StoryBoardThat http://www.storyboardthat.com/ StoryBoardThat
We offer Storyboard That in a number of different versions. All versions include our powerful Storyboard Creator. The additional features of our educational and corporate editions focus on collaboration and privacy in a multi user environment.
StripGenerator http://stripgenerator.com StripGenerator
Create and enjoy comic strips with fantastic ease. Join the friendly community, making comics has never been this fun.
No registration required.
Dan Awesomes Rage Maker http://www.ragemaker.net/ Dan Awesome's Rage Maker
Simple tool for creating comics. It's great for developing simple stories and doesn't requite any login or registration.
Make Your Own Dilbert Comic Strip http://dilbert.com/strips/ Make Your Own “Dilbert” Comic Strip
You will need to register and log in first.
Chronicles of Akasha http://chroniclesofakasha.com This online graphic novel (free with registration) follows a veteran of the psychic wars and a Native American medicine man as they travel through time and alternate realities to save the world and help humanity make the evolutionary leap.
Stage'd http://stagedproject.com/ Stage'd is a digital toy for creating animated comics.
We want to make telling your stories easier. Being big comic and animation nerds ourselves we decided one fateful night to have a go at creating a mash-up.
ToonDoo http://www.toondoo.com/ ToonDoo
ToonDoo is a cool, comic-creating tool from Jambav, a fun site for kids. Jambav is devoted to creating a unique array of free and customizable online games of educational value for children of all abilities.
You can now just drag-drop or click to create comic strips that express your views, opinions, angst or to just have fun, loads of it!
Tutorial for Teachers Screencast
EduComics Project http://www.educomics.org/ EduComics is an European Union Comenius education project under the Life Long Learning Programme (ref num 142424-2008-GR-COMENIUS-CMP).
It will show educators how online comics can be used in the classroom to enhance learning, engage and motivate students, and use technology in a practical and effective way.
Chimera Comic Tutorials http://www.scribd.com/doc/30946848/Chimera-Comic-Tutorials Chimera Comic Tutorials
Comic tutorials for Second Life skills, acted in and created by Chimera Cosmos (aka Liz Dorland in RL). A growing set lessons used in Chimera and Spiral's Educators Group.
ComicArtSchool ... Social Network http://comicartschool.ning.com/ ComicArtSchool ... Social Network
You are invited to join this community for free, about drawing and making comics.
7 Resources for Creating Cartoons and Comics http://bit.ly/zMuLx 7 Resources for Creating Cartoons and Comics
Comic Life http://plasq.com/comiclife-win Comic Life
"From the makers of Skitch is another great application for would-be doodlers and ad hoc illustrators. Comic Life is available for both the Mac and for Windows PCs, and helps you create professional-looking comic panels, photo albums, and other image layout template styles."
Comic Life lets you create astounding comics, beautiful picture albums, how-tos... and more!
The easy-to-use interface integrates seamlessly with your photo collection. Drag in your pictures, captions, Lettering text (‘ka-blam!') and speech balloons and your work is done!
You can even use your webcam within Comic Life to make a comic on the spot!
Pixton for Schools http://pixton.com/uk/schools/overview Pixton for Schools
Private, virtual classroom that integrates our award-winning comic creation software in a fun, interactive learning environment.
Award-winning click-and-drag comic creator
Customize everything right on the page
Move characters into any pose
Use in any web browser, Mac or PC
Certified for use on interactive whiteboards
Bring your comics & avatars to life with animation
Set keyframes, let Pixton do the rest
Rendered to video for easy upload
Remix with your friends
Comiqs http://comiqs.com/ Comiqs ... Create and share your comic-style stories
Comiqs is a service that lets our users create and share their comic-style stories with the community. We aim to provide our users with easy to use tools that transforms their most cherished and most memorable photographs into something fun. We also aim to build to build a fun and light-hearted community where people can hang out to have a laugh or two.
Blabberize http://blabberize.com Here you can Blabberize your images ... i.e. have them talk ... and the mouths move.
Could be a fun tool for students to make talking comic strips
Actually not sure where I should put this on Shambles ... it's certainly fun (& clever)
.... and has an educational use ... I'm just not sure where. Blabberize Blog Student example "Tide Pool
iPhone iPod Touch App to make a comic http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1445088 iPhone iPod Touch App to make a comic
Tony Vincent shares some of his favorite iPod touch and iPhone apps for education. There's also audience participation. (Ustream archive)
He demonstrates the comic maker (Comic Touch) app towards the end of the presentation ... about the 40 minutes mark
InfiniteComic : Mashup of Twitter and Flickr http://infinitecomic.com/ InfiniteComic : Mashup of Twitter and Flickr
Type something into the keyword box to have a random comic generated just for you "InfiniteComic takes a keyword you supply, finds a Flickr image and a tweet and turns it into an impromptu comic.
Some of the comics make no sense, while others are eerily dead-on ... can provide some interesting entertainment"
Comic Strip Generator http://stripgenerator.com/ Comic Strip Generator
Girls and boys working on stripgenerator are from different backgrounds and with different profiles, but mainly operating in internet gaming and mobile content fields.
