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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Nothing And Everything Is Wrong In The First Five Pages Of "Sandman Overture #1"

Nothing And Everything Is Wrong In The First Five Pages Of "Sandman Overture #1"
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Thursday, October 24, 2013

Uncensoring Comix Journalism: An Introduction for Educators | Automated Teaching Machine

Uncensoring Comix Journalism: An Introduction for Educators | Automated Teaching Machine
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Donna Tartt: “The fun thing about writing a book is that it really is a different life” - Salon.com

Donna Tartt: “The fun thing about writing a book is that it really is a different life” - Salon.com
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

The Best X-Men Stories You're Going to See Aren't Called X-Men Stories - Alexander Abad-Santos - The Atlantic Wire

The Best X-Men Stories You're Going to See Aren't Called X-Men Stories - Alexander Abad-Santos - The Atlantic Wire
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Sandman: Dave McKean's favourite covers - in pictures | Books | theguardian.com

Sandman: Dave McKean's favourite covers - in pictures | Books | theguardian.com
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Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean: how we made The Sandman | Books | The Guardian

Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean: how we made The Sandman | Books | The Guardian
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Monday, October 21, 2013

Neil Gaiman lecture in full: Reading and obligation | Reading Agency

Neil Gaiman lecture in full: Reading and obligation | Reading Agency
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Neurologist Oliver Sacks on Memory, Plagiarism, and the Necessary Forgettings of Creativity | Brain Pickings

Neurologist Oliver Sacks on Memory, Plagiarism, and the Necessary Forgettings of Creativity | Brain Pickings
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Happy Birthday, Coleridge: The Celebrated Poet’s Plagiarism | Brain Pickings

Happy Birthday, Coleridge: The Celebrated Poet’s Plagiarism | Brain Pickings
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Saturday, October 19, 2013

Trinity: A Graphic History of the Atomic Bomb | Brain Pickings

Trinity: A Graphic History of the Atomic Bomb | Brain Pickings
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‘Ebony and Ivy,’ About How Slavery Helped Universities Grow - NYTimes.com

‘Ebony and Ivy,’ About How Slavery Helped Universities Grow - NYTimes.com
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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Welcome, Freshmen. You Do Not Deserve to Be Here. - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Welcome, Freshmen. You Do Not Deserve to Be Here. - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education
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How to Cite Social Media in Scholarly Writing | SAGE Connection – Insight

How to Cite Social Media in Scholarly Writing | SAGE Connection – Insight
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Language Genres | leavingcertenglish.net

Language Genres | leavingcertenglish.net
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Monday, October 14, 2013

Of Superheroes and Men - Academics & Research - Rollins 360

Of Superheroes and Men - Academics & Research - Rollins 360
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Thursday, October 10, 2013

The 10 Best Superhero Origin Stories of ALL TIME! | Newsarama.com

The 10 Best Superhero Origin Stories of ALL TIME! | Newsarama.com
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Belief Culture

Sample essay to dicuss

Belief Culture
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Ali: “You must listen to me” | the becoming radical

Ali: “You must listen to me” | the becoming radical
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack By Peggy McIntosh

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

By Peggy McIntosh

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Lessons from the Zombie Apocalypse | the becoming radical

Lessons from the Zombie Apocalypse | the becoming radical
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Monday, October 7, 2013

The SFFaudio Podcast #233 – READALONG: Oryx And Crake by Margaret Atwood : SFFaudio

The SFFaudio Podcast #233 – READALONG: Oryx And Crake by Margaret Atwood : SFFaudio
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How a Screenprinting Nun Changed the Course of Modern Art

How a Screenprinting Nun Changed the Course of Modern Art
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Thursday, October 3, 2013

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: A Post Gender Normative Woman Tries to Pick Up a Man at a Bar.

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: A Post Gender Normative Woman Tries to Pick Up a Man at a Bar.
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Multigenre Papers

Multigenre Papers

Explore sample multigenre essays at the above link.

Also explore Tom Romano's web site HERE.
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The Disaster Capitalism Curriculum (graphic journalism)

  • Part I
  • Part II
  • Part III

Scholarship on Comics/GN

  • The "Decline" of Reading in America, Poverty and Access to Books, and the use of Comics in Encouraging Reading, Krashen
  • Adventures in genre!: rethinking genre through comics/graphic novels
  • "Junk Food is Bad For You...," Krashen and Ujiie

Teaching and Unit Ideas

  • Batman
  • Considering Censorship
  • Considering Fundamentalism
  • Considering Identity
  • Considering Life after 9/11
  • Considering the News
  • Fahrenheit 451
  • Justice Unit
  • Multigenre/Adaptation Unit
  • Paul Auster: City of Glass
  • Sci-Fi Multigenre Unit: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
  • Sons of Liberty (graphic novel web site)
  • V for Vendetta
  • Watchmen

