascism.

  • Book Review: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States: A Graphic Interpretation

    In the growing ReVisioning History series, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States: A Graphic Interpretation brings a fresh, visual approach to Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s critical and often unsettling look at U.S. history from an Indigenous perspective. Originally a narrative dense with historical insight, the graphic version adds rich illustrations that make the work even…

  • CIC: Death of a Sidekick, Islamophobia, and Fan Voting

    “A Death in the Family” comic book features interactive storytelling while provoking discourse on Islamophobia and cultural sensitivity in character representation.

  • Exploring “They Called Us Enemy”: A Graphic Novel of History and Resilience

    “They Called Us Enemy” is George Takei’s graphic novel recounting his childhood in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II. It is a valuable tool for teaching history, resilience, and social justice.

  • TWIH: Batman 1989 and Batman Begins 2005

    The films “Batman” (1989) and “Batman Begins” (2005) highlighted Batman’s transformation, psychological depth, and socio-political undercurrents, and are now being used in classrooms for complex character analysis and comparative studies.

  • CIC: Broken Bat is Published

    The “Broken Bat” storyline from Batman comics, depicting the hero’s physical and psychological battles, influenced Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises” and serves as a teaching tool for resilience, character evolution, and storytelling.