Powering the Use of Comics in Educational Emergency Situations

Abstract

In this chapter, the author present the first set of strategies called “CFC” (comics for crises) to encourage the use of comics in emergency situations (health, extreme weather events, seismic events, wars, among others) that prevent face-to-face classes. The purpose is to maintain the group contact of the students and as a means of information, training, entertainment, creativity, and furthermore, an instrument of catharsis of lived experiences. The research promotes the critical-constructive analysis of the evolution of the comic through time to investigate the evolution of design and content in the various media of social communication from the 20th century. Finally, an experimental methodology and results obtained in the tasks that go from the systematic analysis of the main components of the comic to the creation of a comic strip through the use of analogical and/or computerized supports are disclosed.