Teaching was never so fun

Comic books can be a super way to learn, writes Ron Wolfe in Family.

Take it from Superman. Here he is, for example, in Action Comics (1961), lecturing Supergirl and young readers in general on the importance of education:

“Whenever I visit a strange civilization,” the big guy says, “I always get full information at one of their libraries first.”

Rocket forward, and today’s Man of Steel probably could find the information he needs in the form that suits him best — a comic book.

Today’s comics tackle subjects as diverse as civil rights, biography and science. Some are children’s reading, many for teens. Words and pictures can be as deep as a college text.

See how educators are using comics to teach children in Wednesday’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Upcoming Events