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<h1 class="entry-title">Making A Case for Comic Books in the Classroom</h1>
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<p><em>By Ginny A. Roth ~<br />
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<p>Comic books may look easy to judge by their covers; on the surface they often depict larger-than-life <a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2014/02/10/super-heroes-with-a-serious-message/">superheroes</a> battling in evil, sci-fi scenarios, or melodramatic love stories: “Im sorry Betsy… there is no hope!”</p>
<figure id="attachment_24168" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24168" style="width: 1043px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SoapOperaRomances.jpg?ssl=1"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="24168" data-permalink="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2022/06/30/making-a-case-for-comic-books-in-the-classroom/soapoperaromances/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SoapOperaRomances.jpg?fit=1043%2C1600&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1043,1600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Soap Opera Romances comic book, 1982" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Comic book about nursing.&lt;/p&gt;
" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Soap Opera Romances comic book, 1982. The cover story is about &#8220;Nurse Betty Crane,&#8221; The last few pages are a separate story about nursing as a career.&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SoapOperaRomances.jpg?fit=196%2C300&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SoapOperaRomances.jpg?fit=668%2C1024&amp;ssl=1" class="wp-image-24168 size-full" style="border: 3px solid #000000;" src="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SoapOperaRomances.jpg?resize=840%2C1289&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="840" height="1289" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SoapOperaRomances.jpg?w=1043&amp;ssl=1 1043w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SoapOperaRomances.jpg?resize=196%2C300&amp;ssl=1 196w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SoapOperaRomances.jpg?resize=668%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 668w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SoapOperaRomances.jpg?resize=768%2C1178&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SoapOperaRomances.jpg?resize=1001%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1001w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SoapOperaRomances.jpg?resize=840%2C1289&amp;ssl=1 840w" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-24168" class="wp-caption-text">Soap Opera Romances comic book, 1982, issue #1. The cover story is about &#8220;Nurse Betsy Crane,&#8221; The last few pages are a separate story about nursing as a career.<em><a href="https://catalog.nlm.nih.gov/permalink/01NLM_INST/1o1phhn/alma9918350480806676"> <br />National Library of Medicine #9918350480806676</a></em></figcaption></figure>
<p>Or is there? These stories may seem frivolous or simplistic to some adults, but to many children they are the stuff of fantasy and adventure; an escape from the real world or the opportunity to imagine themselves as the hero.</p>
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<figure id="attachment_24170" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24170" style="width: 1083px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Hulk.jpg?ssl=1"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="24170" data-permalink="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2022/06/30/making-a-case-for-comic-books-in-the-classroom/hulk/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Hulk.jpg?fit=1083%2C1600&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1083,1600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="The Incredible Hulk, 1991, issue #388" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Comic book issue with a story arc about AIDS&lt;/p&gt;
" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;The Incredible Hulk comic book, 1991, issue #388. The story, &#8220;Thicker Than Water&#8221; focuses on Jim Wilson, the Hulk&#8217;s human partner, who works at an AIDS clinic and whose patients are being threatened by a &#8220;supervillain.&#8221; Jim calls on the Hulk to fight this villain and reveals that he himself has AIDS.&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Hulk.jpg?fit=203%2C300&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Hulk.jpg?fit=693%2C1024&amp;ssl=1" class="wp-image-24170 size-full" style="border: 3px solid #000000;" src="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Hulk.jpg?resize=840%2C1241&#038;ssl=1" alt="Color illustrated comic book cover of the Incredible Hulk battling the villain Speedfreek" width="840" height="1241" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Hulk.jpg?w=1083&amp;ssl=1 1083w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Hulk.jpg?resize=203%2C300&amp;ssl=1 203w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Hulk.jpg?resize=693%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 693w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Hulk.jpg?resize=768%2C1135&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Hulk.jpg?resize=1040%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1040w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Hulk.jpg?resize=840%2C1241&amp;ssl=1 840w" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-24170" class="wp-caption-text">The Incredible Hulk, 1991, issue #388. The story, &#8220;Thicker Than Water&#8221; focuses on Jim Wilson, the Hulk&#8217;s human partner, who works at an AIDS clinic and whose patients are being threatened by a &#8220;supervillain.&#8221; Jim calls on the Hulk to fight this villain and reveals that he himself has AIDS. <br /><em><a href="https://catalog.nlm.nih.gov/permalink/01NLM_INST/1o1phhn/alma9918401785306676">National Library of Medicine #9918401785306676</a></em></figcaption></figure>
