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Nancy: History books are so BORING! If HISTORY books were COMIC BOOKS, all us kids would LOVE HISTORY! If only....*Lightbulb* I'LL DO IT! I will WRITE and DRAW HISTORY COMIC BOOKS!! Hmm...What color superhero cape goes best with Abe's top hat?
blunebottle almost 9 years ago
Well, gee….for a moment there, she had a great idea. (Not totally original, mind you. It’s been done.)
jrankin1959 almost 9 years ago
Comic books are but the “hook” for kids to get into history. once you start digging, there is so much more subtlety and nuance to be discovered.
Bradley Walker almost 9 years ago
Larry Gonick rules.
philipwissbeck almost 9 years ago
They are audio visual, that is why comic books are better.
emptc12 almost 9 years ago
Yes, I remember them. I also remember the “We Were There” books, by which various historical events were portrayed through the eyes of a boy and girl pair who lived at that time. I loved those books as the first “real” books that I encountered..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Were_There
MJKesquire almost 9 years ago
I remember both of them. I collected them.To a kid, they were more interesting becauseit was a comic book. I did learn a lot fromreading them.
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member almost 9 years ago
To Bobarion: If your mother literally blew her top, she couldn’t have told you anything. Words have exact meanings.
brklnbern almost 9 years ago
Been done, Nance old girl.
Skylark almost 9 years ago
Yes, I remember them fondly. I got a lot of information about classic literature from these so called “comic” books. Enough so that I read most of them as an adult. One of my best memories from my childhood!
John W Kennedy Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Checkout the Historyteachers (sic) channel on YouTube for an other, but similar, approach.
artybee almost 9 years ago
Finally talked Mom into letting me buy Classics Illustrated. Did I use them for crib sheets? Guilty. Did I read the actual books? Yes, eventually.