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middle-amazon.livejournal.comhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12776740/site/newsweek/
"A half century ago, psychologist Frederic Wertham testified to Congress that comic books contributed to juvenile delinquency. "Comics were thought to rot your brain," says David Saylor, creative director of Scholastic Trade Books. That thinking's changed: librarians are stocking shelves with long, bound kid-lit comics (a.k.a. graphic novels), and publishers are giving them plenty to choose from."
It's nice to know that my future profession is now embracing the concept again. The comic book backlash put a lot of useful lit in the kiddie bin. Maybe now I can find William Blake's work with the damn graphics he put in with the poetry over a century ago or be able to reach more visual learners with "Maus," instead of the old tried and true Anne Frank diary for teaching about the Holocaust. Of course, this is the tip of the iceberg.
Also folks, I don't know about your local libray, but I saw the Sandman series and some of Miller's work enter the King County Library System over 7 years ago. As per usual, the news is behind in reporting about the reforms at some local libraries and the comic industry. We're also still working with the 'kid-lit," lable. Better late than never.
"A half century ago, psychologist Frederic Wertham testified to Congress that comic books contributed to juvenile delinquency. "Comics were thought to rot your brain," says David Saylor, creative director of Scholastic Trade Books. That thinking's changed: librarians are stocking shelves with long, bound kid-lit comics (a.k.a. graphic novels), and publishers are giving them plenty to choose from."
It's nice to know that my future profession is now embracing the concept again. The comic book backlash put a lot of useful lit in the kiddie bin. Maybe now I can find William Blake's work with the damn graphics he put in with the poetry over a century ago or be able to reach more visual learners with "Maus," instead of the old tried and true Anne Frank diary for teaching about the Holocaust. Of course, this is the tip of the iceberg.
Also folks, I don't know about your local libray, but I saw the Sandman series and some of Miller's work enter the King County Library System over 7 years ago. As per usual, the news is behind in reporting about the reforms at some local libraries and the comic industry. We're also still working with the 'kid-lit," lable. Better late than never.
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