Once upon a time, a comic book didn’t need to be dark, grim, or gritty to be successful. Comic books — evolving from newspaper comic strips — were often referred to as “funny books” or “the funnies.” ...

India needs an elaborate education to safeguard humour as a basic human right. This will enable citizens to understand the ...

Let’s be real, reading books and graphic novels as an animal lover can be challenging. While there’s that flash of excitement ...

B.C. is a comic strip that has run in newspapers since 1958. It was created by Johnny Hart, the co-creator of The Wizard of ...

Example prompt: “Create a four-panel comic strip that teaches the French expression ‘Il pleut des cordes’ (It’s raining cats and dogs). Panel 1: A boy looks out the window at a light drizzle and says, ...

Between 1954 and 1959, Tove Jansson drew 21 comics, some in collaboration with her brother Lars Jansson, who continued to draw the comic strip until 1975.

Personal Insight In my early days of creating comic strips, I learned that a single gesture or a perfectly timed facial expression could turn a simple joke into a memorable moment. The synergy between ...

“The reason we wanted to test whether humor might mitigate avoidance is that it’s a strategy that can be incorporated into public health messaging,” Orom says. “Perhaps starting off with something ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Colorectal cancer (CRC) is no laughing matter. It’s the second-leading cause of cancer deaths globally, according to the World Health Organization. But new research led by the ...

In study 1, 288 individuals between the ages of 45 and 75 were asked to view one of four types of images: humorous comics, cute animals, coping messages, and streetscapes (the control group) and ...

Tom Batiuk’s humorous and pithy comic strip has covered subjects such as adult illiteracy, Alzheimer’s disease and school violence in extended story arcs.

Comic strips can be used to assess many areas of learning. As a TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) and eco-educator, I have used them as a way to assess my students’ understanding ...