Make Beliefs Comix Test

Thanks to Judy's suggestion I gave the comic strip development a whirl. As it turns out, William Zimmerman the creator of the site http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ came up with the idea as a way to encourage an improvement in student literacy.http://www.iste-community.org/profiles/blogs/using-comic-strips-to  will bring you to his blog which will explain his purpose as well as explain how to use the site. After reding through Zimmereman's information, I could not help myself so here's the test run of my very first comic strip.  It's corny but I had fun trying to figure out how to work it and think students will too.
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/?comix_id=20028397C685528

Does anyone use comic strips in the classroom.? I have not so far but think that comic strips can be a way for us to teach differently. The purpose is to motivate young readers, to enable them to expand their vocabulary, spark their imaginations and develop a love of reading so that hopefully they will become recreational readers.  While they are doing ALL of these things we want them to do... they are having fun.