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Chester Comix
Founded:
Chester Comix began in 2003, but the character has been around since Earth Day in 1995!

Information

Website:
http://www.chestercomix.com
Company Overview:
Chester the Crab teaches history and economics through FUN comic books. Author and artist Bentley Boyd brings history to life with these engaging comic books for young and old, available at Amazon.com!
Mission:
Chester's adventures make social studies concepts fun for today's reluctant readers - the upper elementary and middle school kids who could read but choose not to. The 24 Chester Comix have also been an important tool for educators working with special education students and English as a Second Language classes, because there's no simpler word for Constitution but you can deliver more meaning by linking fun pictures to the content!
Products:
Educational Comic Books

How would you improve History education?

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September 10

Chester Comix wrote on its own wall.

September 10 at 2:16pm
September 8

Chester Comix wrote a note.

September 8 at 2:38am
Comic Book Review: "Buddha: Kapilavastu," by Osamu Tezuka

AGE APPROPRIATE: 11th grade and up
COLOR: no
PAGES: 400

I've spent a lot of my free reading time this summer digging into ancient India. One of the biggest school districts in Virginia has begun to teach ancient India to elementary students, and I'd like to draw a comic book about it this fall.
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September 3

Chester Comix wrote on its own wall.

September 3 at 1:14am
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Phillip wrote at 7:01am on November 4th, 2008
I was in physical therapy here in Atlanta... a 12-year-old girl in the office had printed out pages and pages of Chester Comix! She said she loves them and so do all of her classmates! Congrats on breaking into the Georgia market!
Chester Comix wrote at 2:16pm on September 10th, 2008
www.newsweek.com/id/157898
Here’s a quick hit that I’d love to hear your thoughts on. It’s a Newsweek piece that asks: are boys really so much less attentive than girls, or have we built an educational environment that is stacked against them?? I’ve come to the latter conclusion through my work with Chester Comix, my raising of my own two boys and my 10 years as a Cub Scout leader. Boys are rarely allowed to be boys anymore - the world is too structured and the concerns for safety have boxed them in. I think there’s a direct link to the rising child obesity and shortening attention span as the elementary-age boy spends more and more time “safely” inside, playing video games. Because they are the main audience for my books, I worry about them and hope we can carefully examine the long-term effects of the decisions we make a parents, educators and community activists. Tell me what you think!!!
Chester Comix wrote at 1:14am on September 3rd, 2008
Amy -- I do have lots of sample packets ready to go! Anyone who wants more info on Chester should message me (Bentley Boyd) with a snail mail address and I'll get that out. I think the books sell themselves once people see them in person . . .
AB wrote at 9:15am on August 31st, 2008
Hey ~ I'd like my district purchas your package deal....do you have a prom pack to send out to snag/bait them into your awesome cartoon strip!????

Amy in Michigan..
amygabs1@gmail.com
Chester Comix wrote at 6:38am on August 23rd, 2008
hamptonroads.com/blogs/common-ground
wow - check out the shots Genevieve Ross took of my son Truman last week during our reenactment with the 79th New York Volunteers! She has been doing a weekly blog for the Virginian-Pilot about "Firsts," so she's showing his first reenactment. The serious photo and the photo of him so happy are a beautiful thing for a father to see!!!