Page Five of Internet Safety Comic
This the 101st post and page five of the ongoing Internet safety comic. Yeah for us! Not a bad start.
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I love this.
pete
I know you are going to turn these into a video, but the comics are really effective and focused. I hope you find a way to use them to spread the word, as well!
Definitely got my attention!
Glad you all like it. I’m not sure how I’m going to go about the movie. I’ve got chunks of “The Night of the Living Dead” I may mix in but I’ve got a pretty tight deadline so we’ll see how it goes. I figure I’ll include both so as to differentiate for those that don’t like movies. Might as well practice what I preach.
Thanks for taking the time to comment. It means a lot to me.
Tom
You should really put these together for a presentation for the k-12 online conference. I swear, each comic gets batter; to the poibnt where I want to start printing them out on archival paper and store them away with boards and plastic baggies with my old comics 🙂
Now my wife will have someone to blame when I quit my job and become the first full time flickr comic creator!
Thanks Ben. I’m having fun with it but I still worry how well it’ll convey the information to some . . .
Terrific work!!!!