Posted by: pspteacher on: June 5, 2009
Just follow the link for action propaganda clipped from www.newsarama.com The U.S. Army announced today that it has launched America’s Army – The Graphic Novel, a free online publication based on America’s Army 3 (AA3), the only action game that delivers an authentic and entertaining Army experience by reflecting the training, technology, actions, and career [...]
Posted by: pspteacher on: April 8, 2009
What a great feature by Tim Stevens who delves into the background and history of the character to compile a report. What would your layman summation be?Wolverine has been written in so many different ways that he would have to suffer from multiple personality disorder, post traumatic stress disorder and obviously selective amnesia! clipped from [...]
Posted by: pspteacher on: February 20, 2009
Follow the link for more details on this interesting story clipped from www.comicbookresources.com Folks in Steubenville, Ohio, were excited to learn that their own hometown hero Frank McGee won not only the Silver Star for his bravery during the Korean War, but that he would be immortalized in a comic book dedicated to war heroes.The [...]
Posted by: pspteacher on: January 30, 2009
Difficult subject mixed into the origin of Magneto. See how he survived WWII. clipped from www.comicbookresources.com The boy survived Kristallnacht, the Einsatzgruppe, and the Warsaw Ghetto. But now Max Eisenhardt faces Hitler’s Final Solution in the death camp known as Auschwitz-Birkenau. What will it take to endure? Who are the Sonderkommando? And will a vision [...]
Posted by: pspteacher on: January 10, 2009
This is perhaps the most heavy text and most technical book that I have seen ever! It has a great storyline which sees the Catholic Church trying to see its own History and place itself back into its central role that it once held in the world. There of course consequences that are explored in [...]
Posted by: pspteacher on: January 10, 2009
Ms Marvel tries to deal with the nature of religious conviction or would that be occultist behaviour and the impact of faith using the prism of a mass suicide. A difficult topic but one that can challenge people’s views, but remember its also a comic! clipped from www.newsarama.com A mass suicide by a branch of [...]
Posted by: pspteacher on: December 17, 2008
Follow the link below for a great interview with the X-Men artist Terry Dodson. Throughout the interview are previews, which show a growing anti-mutant hysteria and the great reaction by the fictional mayor of San Francisco. This might be a unique way to introduce issues of tolerance for minorities and gays. clipped from www.comicbookresources.com Dodson [...]
Posted by: pspteacher on: December 4, 2008
Polite Dissent is a great blog, which deals with medicine in comic books and television. PSA or Public Service Announcements are an American feature which can be found in advertings on televison, magazines and comics. They can deal with a whole host of issues. PSA Comics can be used to introduce difficult topics to youger [...]
Posted by: pspteacher on: October 22, 2008
I am interested in thisUnknown Soldier as he is now an East African. This is the first time a non-American has taken the role. I am also intrigued by his origin which seems ingrained in real world events. Uganda is seen as a trouble spot and it has a conflict heavy history which is being [...]
