Graphic Novels: Why Graphic Novels?

Charles McGrath argues that the next form of popular expression is graphic novels. Just as novels replaced poetry, so are graphic replacing some of what novels and nonfiction stood for.

Teacher Shveta Miller goes through the reasons telling stories in graphic form help students to form more personal storytelling, how it is easily accessible, and promotes critical thinking (what happens between the panels?).

A lot of what Gene Yang talks about skews to the younger-than-college set, but much of it still applies.

Comics can make a “boring” information more exciting, while through storytelling and storyboarding, they can turn lessons into stories and simplify abstract concepts. The language of cartooning is engaging and motivating, offering an alternative literary format which ‘speaks’ to students in a way they understand and can identify.

Yes, it's a Wikipedia entry, but it's as good an overview of the graphic novel and its forms as you're going to get.

A discussion from various teachers about the ways to incorporate graphic novels into teaching, and the benefits and pitfalls.