YOU CAN DO A GRAPHIC NOVEL

A SYNDICATED COLUMN THAT COMBINES TEXT AND CARTOON

You Can Do a Graphic Novel is a weekly column by Barbara Slate that facilitates creativity and self-expression. Six examples are on this website.

See the column as color spread.

Visit barbaraslate.com to see images from over 300 graphic novels and comic books Barbara has created, written, and/or drawn for Marvel, DC Comics, Disney and Archie. You also can read articles about Barbara's popular Graphic Novel Workshops in schools and libraries, and see examples of her students' work.

You Can Do a Graphic Novel is sent by e-mail each Friday as a PDF, which can be used directly for reproduction or can be reformatted to match your paper's style.

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WHY RUN THIS COLUMN?

Parry Teasdale, Editor of The Independent, wrote:

Your "You Can Do a Graphic Novel" column is a wonderful addition to The Independent. Its straightforward, practical approach and clever design are especially appealing to young readers, although I can attest that it gets the attention of an older demographic, too. Most of all, it brightens the page, with its combination of a strong image and a reader-friendly length. It's smart and helpful and will keep readers coming back to the paper for more. I hope you'll produce this column for a long time to come.
The endorsement above is from the editor of a newspaper in Columbia County, NY. He has a new newspaper now, The Columbia Paper, which includes the column in color in its online version. Click here to see it.

click here to see six columns in b&w newspaper format