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<p>Comics have can have a lot going on under the surface.  The National Library of Medicines collection of comic books feature a wide range of characters entrenched in health-related escapades, some tell medically-themed adventures and others serve as educational tools. Aquaman, for instance, battles evil in a story about a stolen swine flu vaccine. Whereas a comic book featuring the Justice League, created by DC Comics in collaboration with DuPont Pharmaceuticals and the National Association of Retail Druggists, teaches children how to safely use medicine that is given to them by their doctor, pharmacist, or parent.</p>
<div class="tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized" data-original-width="840" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2022\/06\/30\/making-a-case-for-comic-books-in-the-classroom\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:&quot;52242398&quot;}' itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageGallery" > <div class="gallery-row" style="width: 840px; height: 643px;" data-original-width="840" data-original-height="643" > <div class="gallery-group images-1" style="width: 412px; height: 643px;" data-original-width="412" data-original-height="643" > <div class="tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2022/06/30/making-a-case-for-comic-books-in-the-classroom/aquqman/" border="0" itemprop="url"> <meta itemprop="width" content="408"> <meta itemprop="height" content="639"> <img decoding="async" class="" data-attachment-id="24165" data-orig-file="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Aquqman.jpg" data-orig-size="1023,1600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Aquaman comic book, 1977, vol. 43, issue #449" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Comic book issue with story arc about swine flu&lt;/p&gt; " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Aquqman.jpg?fit=192%2C300&#038;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Aquqman.jpg?fit=655%2C1024&#038;ssl=1" src="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Aquqman.jpg?w=408&#038;h=639&#038;ssl=1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Aquqman.jpg?w=1023&amp;ssl=1 1023w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Aquqman.jpg?resize=192%2C300&amp;ssl=1 192w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Aquqman.jpg?resize=655%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 655w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Aquqman.jpg?resize=768%2C1201&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Aquqman.jpg?resize=982%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 982w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Aquqman.jpg?resize=840%2C1314&amp;ssl=1 840w" width="408" height="639" loading="lazy" data-original-width="408" data-original-height="639" itemprop="http://schema.org/image" title="Aquaman comic book, 1977, vol. 43, issue #449" alt="Color illustrated comic book cover of Aquaman battling a huge whale" style="width: 408px; height: 639px;" /> </a> <div class="tiled-gallery-caption" itemprop="caption description"> Aquaman comic book, 1977, vol. 43, issue #449. </div> </div> </div> <!-- close group --> <div class="gallery-group images-1" style="width: 428px; height: 643px;" data-original-width="428" data-original-height="643" > <div class="tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2022/06/30/making-a-case-for-comic-books-in-the-classroom/dc_comics_superheroes/" border="0" itemprop="url"> <meta itemprop="width" content="424"> <meta itemprop="height" content="639"> <img decoding="async" class="" data-attachment-id="24172" data-orig-file="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DC_Comics_SuperHeroes.jpg" data-orig-size="1061,1600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="DC Super Heroes Good Health Activity Book, 1989." data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Comic and activity book about about using prescribed medications safely.&lt;/p&gt; " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DC_Comics_SuperHeroes.jpg?fit=199%2C300&#038;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DC_Comics_SuperHeroes.jpg?fit=679%2C1024&#038;ssl=1" src="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DC_Comics_SuperHeroes.jpg?w=424&#038;h=639&#038;ssl=1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DC_Comics_SuperHeroes.jpg?w=1061&amp;ssl=1 1061w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DC_Comics_SuperHeroes.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DC_Comics_SuperHeroes.jpg?resize=679%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 679w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DC_Comics_SuperHeroes.jpg?resize=768%2C1158&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DC_Comics_SuperHeroes.jpg?resize=1019%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1019w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DC_Comics_SuperHeroes.jpg?resize=840%2C1267&amp;ssl=1 840w" width="424" height="639" loading="lazy" data-original-width="424" data-original-height="639" itemprop="http://schema.org/image" title="DC Super Heroes Good Health Activity Book, 1989." alt="color illustrated comic book featuring various superheroes including Batman and Wonder Woman." style="width: 424px; height: 639px;" /> </a> <div class="tiled-gallery-caption" itemprop="caption description"> DC Comics Super Heroes Good Health Activity Book, 1989. </div> </div> </div> <!-- close group --> </div> <!-- close row --> </div>
