Tabachnick compiles 34 essays that explore issues in teaching graphic novels in literature and other courses at the university level. English, literature, cultural studies, and history professors from the US address teaching as it relates to terminology and aesthetic techniques; American, Japanese, and Franco-Belgian types of graphic novels; the differences between the techniques and reading patterns of graphic narrative and prose narrative; connections between graphic novels and film; the work of individual authors and how to present them; women's and African Americans' contributions to the field; how graphic novels have explored events in history like the Holocaust and 9/11, social and racial injustice, and political satire; suggestions for courses; building a library collection; and teaching novels that contain violence and sexual content. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)