According to the National Endowment of the Art’s recent report, “To Read or Not to Read: A Question of National Consequence”, reading is on the decline and young people’s reading is dropping at alarming rate. It is also important to get students motivated to read. Images also have a dual meaning not only does the dialogue and text need to be inferred and analyzed, but the images carry heavy significance, such as sharing narrative responsibility (Yang 187). Why should we not include some of that popular culture into the classroom? With traditional novels, we ask students to read words on the page, but it is easier to hold interest, and recall facts, when images are associated with that text. Generally, people, young adult students included, like to watch television, go to movies, play video games, and the like. Gene Yang’s article, “Graphic Novels in the Classroom”, states that, “By combining image and text, graphic novels bridge the gap between media we watch and media we read” (Yang 187). Graphic novels grab students’ attention and help them learn for several reasons. He not only faces the evil of the criminals of Gotham, but also from within himself. The once clear drawn lines of right and wrong become blurred as Gotham’s Batman, who was retired and now in his 50’s, dons the cape once again takes the law into his hands. Batman, like society, has grown and changed. Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is one of the graphic novels that changed how audiences view superheroes.
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