Blog entry by Erik Vráb
On October 16, 2023, Mgr. Ľubica Durcová from Gymnázium in Myjava, Slovakia, led an interdisciplinary workshop on the topic of Comics. The workshop was aimed to make the students see the appeal of telling stories in picture form, to teach them the history of the medium and how it adapted through time to serve the needs of the readers, and it paid special attention to superhero characters.
The workshop consisted of numerous discussions and activities related to specific superheroes, examples of picture stories ranging from Ancient Greece to contemporary memes and humor, and films based on comic books. As a final activity, the students were tasked with making their own short comics in groups and presenting it to their classmates, exercising both their creative and cooperative skills.