Since then, Telgemeier has published several more popular graphic novels. “I knew I couldn’t possibly be the only kid interested in people and emotions and everyday problems,” she says. But Telgemeier suspected they were wrong. Some people who worked in the publishing industry figured that kids wouldn’t enjoy a graphic novel about an average girl. about Telgemeier’s middle school experiences with braces and dental surgery.īefore Smile was published, in 2010, it wasn’t clear the book would succeed, Telgemeier says. (noun) Michelle Obama wrote a memoir called Becoming. It’s a graphic memoir × memoir DREW ANGERER-GETTY IMAGES

Twenty-three years later, she published Smile. Telgemeier loved some of them, especially Calvin and Hobbes, but she wanted more.Īt around 10, she started drawing her own comics. She wanted comics that told stories she could relate to as an ordinary kid. There were comic books about superheroes, which weren’t her thing. At the time, two types of comics were widely available to kids. “They were the perfect combination of all the things I liked: characters and stories and humor and artwork,” she told TIME for Kids.īut she had a problem: a shortage of reading material. If you have suggestions for additional topics or new category for our Printables section, please send them to © 2023 Bill Zimmerman, Raina Telgemeier was a kid in the 1980s, she fell in love with comics. For commercial use, contact: Visit to purchase books by Bill Zimmerman. You have permission to make copies of this page for use at school, at home and in the office, but not for sale. Printed from where you can create your own comic strips online. We hope you enjoy them and welcome your feedback and suggestions for future printables. Printables are part of the mission of to encourage people of all ages to express their creativity through writing, drawing and storytelling. Educational printables can also be used with students enrolled in literacy and English-As-Second Language (ESL, ESOL) programs and provide an educational resource for teaching language arts and art classes. Select any of over 700 free educational printables, print them out and write or draw on them! These printables are for educators to use with students, for parents with children or for individuals or groups to have some creative fun.

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