Comics/making them
Sherry Hagen
Hi folks,
My six year old son is having a blast drawing his own comics. Sometimes
he asks me to write words for it but mostly he just makes the sequencial
pictures and tells me the story. He was complaining about wanting to
make a book and not being able to write. I said I'd write the words for
him. I also mentioned the book, "A boy, a dog and a frog", which is
only pictures. His latest theme is environmental. He told a story of a
guy who chops down a tree and then feels bad about it and starts
replanting trees. I think he got the theme from a book by Lynne
Cherry. If you are looking for books with environmental themes, check
hers out. She has both fiction and non-fiction. Some of the titles are
"The Kapok Tree", "The Dragon and the Unicorn" They are picture books
with about a paragraph of text every other page and are beautifully
illustrated. They are also well racially integrated.
The only "problem" I have with him being so excited about doing the
comics is I can't get him to "stop" to pick up his toys.
We have a "rule", that is you don't put it away you don't have it for a
while, we had to do that with some stuff.
It's nice to have a son who hasn't lost his passion for learning.
Sherry
My six year old son is having a blast drawing his own comics. Sometimes
he asks me to write words for it but mostly he just makes the sequencial
pictures and tells me the story. He was complaining about wanting to
make a book and not being able to write. I said I'd write the words for
him. I also mentioned the book, "A boy, a dog and a frog", which is
only pictures. His latest theme is environmental. He told a story of a
guy who chops down a tree and then feels bad about it and starts
replanting trees. I think he got the theme from a book by Lynne
Cherry. If you are looking for books with environmental themes, check
hers out. She has both fiction and non-fiction. Some of the titles are
"The Kapok Tree", "The Dragon and the Unicorn" They are picture books
with about a paragraph of text every other page and are beautifully
illustrated. They are also well racially integrated.
The only "problem" I have with him being so excited about doing the
comics is I can't get him to "stop" to pick up his toys.
We have a "rule", that is you don't put it away you don't have it for a
while, we had to do that with some stuff.
It's nice to have a son who hasn't lost his passion for learning.
Sherry
Bobbie
my ds (6 in may) loves drawing comics too. His "2nd
daddy" (my boyfriend) is a cartoonist/artist person
(plug: http://rocktoons.com
and (my fave)- (www.pbgalaxy.keenspace.com)
and works on his comics here on the computer while ds
likes to sit on his desk (which is right next to this
one) and draw his own. Ty (boyfriend) has the
templates all printed up already with the four squares
for each frame all in a row, so Tori (ds) can just
draw in each one and he actually hasn't ever wanted me
to do the words. hm. I hadn't thought of that before.
He just tells me what they're doing and then moves on.
He loves superheroes and my sis bought him a book on
how to draw superheroes (x-men, spiderman, superman,
etc) in comicbook fashion. It's a bit advanced for him
but he loves it and it has pages to trace some of the
heroes. It's helping him to think in terms other than
stick figures, though I really do LOVE his stick
figures.
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daddy" (my boyfriend) is a cartoonist/artist person
(plug: http://rocktoons.com
and (my fave)- (www.pbgalaxy.keenspace.com)
and works on his comics here on the computer while ds
likes to sit on his desk (which is right next to this
one) and draw his own. Ty (boyfriend) has the
templates all printed up already with the four squares
for each frame all in a row, so Tori (ds) can just
draw in each one and he actually hasn't ever wanted me
to do the words. hm. I hadn't thought of that before.
He just tells me what they're doing and then moves on.
He loves superheroes and my sis bought him a book on
how to draw superheroes (x-men, spiderman, superman,
etc) in comicbook fashion. It's a bit advanced for him
but he loves it and it has pages to trace some of the
heroes. It's helping him to think in terms other than
stick figures, though I really do LOVE his stick
figures.
--- Sherry Hagen <oilmagic@...> wrote:
> My six year old son is having a blast drawing his__________________________________________________
> own comics. Sometimes
> he asks me to write words for it but mostly he just
> makes the sequencial
> pictures and tells me the story. He was complaining
> about wanting to
> make a book and not being able to write. I said I'd
> write the words for
> him.
> Sherry
>
>
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Bobbie
oh yes and I was also going to say that
www.keenspace.com has alot of online comics that your
ds might like to look at if you're interested. Alot of
them are very much NOT for children though, so I would
check it out by yourself before letting your ds look
at the ones that you deem okay for him. There is quite
a variety.
oh, and I think I posted the pbgalaxy link wrong.
hope not.
it's http://rocktoons.com/pbgalaxy
or www.pbgalaxy.keenspace.com
(choose the rocktoons one) <g>
-Bobbie
(who can't help promoting PBGalaxy when anyone brings
up comics)
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www.keenspace.com has alot of online comics that your
ds might like to look at if you're interested. Alot of
them are very much NOT for children though, so I would
check it out by yourself before letting your ds look
at the ones that you deem okay for him. There is quite
a variety.
oh, and I think I posted the pbgalaxy link wrong.
hope not.
it's http://rocktoons.com/pbgalaxy
or www.pbgalaxy.keenspace.com
(choose the rocktoons one) <g>
-Bobbie
(who can't help promoting PBGalaxy when anyone brings
up comics)
--- Sherry Hagen <oilmagic@...> wrote:
> Hi folks,__________________________________________________
>
> My six year old son is having a blast drawing his
> own comics. Sometimes
> he asks me to write words for it but mostly he just
> makes the sequencial
> pictures and tells me the story. He was complaining
> about wanting to
> make a book and not being able to write. I said I'd
> write the words for
> him. I also mentioned the book, "A boy, a dog and a
> frog", which is
> only pictures. His latest theme is environmental.
> He told a story of a
> guy who chops down a tree and then feels bad about
> it and starts
> replanting trees. I think he got the theme from a
> book by Lynne
> Cherry. If you are looking for books with
> environmental themes, check
> hers out. She has both fiction and non-fiction.
> Some of the titles are
> "The Kapok Tree", "The Dragon and the Unicorn"
> They are picture books
> with about a paragraph of text every other page and
> are beautifully
> illustrated. They are also well racially
> integrated.
>
> The only "problem" I have with him being so excited
> about doing the
> comics is I can't get him to "stop" to pick up his
> toys.
> We have a "rule", that is you don't put it away you
> don't have it for a
> while, we had to do that with some stuff.
>
> It's nice to have a son who hasn't lost his passion
> for learning.
>
> Sherry
>
>
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