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    thought about how dumb comic books or graphic novels were growing up? Why such avid readers were called (myself included) nerds? Yet were smarter than you? Think back to how geeky their way of speaking was and how they touched on such complexities even for a simple book! Shortly, reasoning will tell why comic books are the best. Over the years, from the 20th to 21st century, research and documentation has been stacking up to prove that comic books make their readers smarter. Comics make you want to read

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    This book burning happened in 1948 soon after ww2. The people who were responsible for these burned books are well intentioned parents and citizens of the united states, and they were convincing their children to burn their comic books. Frederic Wertham, psychiatrist born in germany, worked in a hospital treating bad children. He found that the children read comic books and then concluded that the comic books are the cause of children becoming criminals. For nearly a month children gathered up comic

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    History of Comic Books

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    The distribution, audience, narrative style, and dramatic content, of comic books were the direct descendants of the pulp magazine. They were called pulp magazine because they were printed on the cheapest paper for non-costly mass distribution, these publications were as old as newspaper comic strips. Pulp magazines can be traced to their Civil War-era ancestors, called dime novels. Unlike the funnies, pulp magazines styles were outside of the mainstream and featured adventure, fantasy, and suspense

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    B. Boomer. "Are Comic Books an Effective Way to Engage Nonmajors in Learning and Appreciating Science?1." CBE Life Sciences Education. American Society for Cell Biology, 2011. Web. 27 Mar. 2017. This article contains information about the potential comic books have to helpful convey important concepts to students. This article also contains information about a science text book that is a comic book. It also describes the results of a test done on students to see if use of comics is effective, and

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    Comic books ; Should your child be reading them ?              Comic books consist almost entirely of stories told in a series of colored panels with balloons over the characters head to provide dialogue.Comics have been around as early as the 1900’s and was initially intended to reach the audience of both children and adults. Should your child be allowed to read comic books throughout his summer break ? The answer is yes , children should be allowed to read comic books. Comic books are actually

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    Ever thought how dumb comic books or graphic novels were growing up? Why such avid readers were called (myself included) nerds? Yet were smarter than you? Think back to how geeky their way of speaking was and they touched on such complexities even for a book! Shortly, reasoning will tell you why comic books are the best. Over the years, from the 20th to 21st century, research and documentation has been stacking up to prove that comic books make their readers smarter. Comics make you want to read

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    era of comic books is considered to cover the period from 1956 to 1972. As the popularity of superhero comic books decreased after World War II, more comics about crime, horror, and romance increased. Unluckily, there were many people who loved these books, and other comic books had a negative effect on the children of this era, and around that same time period, other types of comic books like these ones began to lose their brilliance. With the changes the Authority implemented, comic book publishers

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    Comic books are important to the world for the fact that they represent a portion of the population that like to fantasize that they can escape the hardships of everyday life. In comic books people can be a hero, a villain, or a bystander that learns an important lesson from observing the two (Bendis 2). Grant Morrison discusses his views on the difference of the ages and their views on comics: Adults...struggle desperately with fiction, demanding constantly that it conform to the rules of everyday

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    Informative Speech Outline Casey Harral Topic: Comic Books General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: I want to inform my audience more about the history of comic books and what they have become. Thesis Statement: Comic Books are not just enjoyable to read for most but have changed everyday life more than people realize. Introduction I. Attention Getter: Watch Film Clip! II. Topic Justification: I have grown up my whole life reading comic books and watching the movies to come after them. A

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    Comic books are probably the most popular form of reading material for young people in Hong Kong. Write an essay comic books which deal with all the following points: - why these books are so popular - the advantages and disadvantages of reading such books - how comic books can be used for educational purposes Justify your views by providing reasons. Reading comic books— a relaxing, joying and learning activity "Spiderman" or "War and Peace"? "Batman" or "Romeo and Juliet"? "Dragonball" or "Antony

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