Dear Families,

In Graphic Novel Creation, students have been learning to create storyboards, lettering, characters, and images that tell stories to readers. Does your hero fight crime? Or is she a super genius who builds life-saving technology for people with disabilities for free?

Students are exploring the techniques, terminology, and tools used to make their own graphic novels, or “Ashcans,” as they were called in the 1980s. Learning to read and write is a basic tool that many kids have shifted away from in favor of computers. Since Anime and Manga have become global phenomena, this class is helping students create, write, and most importantly, have fun!

Best

David, Curated Care teacher