The 11 Top Comics in Classrooms (& Free Resources for Each)

CBLDF’s recent groundbreaking survey offered concrete evidence that teachers and students are embracing comics as valuable tools in the classroom. Across ages and demographics, the study showed who are using comics, what comics they’re using, what obstacles comics face in classrooms, and a path forward for how educators and the industry can work together to advance the format in the education environment. Based on that, here’s the top 11 comics being used by teachers in the classroom, and the free resources available for you to utilize these comics too! CBLDF has provided most of the resources included, but any outside ones credit the publisher or site that developed them. 

Top Comics in Classrooms

List Number

Graphic Novel

Author

Resources

1

“Maus”

Art Spiegelman

2

“March”

John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell

3

Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi

4

“American

Gene Luen Yang

5

“Amulet”

Kazu Kibuishi

6

“Bone”

Jeff Smith

7

“Understanding

Scott McCloud

8

Ms Marvel

G. Willow Wilson

9

“Smile”

Raina Telgemeier

10

dogman

Dav Pilkey

10

absolute watchmen

Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons

Check out the full survey:

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