This presentation focuses on how parents, teachers, and librarians can build on the popularity of graphic novels and transform present-day readers of graphic novels into future writers of graphic novels. Panelists include
Dr. Katie Monnin (
Teaching Graphic Novels, Teaching Early Reader Comics and Graphic Novels),
Belle Yang (
Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale),
Dr. James Bucky Carter (
Building Literacy Connections with Graphic Novels),
John Hogan (editor at graphicnovelreporter.com),
Eric Wight (Frankie Pickle),
Jimmy Gownley (Eisner Award-nominated graphic novelist of
Amelia Rules!),
Matt Holm (
Babymouse, Squish), and
Meryl Jaffe (
Teaching Content Area Graphic Novels).
http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_search_results.php?strShow=30&strRec=3716
