I’ve been making comics in the form of poems (or poems in the form of comics) periodically this past month as part of an invitation by Grant Snider (of Incidental Comics) to be creative. Grant makes very interesting comics, full of thought and literary themes. Mine were all over the place but still fun to make (I made mine in an app while Grant hand-draws his).
I gathered the collection into a single video for curation.
Peace (and poems and comics),
Kevin
I had the pleasure of reading and then reviewing a book by Tim Smyth about how to incorporate comics and graphic novels into the classroom setting, with intention and creativity.
Read the review here: https://www.middleweb.com/48089/add-comics-and-graphic-novels-to-all-classes/
Peace (and comics),
Kevin
Cartoonist and illustrator Grant Snider put out a call for comics for what he is calling Poetry Comics Month, and I am periodically joining in.
Peace (in rhymes),
Kevin
And it happened. Two hour delay today …
Cartoonist and illustrator Grant Snider put out a call for comics for what he is calling Poetry Comics Month, and I am periodically joining in.
Peace (and winter),
Kevin
Cartoonist and illustrator Grant Snider put out a call for comics for what he is calling Poetry Comics Month, and I am periodically joining in.
Peace (and Stardust),
Kevin
Cartoonist and illustrator Grant Snider put out a call for comics for what he is calling Poetry Comics Month, and I am periodically joining in. This one is dedicated to my wife and her exuberant joy in the crunch of pine cones underfoot.
Peace (and poems),
Kevin
Cartoonist and illustrator Grant Snider put out a call for comics for what he is calling Poetry Comics Month, and I am periodically joining in.
Peace (and words in little frames),
Kevin
Cartoonist and illustrator Grant Snider put out a call for comics for what he is calling Poetry Comics Month, and so, I figured, why not? It won’t be every day but I’ll try to dip in now and then.
This was from the other day:
Peace (and frames),
Kevin
(This is for the Slice of Life, hosted by Two Writing Teachers. We write on Tuesdays about the small moments in the larger perspective and then all through March — every single day … You write, too.)
Today, we go back for the new school year with staff. Tomorrow, the kids return, and then we’re off to the races. It seemed like a time to try my hand at some “start of the year” comics.
Peace (in panels),
Kevin
The public sector, at least where I work as a teacher, never gets a bonus. We negotiate a contract and that’s that. So I was surprised to see our small town using some of its federal Pandemic money to give out cash bonuses to those of us who worked in municipal buildings (like schools) during the height of the Covid surges. A check arrived recently with my regular pay.
I wrestled with this comic, though, because I fear it comes across as ungrateful (which I truly am not) and that it appears I don’t fully appreciate others who worked just like I did, and are getting nothing from their bosses. I am thinking of all those people who worked in grocery stores and restaurants and hospitals, and of those other teachers in different towns who may not get this kind of benefit.
For some reason, it was the hourly breakdown of bonus that got my attention, as if my time in the building during Covid was codified into a dollar amount of about a dollar. (To be honest, it would have been more helpful if, during the Covid year, the town had done more to listen to teachers’ concerns and valued our input more, and made us feel like we were partners. I guess unused federal cash is easier to give out afterwards than cooperation in the moment.)
Peace (and comics),
Kevin