Comics Outside the Canon: Recommendations for Educators and Adolescents
(A slightly different version was originally published on my other blog, comicsandyalit.blogspot.com, which includes reviews from my Goodreads selection). Since my colleagues know that I am interested in comics and graphic novels, I frequently get asked to recommend graphica/comic books for classroom use and for adolescents to read for interest. Recently, I have been thinking in particular about comic volumes and graphic novels that have not yet been canonized the way such books as Art Spiegelman’s The Complete Maus and Marjane Satrapi’s The Complete Persepolis have. These important graphic novels paved the way for the exploration of comics and graphic novels in classroom settings. However, I am learning about so many other options out there! At various conferences I have attended, as well as courses I have taught. I have been reminded of how important it is for educators to learn about high interest readings for adolescents. By doing so, we can form a literary connecti