Classroom-Friendly Websites and Apps for Making Comics

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Anybody -- from preschool to high school -- can be a comic book creator with these tools that help students make sequential art. You'll notice that some of these tools are designed specifically with comic creation in mind, while others, many of which are tuned to older kids' needs, lack comic-specific scaffolding and instruction, but can be used to make more professional level creations.

Draw and Tell - by Duck Duck Moose Publisher: Duck Duck Moose Kids' drawings come alive with stickers, color, and voice recordings	Grades Pre-K-1 Type App Price Free Platforms iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch Common Sense Rating 3 Teacher Rating 4
Superhero Comic Book Maker - by Duck Duck Moose Publisher: Duck Duck Moose Leap tall buildings with creative audio and visual storytelling	Grades Pre-K-1 Type App Price Free Platforms iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch Common Sense Rating 3 Teacher Rating 4
Pixton Visit Website: http://www.pixton.com Popular comic creation tool well-tuned to classrooms	Grades 2-12 Type Website Price Free to Try, Paid Common Sense Rating 4 Teacher Rating 4
Halftone 2 – Comic Book Creator Publisher: Juicy Bits Simple comic creator makes building stories fun	Grades 3-8 Type App Price $1.99 Platforms iPad, iPhone Common Sense Rating 3 Teacher Rating Not Yet Rated
Seedling Comic Studio Publisher: Seedling USA, Inc Showcase student work through photo-based comic strips	Grades 3-8 Type App Price Free Platforms iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch Common Sense Rating 3 Teacher Rating Not Yet Rated
Comic Life Visit Website: http://comiclife.com/ Creative tool for visual storytelling through comics	Grades 3-12 Type Website Price Free to Try, Paid Common Sense Rating 3 Teacher Rating 4
Make Beliefs Comix Visit Website: http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ Comic creation tool stresses self-expression and upbeat messages	Grades 3-12 Type Website Price Free Common Sense Rating 4 Teacher Rating 3
Paper by FiftyThree Publisher: FiftyThree Beautifully designed digital sketchbook for any age	Grades 3-12 Type App Price Free Platforms iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch Common Sense Rating 4 Teacher Rating 4
Sketchbook Express Publisher: Autodesk Inc. Creation tools hook kids, connect them with global community of artists	Grades 3-12 Type App Price Free Platforms Android, iPad Common Sense Rating 4 Teacher Rating 4
Animation & Drawing by Do Ink Publisher: DK Pictures, Inc. One-stop animation tool for beginners through experts	Grades 3-8 Type App Price $4.99 Platforms iPad Common Sense Rating 4 Teacher Rating 4
Strip Designer Publisher: Jens Egeblad Easy and fun way to create personalized, comic-book-style stories	Grades 4-8 Type App Price $2.99 Platforms iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch Common Sense Rating 3 Teacher Rating 4
Storyboard That Visit Website: http://www.storyboardthat.com/ Engage kids with basic but versatile storytelling tool	Grades 5-10 Type Website Price Free, Free to Try, Paid Common Sense Rating 3 Teacher Rating 4
Explee Visit Website: https://explee.com/ Build slick, engaging whiteboard animations with Web-based tool	Grades 6-12 Type Website Price Free, Paid Common Sense Rating 4 Teacher Rating 4
Animoto Video Slideshow Maker Publisher: Animoto Inc. Slick video slide-show tool lets kids tell stories and share them	Grades 7-12 Type App Price Free, Paid Platforms Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Chrome Common Sense Rating 4 Teacher Rating 4
Autodesk Sketchbook Publisher: Autodesk Inc. Impressive creation tool for teens serious about art	Grades 7-12 Type App Price Free to Try Platforms Android, iPad, Kindle Fire, Windows Phone, Apps for Windows Common Sense Rating 5 Teacher Rating 4
Bitmoji Publisher: Bitstrips Liven up communication with cartoon-style custom avatars	Grades 8-12 Type App Price Free Platforms Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Chrome Common Sense Rating 3 Teacher Rating Not Yet Rated

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