Forget Real Life... lets have a Comic Life

I suppose I'll start by both thanking and apologizing to Brady for his inclusion in this blog entry.

I'll start this entry with a story - because, if I've learned anything from Gregory Brian, its that stories are always a good way to start off anything.

So, I was talking with my little cousin last week about his classes and his teachers. He said that his favourite class was art, but that his art teacher was terrible. I asked why she was so terrible and he said it was because they were asked to do an art project, and he had decided to do it in the form of a comic book. However, when the teacher saw his work - she said it was a terrible idea and she through it in the garbage and told him to do something else.

I was appalled at this story. I was tempted to go visit the school and give the teacher hell for doing this to my little cousin. But of course I didn't. Instead I told him that she was in the wrong and that his work was great and then we drew a comic together.

I believe that comics are a great way to motivate kids to read. And I don't like to make gender stereotypes, but I believe that comics are a great way for boys to be enthusiastic about reading because of the pictures and the general action/adventure nature of most comics.

Programs such as Comic Life would be an amazing way to encourage young students to create comics of their own. Its easy to use, cheap and fun.