iFanboy Nation: A Teacher's Call to Arms

[Neb]

As some of you may or may not know, I am a teacher by trade. I teach special education Algebra 1 & 2 at a struggling school in the city of St. Louis, and surprisingly, I need the iFanbase's help.

This year, our school is implementing a new literacy program in the building. The goal of the program is simple: get kids to read outside of school. Last year, as the year wound down, I decided to do a little experiment with some of my old comics. I brought them in and left them for the students to read if they finished tests or assignments early. And they ate them up.

So, I was pondering about this today as I sat in hours of meetings about how we're going to meet our literacy goals, and an idea burst into my mind. I am going to create a comic book lending center in my room.

The problem is I don't really have a ton of old comics in my possession, and being a teacher, I'm too damn poor to go buy bricks of them at a time. So here's my thought:

If you have old comics and trades that you are looking to get rid of, I will take them. I can't promise that I can pay for them, but I will pay you for shipping costs. And they can be any comic in any condition (of course, I don't want a bunch of your porno comics...you know who you are). I'm looking for superhero, independent, and non-superhero stuff that you are looking to get rid of. Anything that any of you can provide would be most excellent.

If you're interested in this send me an e-mail at ben_lovati@yahoo.com, private message me, or just post on this thread. I'm not really in any rush to get the books, so at your earliest convenience is most excellent.

I thank all of you ahead of time for any help you can give in this endeavor. Or for at least reading this long ass post.

[paper]

Very cool. I'd love to contribute some single issues.

[Six Gun]

CRAP! I just donated 150 singles to my local Goodwill.

I still think I have some trades. I'll look!

[kwok_talk]

Great idea. I'll definitely hook you up with some stuff. I'll email you later when I get home and figure out how to drop them off to you. I hope those kids enjoy foil-covered Silver Sable #1.

[hank41]

what you're doing is really great. keep it up!

[Neb]

Originally Posted by kwok_talk

I hope those kids enjoy foil-covered Silver Sable #1.

I think the real question is: Who wouldn't enjoy a foil covered Silver Sable?

Thanks, for the feedback guys. Again, if you want to contribute, just e-mail me at ben_lovati@yahoo.com, and we'll hash out shipping arrangements and how I send you the money to ship them to me.

Viva literacy!

[droracle]

I have loads of comics that I can donate. I'll go through them this weekend and next to see what I can provide for you, then we can hash out the details.

Great idea and a worthy cause for donation.

[ConorKilpatrick]

I think I have a couple of extra copies of Lost Girls around here somewhere...

[scherem]

At the literacy panel at SDCC this year they mentioned the following book, Scrapyard Detectives. You can order a class set for free of any issue, and they have lesson plans associated with it on the website. The book is all ages appropriate with a focus on diversity. They are also available in both English and Spanish.

Website is here: http://www.smilesfordiversity.org/scrapyard.php

[OwlBoy]

Originally Posted by ConorKilpatrick

I think I have a couple of extra copies of Lost Girls around here somewhere...

Evil, evil man

I'll see what I can do.