by Moni Barrette | Jan 5, 2021 | Comic Spotlight, ComicsPlus, Resources
“Thanks in part to the medical humanities movement many medical schools will now have tutors suggesting students read classic literature or modern novels to gain insight into the human condition. I think [it] is high time that graphic fiction was taken as...
by Moni Barrette | Dec 2, 2020 | Comic Spotlight, ComicsPlus, Resources
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home — so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world… Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted...
by John Shableski | Nov 9, 2020 | Comic Spotlight, ComicsPlus
Manga has a face and it belongs to Osamu Tezuka. The global popularity of any entertainment medium can usually be traced to either an artist, a group of artists, or a defining movement. In the case of the Japanese comics medium most commonly known as manga, that...
by Moni Barrette | Oct 30, 2020 | Comic Spotlight, ComicsPlus
“Listen, please listen. Take a look at yourselves, right now… Is this who you really are?” —Midnight Radio With American politics in the throes of a divisive election and a never-ending, unprecedented news cycle, intense focus has been given to every new development...
by Moni Barrette | Sep 30, 2020 | Comic Spotlight, ComicsPlus
“Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible...
by LibraryPass | Jul 27, 2020 | Comic Spotlight, ComicsPlus
Congratulations to all of the 32nd Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards winners—the “Oscars” of the comic book industry. Our ComicsPlus customers have unlimited, simultaneous access to digital editions of these noteworthy winners: Invisible Kingdom...