Cartoon Movement

Cartoon Movement is a global online platform dedicated to editorial cartoons and comics journalism. Founded in 2010, it's based in the Netherlands and was created by Thomas Loudon and Arend Jan van den Beld, supported initially by cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards. It hosts a diverse community: over 500 freelancers from more than 80 countries contribute regularly. Carton Movement promotes editorial cartooning as a form of journalism and defends freedom of expression.

Cartoon Movement is a powerful resource for teaching English because it combines visual storytelling, current events, and critical thinking, all of which are excellent tools for language learning.

You can use editorial cartoons to introduce or reinforce vocabulary related to politics, social issues, culture, or international affairs, use cartoons as prompts for debate, discussion, or opinion writing, ask students to describe the cartoon in detail, interpret the symbolism, or explain the message in English, teach idioms and figurative language, and encourage creative production.

Find Cartoon Movement on:

https://www.cartoonmovement.com/

The Cartoons and Puzzles Issue by @NewYorker

The New Yorker is a magazine known for its coverage of various topics, including politics, culture, humor, fiction, and more. It regularly features cartoons, puzzles, and other entertaining elements.

From this link, you can access the December 2023 edition of The Cartoons and Puzzles Issue, featuring various games and puzzles in English that you will love.

https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons-and-puzzles-2023

Create #comics with #Lywi

Lywi is an online tool that makes creating comics a fun and easy task for anyone. You don't even need to know how to draw. On this site you can create your own comics, cartoons or comic strips in no time at all.

It is a web tool that can be used completely free of charge and does not require you to create an account or register, so you don't have to provide any personal information. Moreover, as it is an online tool, you don't need to download or install any software on your computer, you will work directly in your favourite browser.

To work with Lywi, all you have to do is follow these steps:

- Select a template for your comic, you can choose from several with different number and arrangement of vignettes. You can also start from an image (just upload it) or from a blank canvas.

- In the bottom menu you will find all the tools available to create your comics: stickers (characters, objects and more), text, text bubbles, drawing, shapes, etc.

- To add texts, characters, decorations and any other element to your comic, just click on it. You will be able to customise its colour, size, orientation, shadow, etc.

- When you have finished creating your comic, click on "Save" to export it as a PNG image.

Once you have created your comic, you can publish it on any website or blog, send it by mail, share it on social networks, print it on paper, etc.

https://lywi.com/ 

PunHub

On this Twitter account you can find lots of fun examples based on English word games. It can be used as food for thought and also as an idea or model for developing similar activities.

https://twitter.com/PunHubOnline  

Also on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/punhubonline/

Comics for Inclusive English Language Learning

This resource uses comic art and other visual representations to support dyslexic learners in an inclusive manner. The app was developed by the Comics for Inclusive English Language Learning project and co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme

It offers leveled comics with audio support and interesting activities after each comic.

Find it on:

https://ciell.eu/app/#/home

Storybird

Storybird is a cool educational online platform for children from age 3 to 14+, parents and teachers. It offers short, art-inspired stories that are curiously fun to make, share, and read. Students can express themselves and develop creatively their writing skills

MakeBeliefsComix.com

Make Beliefs Comix is a creative writing platform, a useful resource in helping students  express themselves and communicate. It offers a free set of tools and hosts free ebooks that the can use onlne or download. 

These printables can be used with students enrolled in literacy and ESL programs and provide an educational resource for teaching language arts.

If you are interested, visit:

https://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ 

Go Comics

GoComics, from Andrews McMeel Universal, is home to many of the most popular comics and cartoons in the world. GoComics.com is the web's largest catalog of syndicated newspaper strips, political cartoons and webcomics, offering free new content every day. 

Source: https://www.gocomics.com/help/about 

Visit:

https://www.gocomics.com/ 

PhysicsCentral. Comics

Physics-based comic books that engage children.

Most of these comic books are a part of PhysicsQuest, story-based activities designed for middle school classrooms.

Visit:

https://physicscentral.com/explore/comics/ 

The #COVID-19 Chronicles

Do you want to improve your medical vocabulary? 

“The COVID-19 Chronicles” is a series of educational illustrations about the COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) outbreak. 

A publication from the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in Singapore.

https://nusmedicine.nus.edu.sg/medias/news-info/2233-the-covid-19-chronicles 

After Maria/ Después de María

On 20 September 2017 the Hurricane Maria struck the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. For one year, Dr Gemma Sou and Dr Felix Aponte-Gonzalez conducted ethnographic research on 16 low-income Puerto Rican families and on how they recovered from Maria. This research was turned into a 20-page graphic novella, free to download in English and in Spanish.

English

http://hummedia.manchester.ac.uk/institutes/hcri/after-maria/after-maria-eng-web.pdf

Spanish

http://hummedia.manchester.ac.uk/institutes/hcri/after-maria/after-maria-esp-web.pdf

Astrobiology: The Story of our Search for Life in the Universe

NASA’s Astrobiology Program addresses three fundamental questions: How does life begin and evolve? Is there life beyond Earth and, if so, how can we detect it? What is the future of life on Earth and in the universe?

This website offers a series of downloadable astrobiology-related graphic history books, conceived to highlight key moments and key people in this field.

https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/resources/graphic-histories/

Europe Comics

Europe Comics began as an idea of Franco-Belgian comics agent Mediatoon Licensing. It evolved into a 13-partner pan-European alliance, supported by the European Commission and held together by the desire to spread the European graphic novel heritage around the world.

One of its main targets is the creation of a collective digital imprint, replicating European comics’ variety, richness and originality, in English and digital format. This initiative strives for greater international exposure of European comic authors. Last but not least, this project aims to create a comprehensive European comics online directory.

http://www.europecomics.com/

MakeBeliefsComix.com

This site was launched in 2006 by Bill Zimmerman as a multilingual comic strip creation service. MakeBeliefsComix.com empowers students to express themselves and communicate through art and writing. You can select characters, emotions, objects, backgrounds, panel prompts and balloons... It includes more than 350 printable templates divided into thematic categories. 

There are many ways to use MakeBeliefsComix.com in the classroom: create autobiographical comix, practice new vocabulary words in a creative way, promote team collaboration, practice conversation skills in a meaningul context, introduce students to creative writing... Teachers can also share their own lesson plans for using this educational resource to teach literacy and reading. 

 Link: http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ 

 On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MakeBeliefs 

 On Twitter: https://twitter.com/MakeBeliefs4U 

 On Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/makebeliefs/makebeliefscomix-printables/

Comics English

The use of comics in education is based on the concept of creating engagement and motivation for students. 

Comics can help you learn or teach English. They are authentic material. They tend to be funny and they provide the visual context of the words that are used. As comics are generally situated in time and place, they also provide an opportunity for EFL learners to learn and discover other cultures.

This webpage constitutes a good  example of the use of comics in the EFL/ESL. English learners will find various comic strips, vocabulary, and explanation to understand them more easily (context, language feature...):

http://www.comicsenglish.com/

Comics in the Classroom

Comics are an effective tool for engaging students. Comics also have the ability to meet the needs of students in a variety of learning styles.
The Guardian Teacher Network offers some comic-themed resources, activities and ideas for lessons.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/2012/aug/26/teaching-with-comic-books?CMP=twt_gu