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Nat enough
Natalie has never felt that she's enough -- athletic enough, stylish enough, or talented enough. And on the first day of middle school, Natalie discovers that things are worse than she thought -- now she's not even cool enough for her best friend, Lily! As Natalie tries to get her best friend back, she learns more about her true self and natural talents. If Natalie can focus on who she is rather than who she isn't, then she might realize she's more than enough, just the way she is.
Serial Selves
Autobiography is one of the most dynamic and quickly-growing genres in contemporary comics and graphic narratives. In Serial Selves, Frederik Byrn Khlert examines the genre's potential for representing lives and perspectives that have been socially marginalized or excluded. With a focus on the comics form's ability to produce alternative and challenging autobiographical narratives, thematic chapters investigate the work of artists writing from perspectives of marginality including gender, sexuality, disability, and race, as well as trauma. Interdisciplinary in scope and attuned to theories and methods from both literary and visual studies, the book provides detailed formal analysis to show that the highly personal and hand-drawn aesthetics of comics can help artists push against established narrative and visual conventions, and in the process invent new ways of seeing and being seen.As the first comparative study of how comics artists from a wide range of backgrounds use the form to write and draw themselves into cultural visibility, Serial Selves will be of interest to anyone interested in the current boom in autobiographical comics, as well as issues of representation in comics and visual culture more broadly.
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Captain Disaster
Squish, comic book fan and grade school amoeba, is made captain of his soccer team and following the example of his favorite superhero, must figure out how to turn a losing streak around without losing his friends.
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1619 Is Streaming; Dilbert Is Stricken
The once-celebrated Dilbert comic strip no longer appears in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, one of hundreds of newspapers that dropped the strip after its creator, Scott Adams, described Black Americans as a hate group and added that white people should \"get the hell away\" from them. Hussman, whose name went up on UNC's journalism school after he and his family pledged $20 million to the university, discussed the 1619 Project and Hannah Jones' case with Arkansas Business not long before his daughter took over as Wehco publisher. Hussman expressed his objections to university officials, and the blowback led to criticism of his own views, and suggestions that he was applying inappropriate influence as the name benefactor of the UNC Hussman School of Journalism & Media.
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Super Amoeba
Squish, a meek amoeba who loves the comic book exploits of his favorite hero, \"Super Amoeba,\" tries to emulate him when his best friend is threatened by a bully.
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Learning by drawing: understanding the potential of comics-based courses in medical education through a qualitative study
In recent years, medical educators have increasingly incorporated comics into their teaching to promote humanism and empathy and to encourage reflective practice. However, it remains unclear how and to what extent comics-based courses effectively address persistent challenges in medical education, such as the need for more engaging, multimodal learning strategies and the cultivation of emotional intelligence alongside clinical competencies. The aim of this study is to investigate the experiences of students who have enrolled in courses on comics and medicine during medical school. Students in North America who had taken such a course during the previous 5 years were invited to participate in an interview about their experiences. 17 students from 10 different medical schools in North America were interviewed. To explore the students’ views on the value of such courses to their medical education, we used a constructivist grounded analytic approach, employing thematic analysis to understand and interpret our interview. Students reported that comics-based courses support key aspects of their medical training that traditional pedagogical approaches may overlook, such as fostering self-reflection, enhancing empathy, and encouraging creative engagement with complex medical narratives. Moreover, comics contributed to their individual and collective professional identity formation by providing a space for introspection and shared discourse.
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Brave new pond
Starting a new school year, Squish, a meek amoeba who loves the comic book exploits of his favorite hero, \"Super Amoeba,\" is determined to get picked for kickball and hang out with the cool kids.
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Enhancing Wind Energy Awareness Among Fourth-Grade Students: The Impact of Comic-Based Learning on Environmental Education
Comics, recognized for their narrative engagement and visual appeal, have increasingly been used to support science education, yet their application in environmental awareness, particularly among primary school students, remains underexplored. This study investigates the effect of using comics as an educational tool on fourth-grade students’ awareness of wind energy, comparing it to traditional teaching methods. A quasi-experimental design was implemented, with 60 students divided into an experimental group (n = 30) and a control group (n = 30). The intervention lasted four weeks, with pre-test and post-test assessments using a six-statement Likert scale questionnaire. Descriptive statistics showed that the experimental group improved their awareness scores from a mean of 2.80 (SD = 0.50) to 4.30 (SD = 0.40), whereas the control group’s scores increased only marginally from 2.85 (SD = 0.55) to 3.00 (SD = 0.50). A mixed ANOVA revealed a significant interaction between teaching method and time (F(1, 116) = 26.88; p < 0.001; η2 = 0.19), indicating a large effect. A repeated measures ANOVA confirmed that the improvement in awareness levels was significantly higher in the experimental group (F(1, 116) = 37.24; p < 0.001; η2 = 0.24). Cohen’s d for the change in awareness scores in the experimental group was 1.52, indicating a very large effect. A repeated measures ANOVA confirmed that the improvement in awareness levels was significantly higher in the experimental group (F(1, 116) = 37.24; p < 0.001). These findings support the effectiveness of comics in enhancing environmental education, suggesting the integration of visual storytelling into curricula to improve student engagement and the comprehension of renewable energy concepts.
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Forget me Nat
\"For the first time in her life, Natalie feels confident. Her talents are being recognized, she has supportive friends, and she's spending a ton of time with her crush, Derek! But when Derek tells Natalie that he just wants to be friends, Natalie's self-confidence quickly changes to self-doubt. As she tries to recover from her broken heart, Natalie casts aside her talents and even her friends. With no one to turn to, Natalie will have to pull herself out of this mess on her own.\"--Provided by publisher.
The Influence of Digital Comic Folktale Learning Media on Fantasy Text Writing Skills in Junior High Schools
This study aimed to describe (1) influence of digital comic folktale learning media on fantasy text writing skills; (2) students’ perceptions of using digital comic folktale learning media to improve fantasy text writing skills through the adoption of quantitative and qualitative mixed methods. The data were sourced from pretest, posttest, student’s interviews, and questionnaire distributed through Google Forms. Quantitative methods used t-test in SPSS 27 with questionnaire, while qualitative methods used student interviews. Subsequently, the qualitative and quantitative data were integrated through thematic analysis. The results showed that students' posttest scores increased compared to the pretest. The maximum score for fantasy text writing skills in the pretest was 90, with minimum and average scores of 70 and 78.57, as well as a standard deviation of 4.18. Meanwhile, the maximum score for fantasy text writing skills in the posttest was 95, with minimum and average scores of 72 and 83.87, as well as a standard deviation of 5.17. Based on the questionnaire results and interviews, students were interested and motivated to participate in fantasy text using digital comic folktale learning media.
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