9/3/08 Session

I'm expecting a number of new students at Sunnyside, so I'll be restarting the lesson order from the beginning for this new series of sessions. As with 7/22, this session will focus on panels.

Templates used:

Annie
Chugworth Academy
Coffee Achievers
Coolcat Studio
Cosmobear
College Roomies From Hell
Daisy is Dead
Diesel Sweeties
Dinosaur Comics
Ghost Hunters
Girl Genius
Goats
Ice
Kastle Comics
Krakow
Little Dee
Mac Hall
Marilith
My Stupid Life
Narbonic
No Pink Ponies
Nothing Nice to Say
Penny & Aggie
Phineus
Piled Higher and Deeper
Planet Karen
Questionable Content
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Seasons of Constancy
Shortpacked
Sketchies
Skin Horse
Sorcerers and Secretaries
Tea Club
Templar, AZ
Unshelved
Venus Envy
Weirdlings
You'll Have That

One tactic I'm starting to use is tallying how many times I've used certain comics. Some, like SMBC or QC, get used a lot because they're a main source of a certain layout type (such as single panel). Others get passed over because I keep forgetting to use them. So by knowing which comics I've been neglecting the use of, I can remember to hand them out to the students. The idea is that this will ensure greater diversity in the material.

7/22/08 Pictures

The pictures from the 7/22 Session have been added to the Session Gallery. Since I'm expecting a lot of pictures from these sessions, I've split them into their own sub-gallery. Pictures from the other sessions will be added soon.

Gallery Updated

The Misc. Gallery has been updated with pictures from Otakon 2008! They include some photos I didn't post here in the blog. In the future, I'll put convention photos there. If I go to a lot of conventions, I may give them their own page in the future.

September Sessions

The dates for the September sessions at Sunnyside Elementary have been confirmed: 9/3, 9/10, and 9/24. They'll be 45 minutes long from 4:30 - 5:15 PM. Not as long as my usual hour, but better than just 30 minutes like I had in the summer. I should have ~18 kids or more of various ages.

Garth Graham Joins!

Another webcomic from Otakon has joined: Garth Graham's Comedity and the upcoming Finder's Keepers. I met Graham at Otakon and he really liked the idea of using his comics with kids. He just wanted me to send him a "official request" letter before committing to the project. He got back to me recently and everything is a go. While his comic isn't entirely kid friendly, I'm sure I can find some strips to use. His art style is fairly polished, so it'll work well.

New Comics Join!

Three new comics have joined the comic project! These were three I'd seen at Otakon but didn't get a chance to talk with. The first is Geeks Next Door with art by Jessi Bavolack. I met the writer, Matt Pascal, and he was kind enough to pass on my request to her.

The other two stem from the Women in Webcomics panel. Robin Edwards has given me permission to use Cardboard Angels and her other comics (Ganbare! Shimura-san and TV Circuit) for the project, making her the second artist from Strawberry Comics to join. Also joining in is Brooke "Otter" Spangler of A Girl & Her Fed, who's not only giving me her comic archives but is also working on an original template just for the CCP! Now that's going the extra mile.

Links Page Update

The Links page has been updated. All the comics from Otakon and a few others have been added - the list is getting pretty long! I couldn't find banners for some, so they're just text links for now. If I find banners I'll add them up later.