SilentComix

byrobbycharters

SmashwordsEdition

2006byrobbycharters

AseriesoffeaturelengthcartoonsthatcanwillamuseeveryoneincludingnonEnglishspeakersandilliteratepeople.

IgottheideaasIwasteachingEnglishtoprivatestudents.IscrawledthecartoonsonA4sheetsofpaperwithapencil,hadthestudentslookatthecartoonandtellmethestoryinEnglish.Itworkedprettywell.Later,Iinkedthemin,scannedthem,andtouchedthemupabit.Herearesomeofmybestones.ESLteachersmayfindtheseuseful...

Chapter1CorneliustheGeniusandtheSpaceRocks

Chapter2CorneliustheGeniusandtheMoonLanding

Chapter3UnidentifiedFlyingTwins

Chapter4CorneliustheGeniusandtheTerrorists

Chapter5TheSaturnians

Chapter6CorneliustheGeniusMeetstheSaternians

TheEnd

A series of feature length cartoons that can will amuse everyone including non-English speakers and illiterate people. I got the idea as I was teaching English to private students. I scrawled the cartoons on A4 sheets of paper with a pencil, had the students look at the cartoon and tell me the story in English. It worked pretty well. Later, I inked them in, scanned them, and touched them up a bit. Here are some of my best ones. ESL teachers may find these useful...