The Jamie Coville Experience: Toronto Comics Arts Festival – Convincing Parents, Teachers and other Gatekeepers

Convincing Parents, Teachers and other Gatekeepers (55:32, 50.8mb)
Moderated by Scott Robins panelists were Michelle Miller, Leigh Hurtitz, Fatma Faraj and Amie Wright. The group gave their experience of how they encountered resistance to comics, what is advocacy in their day to day jobs, the main misunderstandings on comics, children repeatedly reading books, should we ask/make kids read prose books if they are only reading comics, how they deal with parents who are resistant to graphic novels, the 5 finger/word rule & why it’s bad and webcomic recommendations.
Convincing Parents, Teachers and other Gatekeepers (55:32, 50.8mb)
Moderated by Scott Robins panelists were Michelle Miller, Leigh Hurtitz, Fatma Faraj and Amie Wright. The group gave their experience of how they encountered resistance to comics, what is advocacy in their day to day jobs, the main misunderstandings on comics, children...
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CovilleJamie.Coville@firstcomicsnews.comAuthorJamie Coville has been writing about comic book history since 1996. He has also worked in comic book press since 1998. His work has appeared in various books, catalogues and magazines.First Comics News