Hello, I’m a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin, where I study literacy and digital media. I follow your blog, and it’s pushed me to rethink how and what I teach (particularly for my young adult lit course).
I have a question, and thought that I would throw it out there (since, in my experience, librarians are a couple steps ahead of teachers!) I’m interested in learning more about interactive graphic novels (like Inanimate Alice) and digital comics (similar to recent work on Deviant Art). Do you know of any, particularly for children and teens?
Thanks so much,
Jen Scott Curwood
Doctoral Student, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Can any TTW readers point Jen in some interactive directions?


Hi Jen,
you might also be interested in Broken Saints – http://www.brokensaints.com/intro-website.htm for the old (non DVD) version.
This is not exactly the same as the above examples but it is a very inventive and, in it’s own way, interactive. I’ve never seen anything quite like it before anyway. Hero: http://invisiblecities.comicgenesis.com/
I wrote a short piece on Digital Graphic Novels in library school a few years ago. I used Metal Gear Solid as my example – read/played on a PSP. http://prattsils.wikispaces.com/gretchen+h