Links: Kickstarting classroom comics

The folks at Reading With Pictures, a non-profit dedicated to promoting the intelligent use of comics in education, just launched a Kickstarter campaign for two new projects: The Graphic Textbook and Open Source Comics. In 2010, RWP used Kickstarter to fund the publication of Reading With Pictures Anthology (2010), a Harvey Award-nominated collection of educational comics by Jeffrey Brown, Raina Telgemeier, Scott Sava, Eric Wight, and Jimmy Gownley.

Following on the heels of Kevin Keller’s wedding, Archie Comics announced that Archie will marry Valerie Smith (star of Josie and the Pussycats) in issue #633 of Archie.

VIZ unveiled Shonen Jump Alpha this week, replacing the monthly print magazine with a weekly digital version. John Jakala took it for a test drive and pronounced the new magazine “not quite ready for prime time.”

English teacher and Sequential Tart contributor Olwynn Supeene shares her experiences teaching Macbeth using The Shakespeare Project’s graphic novel adaptation.

In case you missed it: DC Comics teamed up with Aardman Studios (Creature Comforts, Chicken Run, The Wrong Trousers) to produce a cute promotional video for the DC Nation programming block on Cartoon Network.

Reviews: At Comics Worth Reading, Ed Sizemore and his ten-year-old nephew compare notes on Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom. Drew McCabe dedicates his latest From Friendly Ghosts to Gamma Rays column to Ninjango, a comic based on a hot Lego property, and volume two of Ted Naifeh’s Polly and the Pirates.

Young Readers (Ages 4-8)
Tanya on Mega Mash-Ups (books4yourkids)
Nic on vols. 1-2 of Pokemon Adventures: Diamond and Pearl Platinum (No Flying No Tights)

Pre-Teens (Ages 9-12)
Katherine Dacey on The Art of The Secret World of Arrietty (The Manga Critic)
Tanya on Bad Island (books4yourkids)
Adrian Neibauer on Lewis & Clark (The Graphic Classroom)
Rob McMonigal on My Mommy Is in America, and She Met Buffalo Bill (Panel Patter)
Whitney on The Unsinkable Walker Bean (No Flying No Tights)
Greg McElhatton on Usagi Yojimbo #143 (Read About Comics)
Jonathan Liu on Wormwood Saga (Wired)

Teens (13+)
Wolfen Moondaughter on vol. 3 of Animal Land (Sequential Tart)
Sterg Botzakis on Essex County Vol. 2: Ghost Stories (Graphic Novel Resources)
John Hogan on Friends with Boys (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Tanya on Friends with Boys (books4yourkids)
Lori Henderson on vol. 1 of Genkaku Picasso (Manga Xanadu)
Anna on vol. 1 of Hana Kimi 3-in-1 Edition (Manga Report)
Matt on vols. 1-7 of Kurozakuro (No Flying No Tights)
Alexander Hoffman on vol. 1 of Mardock Scramble (Manga Widget)
Sheli on vol. 1 of Monster Hunter Orage (No Flying No Tights)
Sheena McNeil on vol. 3 of Negima! Omnibus (Sequential Tart)
Holly von Winckel on Political Power #1: Mitt Romney (Sequential Tart)
Tanya on Same Difference (books4yourkids)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 2 of Wandering Son (A Case Suitable for Treatment)

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