Stripgenerator is free of charge project created to embrace the internet blogging and strip creation culture, helping the people with no drawing abilities to express their opinions via strips. Yeah, I am one of them as well.
20 of the Best Web Comics http://mashable.com/2009/03/03/web-comics/ 20 of the Best Web Comics "For years people have taken to the web to create comic strips without fear of censorship or having to answer to print media advertisers. Now there are thousands of web comics, making it difficult to know where to start if you’re new to the genre.
From Garfield Minus Garfield to Homestar Runner, here are 20 great web comics to turn to for an entertaining read, in alphabetic order."
Murku http://murku.pbwiki.com/ Murku is designed to facilitate the construction of comics based on content in a Second Life, ie SL, environment.
Murku will be of interest to those who have always dreamt of creating their own comics but who find the drawing of comics either too challenging or too laborious.
Basically, Murku is a HUD (Head Up Display) that is attached to the screen. This hud provides a number of functionalities that will speed up the creation of SL comics.
Comics Rubric http://www.humblecomics.com/comicsedu/resources/rubric.doc Comics Rubric
Level: 3- 12, College "Here's a rubric I authored that evaluates the form of a student-created comics project.
I would suggest that teachers also create a separate rubric for the content of the comics, based on subject-related criteria.
I've posted my rubric as a .doc file so that teachers can modify it in any way that they see fit."
Gene Yang
Comics in Education http://www.humblecomics.com/comicsedu/index.html Hello and welcome to Comics in Education
I'm Gene Yang, high school teacher and cartoonist. This site is the online version of the final project proposal for my Masters of Education degree at California State University at Hayward.
Comic Creators http://ability-programs-challengertafe.wikispaces.com/comic+creators Why use Comic Creators?
Great for Visual and Kinaesthetic learners, Storyboarding, Digital story Telling, developing narratives and Literacies, reengaging young people... all disguised in a whole lot of fun!
Pixton : online comic creator http://pixton.com Pixton : online comic creator
Create your own comics without having to draw. Share and remix with your friends.
For all ages. Over 150 countries, 30 languages, and growing every day. Sign up now, it's free!
Online collaboration tool for teachers and students. Engage active learning through comic strips in a private, virtual classroom. All levels: K-12, ESL, post-secondary.
Save time and money. Visualize a concept quickly without having to draw. Collaborate with your team online – all you need is a web browser.
Comics Make for Colorful Learning http://www.edutopia.org/comic-books-teaching-literacy A New Literary Hero: Comics Make for Colorful Learning
Teachers have begun to accept comic books as a tool for teaching literacy through group projects.
"First graders in the after-school program at the Bronx's PS 90 spent part of last school year working collaboratively to create a comic book called The Bionic Butterfly. The title character, infected with pollutants, turned into a very strong, intelligent superhero butterfly with a mission to warn insects -- and humans -- about the dangers facing Earth's environment."
Dealing with Challenges to Graphic Novels http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/ifissues/graphicnovels.cfm Dealing with Challenges to Graphic Novels
This is part of a larger project, Graphic Novels: Suggestions for Librarians (PDF), created by the National Coalition Against Censorship, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and the American Library Association.
Bibliography of comic books http://www.rpi.edu/%7Ebulloj/comxbib.html This is an international bibliography of comic books, comic strips, animation, caricature, cartoons, bandes dessinees, and related topics.
We have divided the bibliography into four sections, arranged alphabetically by author, for ease of use.
ArtBomb http://www.artbomb.net/ ArtBomb
Artbomb's mission is to promote diverse and sophisticated graphic novels. A more impressive array of graphic novels has never before been available for English reading audiences. And we want to get them into your hands. If you've never bought a graphic novel before, we encourage you to browse the site.
We've classified the books by genre to make it easier for you to find something that appeals to your particular tastes.
Make your comics online http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ Make your comics online
I created makebeliefscomics.com as a place for you to come to and have fun by creating your own world of comic strips.
My hope is that by giving you a choice of characters with different moods and the chance to write words and thoughts for them, you will be able to tap into your creativity and explore new possibilities.
Afterall, there is no greater force in life than the power of the imagination to free us from our immediate problems and to spur our energies to find solutions to our befuddlements.
Teachers can use this comic strip game to
encourage youngsters to improve language, reading, and creative skills. For those who teach young and old how to read and write or to learn English as a second language, makebeliefscomix.com can be an invaluable tool in achieving these objectives.
Comic Strip Creator (online) http://www.stripcreator.com/make.php Comic Strip Creator (online) ... make a comic
Stripcreator is a website that allows users to create and save their own comic strips. It officially went online January 6th, 2001. It was developed and is maintained by me, Brad.
The Graphic Classroom http://graphicclassroom.blogspot.com/ The Graphic Classroom is a resource for teachers and librarians to help them stock high quality, educational-worthy, graphic novels and comics in their classroom or school library.
I read and review every graphic novel or comic on this blog and give it a rating as to appropriateness for the classroom.