Will Heckman

1. "The format of the comic book presents a montage of both words and images, and the reader is thus required to exercise both visual and verbal interpretive skills. The regimens of art (e.g. perspective, symmetry, brush stroke) and the regimens of literature (e.g. grammar, plot, syntax) become superimposed upon each other. The reading of the comic book is an act of both aesthetic perception and intellectual pursuit." Will Eisner 1985, Comics & Sequential Art

4. What do we do to promote reading? Students tell Media Specialists all the time that they don’t like to read. I tell them they are just not reading what they like. Isn’t it time we gave them something they really like!

9. Stats tell the story Graphic novels comprise less the 1% of the collection Graphic novels can account for approximately 25-60% of circulation