A couple of stories came out today in university newspapers revealing the continued growth of interest in comic books and graphic novels is beginning to manifest on campuses. At Louisiana State University, officials selected Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis as the summer reading book for incoming freshmen. The Daily Reveille covers the story: “It’s a very different…
The New York Times has picked up on the debut of The Search, a comic book we reported on earlier this month being used in German classrooms to engage young students on the horrors of the Holocaust. In today’s story from Berlin, a reporter visits one classroom and sees how strong of interest the students…
I’ve lived in Connecticut for the past 22 years, and I’ll admit I’m hardly the most loyal of Nutmeggers. It’s very pretty up here, once you get out of its typically American cities, but some of the people tend to be a bit self-absorbed and snooty. But before this past week, I could not say…
