Comments on: Book Review: Howard Lovecraft And The Frozen Kingdom

By: At The Mountains Of Madness Book Review

At The Mountains Of Madness Book Review — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:18:01 +0000

[...] Last December a reader sent me an advance copy of the graphic novel, Howard Lovecraft and The Frozen Kingdom. That link will take you to my [...]

By: Bruce Brown

Bruce Brown — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:59:13 +0000

Professor Beej,

That sounds like a writing course I would love to go to!
Curious to hear what you think of this book.

Regards,
Bruce

By: Bruce Brown

Bruce Brown — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:57:59 +0000

Debbie,

I couldn’t agree more! When I was a young child, I had difficulty reading. That, of course, made my interest in reading at an all time low. My parents took me to a reading specialist and their advice was, you have to find a way to make reading fun. They told my parents to try comic books.
So, my mother took me regularly to a comic shop and my reading skills and interest in reading took a dramatic upswing
very quickly.

By: Josh Hanagarne

Josh Hanagarne — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:34:37 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly. As a librarian, I’m always trying to get kids to read. Most of them say, “Reading is boring,” when what they mean is, “Boring books are boring.” But then they’ll come up and check out a stack of 20 manga books all at once without realizing that they’re about to take home a stack of books.

I have no problem with graphic novels, but I haven’t found very many that really grab me. I don’t really have the tools to look at the art and appreciate it–it all looks good to me. Most of my acquaintances who are the biggest GN fans are all artists who enjoy the inkwork as much or more than the stories.

By: Debbie Ferm

Debbie Ferm — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:59:00 +0000

Last year there were a couple of kids in my sixth grade small group reading class (kids with learning disabilities) who loved graphic novels. A lot of teachers would not allow these pages or minutes to be counted toward reading credit for the quarter, but I was like, “Please, God, just read anything!”

I grew up on Richie Rich for God’s sake.

Someone is going to make a killing in the high interest/low readability market, because right now it sucks. Graphic novels serve a good purpose for kids who hate to read.

Debbie

By: Josh Hanagarne

Josh Hanagarne — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:47:52 +0000

I read Watchmen for a GN class at the end of library school. That was a really fun class. Graphic novels and adolescent literature.

By: Professor Beej

Professor Beej — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:00:35 +0000

I can’t speak for the ones I teach (I think they’re awesome, though), but the graphic novel one I took as a freshman was utterly spectacular. It really taught me that scholars can study anything and make a living really doing things they love.

By: Josh Hanagarne

Josh Hanagarne — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:55:22 +0000

You’re welcome, Bruce. It was a lot of fun.

By: Josh Hanagarne

Josh Hanagarne — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:55:05 +0000

Wow, those are classes I’d like to take.