{"id":1104,"date":"2007-08-14T17:53:10","date_gmt":"2007-08-14T17:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chestercomix.com\/blog\/?page_id=1104"},"modified":"2007-08-14T17:53:10","modified_gmt":"2007-08-14T17:53:10","slug":"comics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chestercomix.com\/blog\/comics\/","title":{"rendered":"About our Comics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All of our comic books teach history and economics through a highly visual and engaging approach. Learn more about why <a href=\"\/teaching-with-chester-comix\/\">teaching history  with comic books<\/a> is effective in all age groups, particularly for reluctant readers. We currently have two separate series of comics: <b>Comix with Content<\/b> and <b>Choice Comix<\/b>. <\/p>\n<p><b>Comix with Content<\/b><br \/>\nThe original series, known as <a href=\"\/comix-with-content\/\">&#8220;Comix with Content&#8221;<\/a> follows the adventures of a lovable Chesapeake blue crab named Chester, as he learns about history and economics. Each comic book in the <b>Comix with Content<\/b> series is broken down into 4 related stories. These storylines break down further into pages that easily fit into a day&#8217;s lesson plan. Learn more and see samples of our <a href=\"\/comix-with-content\/\">Comix with Content<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"choice\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Choice Comix<\/b><br \/>\nChoose-your-own-story chapter books were a big hit when introduced 20 years ago, but nobody has written a choose-your-path comic&#8230;<i>until now!<\/i>  History is about interesting people making important choices. These comic books will give readers a closer look at those choices, and give me the chance to show more detail than I have in the broader storylines of Chester the Crab&#8217;s stories. <b>Choice Comix<\/b> is narrated by an old bluesman named John Lee Otter. He&#8217;s seen it all and is an expert in guiding readers through their choices. <\/p>\n<p>The comic books within the <b>Choice Comix<\/b> series include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/revolutionary-city\/\">Revolutionary City<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(more coming soon!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more about this exciting new series called <a href=\"\/choice-comix\/\">Choice Comix<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Comics from both series are available for purchase online, by phone or email. Browse our <a href=\"\/teaching-guides\">teaching guide<\/a> samples and when you&#8217;re ready, visit our <a href=\"\/order\/\">order page<\/a> to purchase comics. Feel free to <a href=\"\/contact\/\">contact me<\/a> with questions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"\/images\/signature.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bentley Boyd\" width=\"320\" height=\"108\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All of our comic books teach history and economics through a highly visual and engaging approach. Learn more about why teaching history with comic books is effective in all age groups, particularly for reluctant readers. We currently have two separate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chestercomix.com\/blog\/comics\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1104","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chestercomix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chestercomix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chestercomix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chestercomix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chestercomix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chestercomix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chestercomix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}