P. L. Thomas, EdD, Associate Professor, Furman University

  • Conventional Language (online writing text)
  • Furman University Education Department
  • Living & Learning in Poverty
  • Radical Scholarship
  • Reading, Learning, Teaching Kurt Vonnegut
  • Reading, Learning, Teaching Margaret Atwood
  • Reading, Learning, Teaching Ralph Ellison
  • the becoming radical
  • Young Adult Literature Blog

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      • Nothing And Everything Is Wrong In The First Five ...
      • Uncensoring Comix Journalism: An Introduction for ...
      • Donna Tartt: “The fun thing about writing a book i...
      • The Best X-Men Stories You're Going to See Aren't ...
      • Sandman: Dave McKean's favourite covers - in pictu...
      • Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean: how we made The Sandm...
      • Neil Gaiman lecture in full: Reading and obligatio...
      • Neurologist Oliver Sacks on Memory, Plagiarism, an...
      • Happy Birthday, Coleridge: The Celebrated Poet’s P...
      • Trinity: A Graphic History of the Atomic Bomb | Br...
      • ‘Ebony and Ivy,’ About How Slavery Helped Universi...
      • Welcome, Freshmen. You Do Not Deserve to Be Here. ...
      • How to Cite Social Media in Scholarly Writing | SA...
      • Language Genres | leavingcertenglish.net
      • Of Superheroes and Men - Academics & Research - Ro...
      • The 10 Best Superhero Origin Stories of ALL TIME! ...
      • Belief Culture
      • Ali: “You must listen to me” | the becoming radical
      • White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack ...
      • Lessons from the Zombie Apocalypse | the becoming ...
      • The SFFaudio Podcast #233 – READALONG: Oryx And Cr...
      • How a Screenprinting Nun Changed the Course of Mod...
      • McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: A Post Gender Norma...
      • Multigenre Papers
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FYW Course Resources

  • APA Resource/ OWL
  • APA, MLA, CMS, styles compared (PDF)
  • Adaptation Unit 1
  • Adaptation Unit 2
  • Advice on Writing, Trish Roberts-Miller
  • Advice to Students and Authors: Submitting Your Work
  • Alan Moore and Adaptation
  • Chicago Manual of Style
  • Conventional Language
  • Critical Approaches to Text
  • Essay Submission Guidelines
  • FYS Support (Furman University)
  • Helpful guide to conventional usage
  • Logical Fallacies
  • More Logical Fallacies
  • Multigenre / Tom Romano
  • Plagiarism Tutorial
  • Prompt Analysis
  • Prompt Analysis for Genre Awareness (A. M. Johns)
  • Radical Scholarship
  • Style, Joseph Williams
  • Temple University Writing Center
  • The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier & Clay
  • UNO Freshman Writing Program
  • University of North Carolina Writing Center Handouts
  • We Write
  • Why Are There Different Citation Styles?
  • Why are there so many Different Citation Styles?

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Challenging Genres: Comics and Graphic Novels

Challenging Genres: Comics and Graphic Novels

Resources

  • 50 Greatest Comic Characters
  • A Bibliography of Comics Articles in the Journal of Popular Culture
  • A Complete History of American Comic Books
  • ALA Great Graphic Novels for Teens
  • Alex Maleev
  • anne elizabeth moore
  • Atomic Robo
  • Batman and Philosophy
  • Bronze Age Collection/ University of Iowa
  • Bryan Talbot
  • Cabbage Rabbit Review of Books: Comics
  • Center for Cartoon Studies
  • Comic Art and Graffix Gallery
  • Comic Book Covers
  • Comics [entry] in Boy Culture
  • Comics in Education
  • Comics in Education: Gene Yang
  • Comics in the Classroom
  • comics research bibliography
  • Comics Worth Reading
  • comicsclassroom wiki
  • comicsedu
  • DC Comics: 30 Essential Graphic Novels
  • Essential Graphic Novels (Comics): A Resource
  • Graphic Novel Resources
  • Graphic Novels for Mulitple Literacies
  • Graphic Novels: Everything You Need to KNow
  • Graphic Novels: Resources (UW-M)
  • Graphica in Education
  • History of the Modern Comic Book
  • ImageText
  • Introduction to Graphic Novels (podcast from readwritethink.org)
  • jen wang
  • JH Williams III
  • Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics
  • lowbright.com
  • Making Comic Books
  • Neil Gaiman
  • no flying, no tights
  • Read About Comics
  • Recommended Graphic Novels for Public Libraries
  • Salon article on Alan Moore
  • Sandman annotations
  • Scott McCloud
  • Seduction of the Innocents and the Attack on Comic Books
  • Shake Girl, The Graphic Novel
  • Spin, Weave, and Cut
  • Teachingcomics.org
  • The Annotated Watchmen
  • The Comic Book Project
  • The Graphic Classroom
  • The Helm
  • V for Vendetta Annotations
  • V for Vendetta Shrine
  • Watchmen and Philosophy
  • Will Eisner

Miscellaneous. . .

  • Wes Anderson's Spider-Man
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