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fandomhigh2011-03-11 07:23 am
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Pop Culture 101 | Friday | Period 2
"It's your lucky day," John said once everyone had filed in and taken their seats, "because I'm giving you an easy class. And this isn't even due to the Parent's Weekend events which I know will take a lot of your time and some of you are already probably freaking out. Nope, this was planned from the beginning so you can just continue to think of me as an awesome teacher who never gives you anything too hard to do. Make sure you put those on any evaluation forms they give you so I can get a raise."
John grinned and pushed away from his desk. "Today, we're going to be talking about comic books. Comic books, for those that might not know, is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog, usually in word balloons, as well as including brief descriptive prose. Basically, it's like a book with colorful pictures. That's a simple way to remember it even if they're not quite the same thing. Comic books can be funny, dramatic, explicit, or ridiculous just like our selection of books can be. They can also be one shots, where the story is contained in one issue or multi-part where the story weaves through several issues. Some of our most famous superheroes started out in comic books. They usually get a reputation as something a geek or a nerd would read but think about this: a geek or a nerd probably wrote a lot of those comic books and they're making bank now. Be nice to nerds, people."
John grinned, proud of himself for working that moral into the story. "Going over any notable plots and events in comic books would take way too long because there's so many of them. Like I said, some comic books are just as famous as some of our classic fiction. For today's lesson, you're gonna read comics. Yep, that's it."
John picked up a big box and opened the lid, revealing all sorts of comic books. "Come up here, find a comic, read it and that's it. I hope you like 'em. These were things I owned as a kid. No joking my selection."
John grinned and pushed away from his desk. "Today, we're going to be talking about comic books. Comic books, for those that might not know, is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog, usually in word balloons, as well as including brief descriptive prose. Basically, it's like a book with colorful pictures. That's a simple way to remember it even if they're not quite the same thing. Comic books can be funny, dramatic, explicit, or ridiculous just like our selection of books can be. They can also be one shots, where the story is contained in one issue or multi-part where the story weaves through several issues. Some of our most famous superheroes started out in comic books. They usually get a reputation as something a geek or a nerd would read but think about this: a geek or a nerd probably wrote a lot of those comic books and they're making bank now. Be nice to nerds, people."
John grinned, proud of himself for working that moral into the story. "Going over any notable plots and events in comic books would take way too long because there's so many of them. Like I said, some comic books are just as famous as some of our classic fiction. For today's lesson, you're gonna read comics. Yep, that's it."
John picked up a big box and opened the lid, revealing all sorts of comic books. "Come up here, find a comic, read it and that's it. I hope you like 'em. These were things I owned as a kid. No joking my selection."
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