And so, how do we get from this … to a comic?

Other applications for Comic Life Children can star in their own comic! Information for parents on a school term Journalistic writing Exploring speech Storytelling Presenting information e.g. rivers For reluctant writers, Comic Life lets them cut straight to the chase! Instructional writing – using photos of an experience with instructions attached Devising their own comics to demonstrate they can use time connectives in the comic format e.g. meanwhile, next, suddenly Phonics – pictures of sounds with letters and words Picture dictionary with definitions and sentences to illustrate the word use Illustrations of poetry Pupils with reading and writing difficulties can benefit by escaping from pages ‘heavy’ with text Create comic posters for school events

Some thoughts….. When you export your comic as an image, make sure you save as a jpeg file and not a bmp file – this will ensure that the file sizes are kept to a minimum. Why not export your file as a movie for a quick presentation? Take your finished comic images into Movie Maker to add narration and background music. Click on File/Page Format and have a look at the different page layouts you can use. Your comic doesn’t just have to be on an A4 sheet!

COMIC LIFE ISN’T JUST FOR WACKY PHOTO COMICS!!