NEW: COMIC STRIP STARTERS ABOUT CURRENT EVENTS

ARE YOU UP ON THE NEWS? USE THESE TEMPLATES TO MAKE COMICS EXPRESSING YOUR VIEWS!
CLICK HERE TO READ OUR LESSON PLAN ON USING COMICS TO TEACH CURRENT EVENTS! SCROLL TO SECTION 8.

To share and display your creations in our Comix Gallery, send them to billz@makebeliefscomix.com, along with a note giving us permission. Also, build your own Comic Art Portfolio by saving your comic strips online with us, or by printing or emailing your comix to yourself to include in your own personal portfolio. You'll take pride in what you will have accomplished at the end of the school term!

CLICK HERE to learn how to Use Current Events Comic Prompts

Dear reader,

  1. Click on the comic strip starter panel below which poses a question that interests you.
  2. Your chosen starter panel will then appear as the first panel on the Create Comix! page. Name your comic and fill in the author’s name.
  3. Next, add another panel and choose a comic character to represent you, and place that character in the second comic panel. Or, if you prefer, you can use one of our colorful stationery sheets to write your response. You can access the stationery in the feature tray at the bottom of the Create Comix! Page.
  4. Then, if you’re using a character to speak for you, type your response to the question into a talk or balloon for your chosen character. If, instead, you are using a stationery sheet, then type directly on that page. Add more panels if you need more space to express your view.
  5. Now you have the beginning of a comic strip which you can keep building if you wish.

We hope you will enjoy this new Comic Starters feature. You can contact us at billz@makebeliefscomix.com with your own ideas for news writing prompts on subjects that interest you.

HOW ARE THE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AFFECTING YOUR MENTAL HEALTH?
Click on the panel below.

YOUR REACTION TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE
Click on the panel below.

BANNING TALK OF LGBTQ ISSUES
Click on the panel below.

BANNING THE BOOK MAUS
Click on the panel below.

SCHOOL SHOOTINGS & DANGER
Click on the panel below.

BURNING BOOKS?
Click on the panel below.

SOLUTIONS FOR GLOBAL WARMING?
Click on the panel below.

SCHOOL SHOOTINGS & DANGER
Click on the panel below.

BURNING BOOKS?
Click on the panel below.

SOLUTIONS FOR GLOBAL WARMING?
Click on the panel below.

HOUSTON & TRAVIS SCOTT
Click on the panel below.

THOUGHTS ON GLOBAL WARMING?
Click on the panel below.

TEACHING ABOUT RACISM
Click on the panel below.

SCHOOL BOARD FIGHTS
Click on the panel below.

SCHOOL VIOLENCE
Click on the panel below.

SOCIAL MEDIA & STUDENTS
Click on the panel below.

INSTAGRAM FOR KIDS?
Click on the panel below.

LIMITED CARE TO THE UNVACINATED
Click on the panel below.

GIRLS & TALIBAN
Click on the panel below.

CLIMATE CORPS'
Click on the panel below.

APPLE AND PRIVACY
Click on the panel below.

AFGHAN REFUGEES
Click on the panel below.

SCHOOL DRESS CODE
Click on the panel below.

THE PRESIDENT'S JOB SO FAR
Click on the panel below.

VIDEO GAMES BANNED
Click on the panel below.

SCHOOL MASKS
Click on the panel below.

A PRIZED POSSESION
Click on the panel below.

HIP-HOP STARS
Click on the panel below.

STRESS & STUDENTS
Click on the panel below.

CLIMATE CHANGE
Click on the panel below.

TEENS & THE FUTURE
Click on the panel below.

You can also use the comic prompts on this page as conversation starters for two-member teams of classmates or friends, with each person contributing ideas and expressing his or her view. We hope you will enjoy this new "CURRENT EVENTS" feature!