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<figure id="attachment_24166" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24166" style="width: 400px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BenCasey.jpg?ssl=1"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="24166" data-permalink="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2022/06/30/making-a-case-for-comic-books-in-the-classroom/bencasey/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BenCasey.jpg?fit=1043%2C1600&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1043,1600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Ben Casey comic book, 1963, issue #4." data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Comic book issue with a story arc about drug addiction.&lt;/p&gt;
" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Ben Casey comic book, 1963, issue #4. This comic book series is based on the fictional character of the TV series of the same name, &#8220;Ben Casey,&#8221; which aired from 1961 to 1966. The story, &#8220;Terror at 59 West,&#8221; focuses on a young drug addict.&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BenCasey.jpg?fit=196%2C300&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BenCasey.jpg?fit=668%2C1024&amp;ssl=1" class="wp-image-24166" style="border: 3px solid #000000;" src="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BenCasey.jpg?resize=400%2C614&#038;ssl=1" alt="Color comic book cover featuring a picture of fictional doctor Ben Casey as played on the TV series by Vince Edwards" width="400" height="614" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BenCasey.jpg?w=1043&amp;ssl=1 1043w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BenCasey.jpg?resize=196%2C300&amp;ssl=1 196w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BenCasey.jpg?resize=668%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 668w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BenCasey.jpg?resize=768%2C1178&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BenCasey.jpg?resize=1001%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1001w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/BenCasey.jpg?resize=840%2C1289&amp;ssl=1 840w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-24166" class="wp-caption-text">Ben Casey comic book, 1963, issue #4. <a href="https://catalog.nlm.nih.gov/permalink/01NLM_INST/1o1phhn/alma9916679583406676"><em> <br />National Library of Medicine #9916679583406676</em></a></figcaption></figure>
<p>In contrast to the average school textbook, with cover-to-cover, full-margin paragraphs, few graphics, and topics written in tones that may be unfamiliar, boring, too advanced, or conceptually difficult for students to understand, comic books are appealing because of their exciting narratives, panels that are easy to follow, bright colors, brevity of text, easily understood language, and relatability. They can support student&#8217;s connections to difficult or unfamiliar subjects.  This Ben Casey comic book series is based on the fictional TV character of the same name. The story in this issue, &#8220;Terror at 59 West,&#8221; focuses on a young drug addict.</p>
<p>Teacher Jabari Sellars, in his article, &#8220;<a href="https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/17/12/comics-classroom">Comics in the Classroom</a>,&#8221; cites a study, &#8220;<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10573560308203">Motivating Struggling Readers in Middle School Through an Engagement Model of Classroom Practice</a>,&#8221; that demonstrates the success of motivating students with texts that resonate with their personal interests, and how such an approach leads students to greater exposure to words, vocabulary acquisition, and more frequent use of reading strategies. Sellars used this approach in his classroom:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Consider <em>Lord of the Flies</em>, a staple of reading lists in middle and high school. After skimming the back cover, students find the novel dated, boring, and unrelated to who they are or what they like. Students wrestle with a plot that has a group of stranded British school boys turning their prep uniforms into loincloths. Unfamiliar with symbolism-laden allegory, and without knowing how allegories function as social critiques, most students manage only a surface-level comprehension of the text, missing the opportunity to explore the larger ideas of human capability and culpability.</p>
<p>So to build my students comprehension and sharpen their analytical skills, I developed a unit where I introduce them to an allegory derived from popular culture, using story arcs from the <em>X-Men</em> franchise. Working with Chris Claremonts <em>X-Men:</em> <em>God Loves, Man Kills, </em>Joss Whedons <em>Astonishing X-Men</em>, or Mark Millars <em>Ultimate X-Men</em>, I begin by asking, What is a mutant?</p>
<p>Students usually characterize mutants as individuals whose abilities and appearances often lead to their persecution. Theyll note that mutants often realize they are different during puberty or adolescence; some mutants have an appearance that allows them to pass as “normal” people, while others must go to great lengths to hide their true selves.</p>
<p>With that definition in hand, it doesnt take them long to answer my second question: Who in <em>our</em> society would be considered a mutant?</p>
<p>After these simple inquiries, students begin to see how <em>X-Men</em> is an allegory for the experiences of marginalized people — non-white, non-male, non-Christian, non-heteronormative — in an oppressive society&#8230;.</p>
