I write quizzes about books to help my students understand books better. Coming up with thought-provoking questions is a struggle. Too often I want to ask for a single fact, such as “Who is Peter’s little brother.” To help me devise more meaningful questions, I keep a list of ques...
I started going to MCS for harder to find books at a reasonable price in 2015. I’ve never had a issue until recently. I ordered something, then canceled the order as soon as they took the money out of my account. I’ve been waiting (I was told 48 hours to return money to my ba...
Also patient as I prepared my collection for a sale. Once we agreed on a price, the transaction details/process were seamless, and across a few hundred miles (not a given). Those comic books delivered countless smiles over my first 53 years. I'm glad they left with a smile, courtesy ...
Sample I (Chapter 1): 302 seventh graders (86% of the seventh grade class) from a middle school in a city near Los Angeles provided information about their comic book reading. Students filled out a questionnaire in their English class that probed comic book reading, book reading, amount of ...
Contradictionsis a deep, resonant book that won’t tell you what it’s about; even the title slips out of your hands when you try to explain it. It is a great graphic novel that is as much about love as politics. And I hope Sophie Yanow will keep making books this strong for ...
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CGC’s attorney, Mark Zaid of Mark S. Zaid P.C. in Washington, D.C., did not respond to requests for comment. The Meyerses—a married couple who started a business restoring and selling collectible comic books—claimed that CGC and one of its primary graders, Matthew Nelson, helped to...
Fall Throughis Nate Powell’s new graphic novel this year: it has what I think of as his trademark atmospheric, black-background, swirling pages and vaguely creepy, unexplained and deeply embedded fantasy elements. I found myself resisting it more than some of his earlier books: as always, ...