Comics by Marvin

I am so proud to present the work of Marvin, one of my very, very favorite 4th graders. He has read every single Diary of a Wimpy Kid from front to back (multiple times), he loves Daniel Boom, Origami Yoda and Lunch Lady. The influence of these books is apparent in his work. You have to know Marvin as well as I do to know why this work is spectacular, beautiful and inspirational. Please enjoy his work! (click on a page to view them all enlarged!)

Comic Book Club?

I made my superhero at Marvel!

I am toying with the idea of starting a comic book club for fifth and sixth graders this year. Kids who like to read them, create them or talk about them will be welcome to become members. I am using this post to catalog my web resources and to encourage my readers to give me ideas! 

Here is my "ideal book club":

I would open the club to no more than 15 kids, we would have 2 different clubs a year so double the kids could join. Kids would create a super hero, we'd talk about the journey of a hero and we would put some of our hero powers into action in the community. I'd like to have some experts come in and teach us what they know. I'd love to go on a trip to the local comic book store. I'd love to use some online resources to publish our own comic books and may be even sell them to help support our club. 

Here are the sites I've used for inspiration- please share your favorites with me. 

The Graphic Classroom

Super Hero Comic Structure

Wikipedia Hero's Journey Page

Superheroes Anonymous

BMS Comic book Club

Marvel: Create Your Own Super Hero

And @MaryAnnScheuer on Twitter shared this link with me:

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