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comics — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:39:30 +0000

Funny Comic Strips

Carol L. Tilley, a professor of library and information science at Illinois, says that comics are just as sophisticated as other forms of literature, and children benefit from reading them at least as much as they do from reading other types of books.

"A lot of the criticism of comics and comic books come from people who think that kids are just looking at the pictures and not putting them together with the words," Tilley said. "Some kids, yes. But you could easily make some of the same criticisms of picture books -- that kids are just looking at pictures, and not at the words."

Although they've long embraced picture books as appropriate children's literature, many adults -- even teachers and librarians who willingly add comics to their collections -- are too quick to dismiss the suitability of comics as texts for young readers, Tilley said.

"Any book can be good and any book can be bad, to some extent," she said. "It's up to the reader's personality and intellect. As a whole, comics are just another medium, another genre."

Critics would say that reading comics is actually a simplified version of reading that doesn't approach the complexity of "real" books, with their dense columns of words and relative lack of pictures. But Tilley argues that reading any work successfully, including comics, requires more than just assimilating text.

"The term 'comic' is somewhat pejorative and tends to denote the child-like and ephemeral, and it brings to mind the Sunday funnies that you used to line your birdcage," she said.

The term "graphic novel" is sometimes used to give comics a measure of respectability, Tilley said. But some artists, including Pulitzer-Prize winner Art Spiegelman, hate the term.

According to Tilley, even in the early 1900s, there were teachers who raised concerns about children reading comics -- that their content wasn't appropriate content for a children, and that it wasn't real literature.

And when the first comic books were published as omnibus collections of popular published comic strips in the mid-1930s, "the same concerns sprang up again from adults," Tilley said. "They claimed the texts weren't good texts because they used slang, there were misspellings, they used colloquialisms and that the pictures were of questionable merit."

Although commercial publishers of comics have yet to recapture children's imaginations, Tilley says that some librarians and teachers are increasingly discovering that comics can be used to support reading and instruction.

"In the last 15 years, we've seen some big changes. For instance, comic book publishers and distributors are showing up at library conferences and some review journals regularly evaluate graphic novels. That would have been unimaginable 20 years ago. So it has caught on, to some degree."

Public libraries collect comics and graphic novels much more than school libraries, primarily because of decreases in funding and emphasis on strong ties to the curriculum through No Child Left Behind.

"Comics tend to be omitted under those circumstances," Tilley said.

"There has been an increase in the number of comic book-type elements in books for younger children," Tilley said. "There's also a greater appreciation among both teachers and librarians for what comics and comic books can bring to the classroom. For example, the National Council of Teachers of English sponsors an instructional Web site called 'Read, Write, Think,' which has a lot of comics-related material. Instructional units like these would have been much more rare 10 years ago."

Tilley's research on comics was published recently in School Library Monthly. Adapted from materials provided by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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On bebo skins there are sometimes funny comic strips. the people are sort of stick men but with sort of square bodies.
what website can i find these on?

I dont want a skin with a comis strip on, just i want a website where i can see lots of these comis strips.

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etc..

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Funny Comics

comics — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:12:33 +0000

Funny Comics

Valentine's Day is a special day of love and many people like to reach out to loved ones to inform them of this awesome fact. To make your friends and family happy, there are several things that you can do. You can send Valentine's cards that will be appreciated. However, if you really want to get them in a mood that is jovial and loving, why not try funny Valentine cards. There is nothing like humor and when it is applied to cards, your loved ones will feel like the day is extra special. Life is after all about sharing happy moments together in love. There are funny Valentine cards of all kinds and shapes. If you wish to find good cards that are funny, you just have to search in all the right places. Even before you search, consider making a funny card. You may be gifted when it comes to humor and what better way of sharing what you have with others.

To make funny Valentine cards, you need to make sure that you have an idea that is sure to tantalize all your recipients. You can use the materials you have as well as funny pictures to communicate your funny Valentine message. There is nothing more interesting than knowing that people are going to marvel at your joke for Valentine. However, not all people make this a success and, if you are one of them you do not have to worry. There are good cards that will do the job for you. Start by visiting your local card store to see the kind of funny cards they have for the day of love. If you do not find anything interesting, you can look for those cards that are online. Online cards are very dynamic and you can actually manipulate them to ensure that they become just like you want. You will get to add your funny messages and this is a very good thing to do. Funny Valentine cards do not have to be written or designed by a professional comic; we all have the ability to make somebody smile if nothing else.

Funny Valentine cards are made comical by the messages and also the kind of images they have. Pictures of a smiling dog or a horse are enough to get you smiling. The way the funny pictures that are put will also make for a funny card. Cartoon characters also make very good funny pictures and, there are endless pictures that will leave you in stitches. The pictures as used in cards are used to show great jokes and to communicate something funny. Funny Cards is a site you can visit to get ideas of funny cards. You can also use the cards available to send them to the people you love. The variety at this site will ensure that you do not miss every joke; share this with people close to you and have a wonderful time on Valentine’s Day. Do not forget that apart from sharing jokes, you really want to communicate the great love that you feel.

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