![]() ![]() Comics generated in America, labeled "CCP Version 2.0," were first posted 29 November 2006 to present. Archives of the Taiwan comics, labeled "Create a Comic Project ROC" or "CCP Version 1.0," go from 9 July 2005 through 28 November 2006. The webcomic side of the project posts comics made by the children. The project has been praised for its work in engaging children in learning by Marjorie Scardino, CEO of Pearson, Professor Mirta Ojito of Columbia University, and Arne Duncan, the US Secretary of Education. Baird has presented the results of his work on the project at several conventions and conferences, including South by Southwest Interactive and SXSWedu. The project has since worked with several other groups, including the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Braddock Carnegie Library, and the Pittsburgh YMCA. ![]() The program began in November 2006 at the main branch of the New Haven Free Public Library as an after-school program. The program uses comics, many taken from the Internet, to encourage children to write their own narratives. The Create a Comic Project (CCP) is a youth literacy program and webcomic created by John Baird. I’m sure lots of you have read some of these.Youth literacy program and webcomic Create a Comic Projectĩ July 2005 (Taiwan) 29 November 2006 (America) Joss Whedon - Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics and Astonishing X-Men Raina Telgemeier - The Babysitters’ Club Graphic Novels Julie Doucet - My New York Diary, Dirty Plotte, Long Time Relationship and 365 Daysīecky Cloonan - East Coast Rising and American Virgin Marjane Satrapi - Persepolis, Embroideries, and Chicken With Plums Here’s a short and totally not comprehensive list of some great comics you might like to check out:Īriel Schrag - Awkward, Potential, and Definitionīrian K. I’m going to post about some of these amazing books and awesome creators. There is beautiful, hilarious, perfect art that represents all sorts of people and a range of experiences. There are comics with characters who are interesting, complex and completely stereo-type busting. There are comics creators who represent a huge spectrum of gender, race, class, ablity and sexuality. For characters of colour, race tends to be their only defining feature, and they have no story line or personality outside of their race.Īdd to all this the hostile and male-centric atmosphere of many comic shops, on-line forums and conventions, and you’ve got a medium that many women or people of colour, or queer folks, or ability activists, or allies just steer clear of.īUT! There are so many really great comics out there! Really amazingly awesome stuff! The comics industry is getting better, and more diverse all the time. The queer characters usually have a brief, sexy and tragic story line, and then disappear so that the straight characters can take the spotlight again. Often when characters who don’t fit the norm actually show up, they’re tokenized. ![]() When you picture a super-heroine, what usually comes to mind is the sexist image of a crazily-proportioned lady, with giant breasts and an impossibly tiny waist. In comics, you don’t always see representations of people who are not white, middle class, able-bodied straight men. But when I read some of them, I’m sometimes forcing myself to look past the sexist, racist, ableist, classist and heteronormative aspects of the writing and art. Comics are totally rad! But the world of comics can be hard to navigate, and a little off-putting for radical minded folks.
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