When Nick Long imagines a room—a classroom, for example—he doesn't just see it. He hears it, and feels it. "What do the chairs look like?" he asks. "What does the rug feel like as they're walking?
Classic novels are getting a makeover. You may have noticed familiar titles such as "The Baby-Sitters Club" series, "The Jungle," "To Kill a Mockingbird," "Parable of the Sower," and "Watership Down," ...
The Great Gatsby is a novel all about the splendor and excesses of early 20th Century society, which makes it the ideal book to adapt into a graphic novel. That's just what Clover Press is setting out ...
Graphic novels and comic books are among the most versatile forms of media in both fiction and non-fiction. From horror to ...
Octavia Butler is undoubtedly one of the greatest science fiction authors of all time, and it should come as no surprise that her work continues to be adapted in other media. Abrams ComicArts is ...
Many students—and teachers (including me!)—love graphic novels. Today’s post begins a series exploring how they can be used in the classroom. Tim Smyth is an award-winning educator and ...
Marvel has undervalued its graphic novels for a while now. The House of Ideas has forgone many quality-of-life aspects of graphic novels, including higher paper quality and hardcovers. The slowdown of ...
There are many misconceptions about graphic novels, namely that they’re not “real books.” I’ve witnessed both first and secondhand the contempt associated with reading graphic novels, from being ...