<p>After an immersion into the allegorical <em>X-Men</em> universe, students read Goldings <em>Lord of the Flies</em> with far greater confidence and efficiency, able to make light work of complex analysis. The <em>X-Men</em> unit serves as an elaborate warm-up — a chance to learn and practice the character and symbol analysis theyll need for deeper reading. That pre-work could have taken a more traditional form, to be sure, but Ive found that students are more willing to engage with an activity they find to be familiar, interesting, or integral to their sense of self.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>The use of comic books as an education tool is also a great motivator to keep students interested in reading, which supports their ability to understand and retain what they&#8217;ve read.  Comics are understood by health educators as a useful medium for conveying important health information. In “<a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fpublication%2F345162113_AN_ALTERNATIVE_TEACHING_TOOL_IN_SCIENCE_EDUCATION_EDUCATIONAL_COMICS&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cwoode%40mail.nlm.nih.gov%7C6ad3d46a90fa4a5f117c08da58703ec7%7C14b77578977342d58507251ca2dc2b06%7C0%7C0%7C637919536346457596%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=csMGtojRXKsmBX2F0od8tuA7p%2BRLYgf9F7YyDhYXjLM%3D&amp;reserved=0">An Alternative Teaching Tool in Science Education: Educational Comics</a>,” an article by Nur Akcanca, Professor of Science Education, she explains in part why educators use comics in the classroom:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Many educators make use of comics to facilitate a better understanding of a certain subject by employing both linguistic and image systems&#8230; Comics both improve mental processes, which are the indispensable elements of the cognitive field, and develop aesthetic pleasure in students who are an important element of the emotional field…the inclusion of comics in the education process affects children positively in many related ways. The fact that comics improve the level of children both in terms of skills and cognition is considered to be important for the future lives of children as well as their current experiences.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Akcanas article includes <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.eric.ed.gov%2Ffulltext%2FEJ1271026.pdf%23page%3D10&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cwoode%40mail.nlm.nih.gov%7C6ad3d46a90fa4a5f117c08da58703ec7%7C14b77578977342d58507251ca2dc2b06%7C0%7C0%7C637919536346457596%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9E3T%2Fs5g5VQlEIGYgsPqrzYD%2FhB8SyTVkG63r0kLL08%3D&amp;reserved=0">a chart</a> that shows some of the benefits of using comics in education and training including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Make Learning Easier</li>
<li>Improving Academic Performance</li>
<li>Encouraging Class Participation</li>
<li>Having Fun While Learning</li>
<li>Imagination Development</li>
<li>Ensuring Permanence of What is Learned</li>
</ul>
<p>In her article, Akcana also discusses <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345162113_AN_ALTERNATIVE_TEACHING_TOOL_IN_SCIENCE_EDUCATION_EDUCATIONAL_COMICS">limitations with the use of comic books</a> in the classroom, which may include difficulty accessing educational comics and a comic&#8217;s use of small font sizes.</p>
<p>Comics, whether created to entertain or inform, have a place in the classroom. Comics can encourage the desire to read since they are a format children find exciting. They may engage young readers allowing them to practice complex analysis with familiar materials. Comics can also convey important health and safety information children may not obtain, or retain, through any other medium, with friendly and relatable characters combined with engaging visual storytelling. Dennis the Menace, for example, points out the dangers of poison in the household in this promotional comic book in which he learns about poisons and always to be sure of what is in a box or bottle before eating or drinking.</p>
<figure id="attachment_24176" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24176" style="width: 1082px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DennistheMenace.jpg?ssl=1"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="24176" data-permalink="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2022/06/30/making-a-case-for-comic-books-in-the-classroom/dennisthemenace/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DennistheMenace.jpg?fit=1082%2C1600&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1082,1600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Dennis the Menace Take a Poke at Poison comic book, 1961" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Comic book about the dangers of poison in the household.&lt;/p&gt;
" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Dennis the Menace Takes a Poke at Poison comic book, 1961. This is a promotional comic book featuring the character Dennis the Menace, who learns about poisons and always to be sure of what is in a box or bottle before eating or drinking. &lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DennistheMenace.jpg?fit=203%2C300&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DennistheMenace.jpg?fit=692%2C1024&amp;ssl=1" class="wp-image-24176 size-full" style="border: 3px solid #000000;" src="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DennistheMenace.jpg?resize=840%2C1242&#038;ssl=1" alt="color illustrated comic book featuring the cartoon character Dennis the Menace" width="840" height="1242" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DennistheMenace.jpg?w=1082&amp;ssl=1 1082w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DennistheMenace.jpg?resize=203%2C300&amp;ssl=1 203w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DennistheMenace.jpg?resize=692%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 692w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DennistheMenace.jpg?resize=768%2C1136&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DennistheMenace.jpg?resize=1039%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1039w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DennistheMenace.jpg?resize=840%2C1242&amp;ssl=1 840w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-24176" class="wp-caption-text">Dennis the Menace Takes a Poke at Poison comic book, 1961. <em><a href="https://catalog.nlm.nih.gov/permalink/01NLM_INST/1o1phhn/alma9918383788006676">NLM UID #9918383788006676</a></em></figcaption></figure>
