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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
Wolfram - Feb 20, 2006 2:43:58 pm PST #9220 of 10000
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DebetEsse - Feb 24, 2006 8:31:13 am PST #9221 of 10000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Which, Teppy, IMO, was mediocre, but rather worth it for Luthor's "That was you master plan? Wow are you stupid" thing.
So, I've been reading some comics lately (stand-alone, contained stories, mostly. I can't afford to get hooked on a series at the moment)
Partially impelled by this, and partly by procrastination, I'd like to find a few really good quality comic books or graphic novels to put in my classroom library. Stuff that can be read as a stand-alone, that I can easily defend as "worth reading", and (the hard part) will be appropriate for an age 9-12 class, and, more importantly, not be seen as offensive to their parents.
I'm not sure such a creature exists, but if anyone knows, I figure it will be you guys. Any ideas?
Tom Scola - Feb 24, 2006 8:32:31 am PST #9222 of 10000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
The comic book BONE is being reprinted by Scholastic.
§ ita § - Feb 24, 2006 8:33:51 am PST #9223 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Maus is too old, right?
Sue - Feb 24, 2006 8:46:34 am PST #9224 of 10000
hip deep in pie
DebetEsse - Feb 24, 2006 8:55:21 am PST #9225 of 10000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I was so. over. the Holocaust by the time Maus came out I never read it, ita. I don't know if it would work.
Thanks, guys.
Calli - Feb 24, 2006 9:01:59 am PST #9226 of 10000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I like Hopeless Savages. It lives in the YAF section at Durham Public Library, so I guess it would be for the right age group. I'm not sure how educational it would be considered, though. There are references (usually past tense) to drug use. There are strong female role models. There are gay relationships (not particularly explicit). It's about a family where the parents were punk rockers and the kids either rebel against (OMG he's gone corporate!) or embrace their heritage.
Sue - Feb 24, 2006 9:02:39 am PST #9227 of 10000
hip deep in pie
Here's a couple of other GN for teens sites with sections on titles for younger readers: [link]
Oh hell, here's the ALA site that I'm blatantly stealing these links from: [link]
Tom Scola - Feb 24, 2006 9:04:54 am PST #9228 of 10000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
The Owly books are awesome, but might be more appropriate for even younger readers.
§ ita § - Feb 26, 2006 6:56:44 am PST #9229 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Does anyone have any Nightwing OYL spoilers? I was skimming scans daily and noticed that the post of the last pages got a lot of hysterical reaction.
Apparently the only way out of the proposal is for either Oracle or Nightwing to die. I don't get that. And then someone seemed quite assured that Dick would die, but after impregnating Barbara. It's one of those things where I don't know how they can read with so much hate. I mean, just don't read, then.
Kinda like I'm trying to work out how to disentangle myself from some of the X-Titles. The post-decimation is irritating me. And I'm not sure who Emma is from one moment to another. Don't want to drop all, but some.
And while I'm irritated, what's with the sincere complaints that they shouldn't kill a character that the poster likes? Isn't that pretty much a recipe for no deaths? Should the rosters be immortal?