Tag: teaching comic books

  • Get To Know the Team: Catherine

    Who are you? Catherine Kirk, RSE Consultant, Nottingham City Council and independent consultant. I have supported the development of the Drawing on Forced Marriage materials and workshops. When did you first become interested in relationship and sex education? I began my career in theatre in education, and later managed a team delivering PSHE themed interactive…

  • My Happy Marriage: An Anime Case Study of Forced Marriage in Popular Culture

    Because I enjoy anime, Netflix’s algorithm has been hurling constant reminders at me about a new series: My Happy Marriage. I had dismissed it as of no interest to me, as I don’t tend to enjoy shōjo anime (given that I am a spooky-hearted thirty-something and the demographic of shōjo is bright teenage girls, this…

  • Batman and Wife: How to Close Read a Comic

    DC Special Series Vol 1 #15 June, 1978 Source: Batman Reddit Before you begin reading this blog, you may want to take a look at Hannah’s excellent post on this Batman narrative, which explores the legality of the situation that Batman has found himself in. It’s fascinating and enjoyable, and it even includes the law of the…

  • Get to Know the Team: Alex

    Who are you? My name is Alex, I am a final year PhD Candidate at the University of Liverpool, researching the influences of medieval culture on nineteenth-century Gothic literature. I know, it doesn’t seem particularly relevant to the project, really, does it? Thankfully, as a research assistant I get to use the skills I have…

  • Even Superheroes 

    I have a confession to make: ‘The Killing Joke’ is the only Batman story I have ever read, until now. And the only reason I read another one is because I came across a Reddit post entitled ‘Remember when Batman was forced to marry Thalia and?’ Don’t judge me.  If you are as unfamiliar with…

  • Teaching with Comics: A Reading Guide

    In the course of the Drawing on Forced Marriage project, I’ve been doing a fair bit of research on how to teach comics to students, and how to teach students with comics. I’ve really enjoyed the process and have learned such a lot, but I realised that the reading list I’ve been compiling would probably…

  • Get to Know the Team: Hannah

    Welcome to ‘Drawing On’, an AHRC-funded project (AH/X004325/1) that explores the ways in which comics can be used to teach difficult topics. We’ve put together this series of little interviews so you can find out more about our team and the project. Who are you? My name is Hannah. I moved from Germany to the…

  • Comics As Educational Tool

    Film, advertisements, the internet – we live in a visual age where we are constantly presented with a vast array of images. Even within a casual chat group between friends, we express ourselves with iconography, peppering our texts with emojis, reaction gifs and memes. It is clear, then, that our students are increasingly immersed in…