<p>Comic books and graphic novels are not restricted to classrooms and many of the same features that make them enticing to young people are also effective for wider audiences. &#8220;Decision,&#8221; bilingual comic books (English and Spanish) featuring the couple Julio and Marisol, whose tribulations were featured in New York City subways in episodic panels during the 1990s and 2000s, struggle with issues surrounding HIV and AIDS, specifically using condoms to prevent HIV.</p>
<figure id="attachment_24177" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24177" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/decision.jpg?ssl=1"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="24177" data-permalink="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2022/06/30/making-a-case-for-comic-books-in-the-classroom/decision/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/decision.jpg?fit=1600%2C1024&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1600,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Decision comic book, ca. 1995" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Comic book about safe sex and preventing the spread of the HIV virus&lt;/p&gt;
" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Decision comic book, 1995, a bilingual (English/Spanish) soap opera-like story about a couple, Julio and Marisol, and their friends dealing with HIV in the 1990s.&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/decision.jpg?fit=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/decision.jpg?fit=840%2C537&amp;ssl=1" class="size-full wp-image-24177" style="border: 3px solid #000000;" src="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/decision.jpg?resize=840%2C538&#038;ssl=1" alt="Color illustrated comic book cover of fictional characters Julio and Marisol. Julio is kissing Marisol's neck." width="840" height="538" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/decision.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/decision.jpg?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/decision.jpg?resize=1024%2C655&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/decision.jpg?resize=768%2C492&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/decision.jpg?resize=1536%2C983&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/decision.jpg?resize=1200%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/decision.jpg?resize=840%2C538&amp;ssl=1 840w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-24177" class="wp-caption-text">Decision comic book, 1995, a bilingual (English/Spanish) soap opera-like story about a couple, Julio and Marisol, and their friends dealing with HIV in the 1990s. <a href="http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101719386">NLM UID #9917193863406676</a></figcaption></figure>
<p>NLM is in the process of cataloging its collection of public health-related comic books to make our holdings accessible for use as education tools and to highlight the variety of comic books with medically-themed topics. In addition to the ones discussed in this post, many others will be completed this year including those covering topics on dental care, family planning, sex education, and the dangers of smoking.</p>
<p><em>NLM&#8217;s comic book holdings may be accessed through the <a href="https://catalog.nlm.nih.gov/discovery/search?vid=01NLM_INST:01NLM_INST">library&#8217;s catalog</a> and in the <a href="https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/?f%5Bdrep2.format%5D%5B%5D=&amp;f%5Bdrep2.format%5D%5B%5D=Still+image&amp;q=comic+book&amp;search_field=all_fields">Images from the History of Medicine database through Digital Collections</a>.</em></p>
<p><em><a href="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/GinnyRoth_photo.jpg?ssl=1"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="24160" data-permalink="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2022/06/30/making-a-case-for-comic-books-in-the-classroom/ginnyroth_photo-3/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/GinnyRoth_photo.jpg?fit=117%2C144&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="117,144" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="GinnyRoth_photo" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/GinnyRoth_photo.jpg?fit=117%2C144&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/GinnyRoth_photo.jpg?fit=117%2C144&amp;ssl=1" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-24160" src="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/GinnyRoth_photo.jpg?resize=117%2C144&#038;ssl=1" alt="" width="117" height="144" /></a></em><em>Ginny A. Roth is the Curator of Prints &amp; Photographs in the</em><em> History of Medicine Division at the National Library of </em><em>Medicine.</em></p>
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<p>My brother and his son have dyslexia and really struggled in school with reading assignments and other tasks. Comic books were the only reading materials that appealed to them and they read 1,000s over the years. My nephew took this a step further and wrote his own comics. Im not sure if comic books are physically easier to read by dyslexics or if its the content thats so engrossing. Enjoyed the article, thank you</p>
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