The elephant is on her way to play with her friend, the fuzzy blue goose. They meet up and are having a tea party, but then they get attacked by a one-legged pirate. Then suddenly it starts raining cupcakes! An epic cupcake fight ensues, and Batman and Robin show up for a while too, and the fight could have lasted forever--except it’s time to put the toys away and go eat dinner. Such is the storyline of a game of pretend. Adults look back on games like this and smile, remembering with fondness…
superhero therapy method alive starting with his sessions. He found that talking about heroes not only got the children talking about hard subjects but it had them excited for their next session. When he first started in 2010, he was only using Batman and Robin as an example for the foster care children he was helping but he has slowly branched out to incorporate the other heroes such as: Spiderman, Steel and Hawkman. With every comic book he read, he kept a “comicspedia” on the different…
My passion is creating a picture of what I see in my mind on a piece of paper with a pencil, pen or crayon, also known as drawing. My love for the arts was set on creating images that were thought of and putting them on paper. I always drew what came to mind from what was seen from a movie or television show. I enjoyed drawing things or characters that interested me and I was free to draw it however I wanted to, although I always wanted the drawing to be as perfect as possible. After watching…
Historically, literary themes regarding the LGBTQ community have been omitted from comic books mainly because of censorship regulations and the presumption that storylines that include sexual orientation are not appropriate for children. The social mores of the past caused the exclusion of LGBTQ issues and characters from children’s comic books because the LGBTQ lifestyle was considered immoral. However, in recent years, comic book creators have started to take on the task of representing the…