{"id":10120,"date":"2015-01-30T16:02:35","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T21:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=10120"},"modified":"2015-01-30T17:12:23","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T22:12:23","slug":"ascla-toon-books-francoise-mouly-importance-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/ascla-toon-books-francoise-mouly-importance-comics\/","title":{"rendered":"ASCLA &amp; Toon Books: Fran\u00e7oise Mouly on the Importance of Comics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello again, #alamw15 followers.<\/p>\n<p>Fran\u00e7oise Mouly just gave a very brief presentation on the importance of comics historically and now. \u00a0As she pointed out, comics are accessible to those of all literacy levels; for centuries pictures were the communication tools of the illiterate. \u00a0Fran\u00e7oise pointed out how the medium can be used in different ways. \u00a0Artists, such as Shaun Tan, have told entire stories without words (i.e.\u00a0<em>The Arrival<\/em>), while those like Brian Selznick integrate the illustrations into their works, making them a vital aspect of the story (i.e.\u00a0<em>The Invention of Hugo Cabaret<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The final point, and real highlight\u00a0was a quote\u00a0Fran\u00e7oise shared from her husband, Art Spiegelman- &#8220;good comics can be a gateway drug to literacy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Good food for thought!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello again, #alamw15 followers. Fran\u00e7oise Mouly just gave a very brief presentation on the importance of comics historically and now. \u00a0As she pointed out, comics are accessible to those of all literacy levels; for centuries pictures were the communication tools of the illiterate. \u00a0Fran\u00e7oise pointed out how the medium can be used in different ways. \u00a0Artists, such as Shaun Tan, have told entire stories without words (i.e.\u00a0The Arrival), while those like Brian Selznick integrate the illustrations into their works, making them a vital aspect of the story (i.e.\u00a0The Invention of Hugo Cabaret). The final point, and real highlight\u00a0was a quote\u00a0Fran\u00e7oise shared from her husband, Art Spiegelman- &#8220;good comics can be a gateway drug to literacy&#8221;. Good food for thought!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[653,151],"tags":[668],"class_list":["post-10120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ala-midwinter-2015","category-live-blogging","tag-alamw15"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}