SXSW EDU 2025
Marvelous Classroom Universes: Students Creating Comics!
Description:
Comic books are a big part of education, and educators are a big part of the comics industry. Teachers and comic creators discuss helping students read and create comic books, with K-12 teachers Kevin Garcia (The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, Worlds War Comics), Hector Gonzalez Rodriguez III (El Peso Hero, Chispa Comics), Ben Humeniuk (Waking Life, Bro-D Can't Be Broken), university professor Frederick Luis Aldama (Tales from La Vida, Latinx Superheroes), and Christina Taylor, comics librarian with the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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Other Resources / Information
Hector Gonzalez Rodriguez III:
https://riobravocomics.com/
Christina Taylor:
https://www.christinaetaylor.net/home
Ben Humeniuk:
https://benhumeniuk.com/
Frederick Luis Aldama:
https://professorlatinx.la.utexas.edu/
Takeaways
- Helping students analyze how words and graphics work together in various forms to impact meaning.
- Demonstrating how students can create and publish their own original comic books.
- Analyzing comic books as age-aligned literature and complex texts to encourage student development.
Speakers
- Kevin Garcia, Teacher, Austin ISD
- Christina Taylor, Consulting Comics Librarian, self
- Frederick Luis Aldama, Professor & The Jacob & Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, UT Austin
- Ben Humeniuk, English and Creative Writing Teacher, Conroe ISD
Organizer
Kevin Garcia, writer, publisher, public speaker, Monomythic Media
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