Lucy Starbuck Braidley

Comic Boom - Comics in Education

Education EN ↓ 53 episodes

An education podcast exploring the use of comics in education. Each episode I’ll be joined by a special guest from a wide range of backgrounds, from passionate education professionals to academics and industry experts. I'll be exploring a wide range of perspectives in the search for information and inspiration. Listen in if you’d like to grow your understanding of the theory behind comics, discover the most effective approaches to using comics and graphic novels in your classroom and gain inspiration from passionate comics creators. This season of Comic Boom is sponsored by ALCS, The Authors'...

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Lucy Starbuck Braidley

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Comic Boom - Episode 3 dip into comics history with Dr Hattie Earle 18.01.2023 38:51

Send us Fan Mail Dr Harriet Earle (Hattie) is a senior lecturer in English at Sheffield Hallam University and research fellow at the Centre for War, Atrocity, and Genocide at the University of Nipissing. She is the author of Comics, Trauma, and the New Art of War (2017) and Comics: An Introduction (2020) – and she writes mostly on war and violence. In this episode we explore some of the historical...

Comic Boom - Episode 2 with cartoonist Neill Cameron 11.01.2023 38:37

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I chat with award winning comics creator, Neill Cameron . Neill Cameron is a cartoonist and writer, creator of the comic books Mega Robo Bros , Since 2011 his work has appeared in the weekly children’s comic The Phoenix . In 2016 Mega Robo Bros and Tamsin and the Deep were both shortlisted for the British Comics Awards . In 2017, Mega Robo Bros won the Excelsior...

Comic Boom - Episode 1 - Comics in the School Library with Gemma Sosnowsky 01.01.2023 33:53

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I chat with Gemma Sosnowsky about all things comics in the school library. Gemma is an experienced school librarian and member of the Lakes International Comic Arts Festival board, as well as judge on the Excelsior Award and, in this episode, shares lots of practical advice on how to maximise the use of comics in your school library. Links to everything discussed,...