http://www.tuirgin.com/2009/11/30/john-gardner-on-howard-the-duck/ My soul in a lobster pot... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:37:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.tuirgin.com/2009/11/30/john-gardner-on-howard-the-duck/comment-page-1/#comment-422 Tuirgin Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:56:20 +0000 http://www.tuirgin.com/?p=468#comment-422 <p>There's always Fritz the Cat. That might catch their attention. Although, my preference is Neil Gaiman's Sandman and most anything by Alan Moore.</p> There’s always Fritz the Cat. That might catch their attention. Although, my preference is Neil Gaiman’s Sandman and most anything by Alan Moore.

]]> http://www.tuirgin.com/2009/11/30/john-gardner-on-howard-the-duck/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Daniel Walborn Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:29:14 +0000 http://www.tuirgin.com/?p=468#comment-421 <p>Interesting comment by Gardner. I would have to say that some of the stories that I am required to teach from the 7th Grade Anthology of Literature might pale slightly in the presence of "Howard the Duck." I'm sure my students would find "Howard" more appealing although I think that there is more serious literature available that would be better for my students. The problem is getting them interested in serious reading. I fear they are too accustomed to blowing up tanks and spraying everyone they see with their machine guns on XBox 360 or Playstation.</p> Interesting comment by Gardner. I would have to say that some of the stories that I am required to teach from the 7th Grade Anthology of Literature might pale slightly in the presence of “Howard the Duck.” I’m sure my students would find “Howard” more appealing although I think that there is more serious literature available that would be better for my students. The problem is getting them interested in serious reading. I fear they are too accustomed to blowing up tanks and spraying everyone they see with their machine guns on XBox 360 or Playstation.

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