Tuesday, July 22, 2008

One more cartoon...

Make sure you read this strip vertically, the left column first, then the right side column. You will need to click on the cartoon to enlarge it in order to read it, unless you have remarkable vision.

This Comic Creator is an educational tool from the International Reading Association. It requires no user name or log in. You create the comics a page at a time by dragging objects from folders of characters, conversation balloons, and props, just as most of the comic generators do. Comic Creator does not allow you to see the finished cartoon (unless you do a one cell toon). Your only option is to print sight unseen, which is my excuse for the typos you see. I printed mine, then used markers and colored pencil to try to darken the lines before scanning it in. I was thinking this might be a fun Mouse Exercise for Computer Classes we teach, because of the drag and drop nature and the lack of an account sign up but you're limited to viewing a single cellat a time, perhaps not. I drew in the trees in the first frame, they do not belong to the tool.

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