Eclectic Comics

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 19:41 -0700

Thanks, Jens, for the feedback!

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:47 -0700

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 16:53 -0700

I'm working on my dissertation and I've been doing a lot of reading from educational journals and textbooks. That reading can sometimes be kind of dry, so I really appreciate how author Michael Quinn Patton writes in an informal style and includes a lot of parables, jokes and cartoons.

This comic is inspired by one of Halcolm's Law's of Inquiry. Halcolm is a fictional sage-like character created by Patton, a qualitative research expert. The cartoon guy standing next to "cartoon me" is how I picture this character. It was fun to make a comic of some of these heady concepts!

This cartoon illustrates how there's a lot more involved in doing research than you might think at first!

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 16:00 -0700

The comic above was inspired by a book by Michael Quinn Patton, an expert on qualitative research. I thought I might try to send it to him. By Googling him, I learned he was on Facebook, so I sent a friend request. I'm now "Facebook Friends" with my textbook's author. He loved the comic and wants to use it in the next edition of that textbook!

The Halcolm character is fun to draw, so I drew another comic of him.

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 18:57 -0700

Post by **Maka** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:35 -0700

I love these Andy! You did a great job capturing the moment. Peace, maka

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 14:26 -0700

Thanks for the kind words, Maka!

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 14:55 -0700

This comic is another that is inspired by one of Halcolm's Research Parables. Halcolm (pronounced, "How Come?") is the creation of author and qualitative researcher M.Q. Patton, who creates these stories to illustrate concepts related to being a researcher. In my interpretation of these stories, the wise master is showing me the ropes -- in this case, literally!

Dr. Patton says he would like some of these Halcolm comics to appear in the revised edition of his textbook.

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 20:29 -0700

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Wed May 12, 2010 14:37 -0700

This comic is my submission to a book called Letters to Nell. It is a book of letters from educators to Nell Noddings, author of a great book called The Challenge to Care in Schools. Teacher College Press says that the book:

envisions a school system built on the idea that different people have different strengths, and that these strengths should be cultivated in an environment of caring, not of competition. She suggests that if we make the responsiveness characteristic of caring more basic than accountability, we can accommodate both traditional and progressive preferences in one school system to the benefit of all . . . especially the children.

My "letter" is in comic strip form. The kind of teaching described by Noddings reminded me of my high school art teacher, Kathryn Rice-Cummings. This comic is my tribute to teachers like her!

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:37 -0700

I was asked to present a comics workshops for teens at the Norman Rockwell Museum. Things started out kind of slow, but picked up the second day. Details here: http://andrewwales.blogspot.com/2010/07 ... orman.html

The participants created what may very well be the first comic entirely about bacon. See: http://andrewwales.blogspot.com/2010/07 ... trips.html

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:20 -0700

Latest comic. A new issue of Eclectic is planned for October. It's been a while! I have been very busy at work on a doctorate degree in curriculum and teaching. Still so much to do!