MDES Research proposal Pres1 User & Market

1. Points of Enquiry 1 The User … Marketplace? It’s only a comic …? Prepared: Andrew Hepburn

2. The User; International Centre for Peace Studies **cross community education programmes International School for Peace Studies (ISPS) Maydown Ebrington Group The Ebrington Centre Glendermott Road Londonderry BT47 6BG **schools links programmes **adult education programme.

3. The User; Young People! Stereotypes!! **Loyalist Background **Socio – Economic Profile **Attitude to Reading / History … Community????

4. The User; Young People! Stereotypes!! **Republican Background **Socio – Economic Profile **Attitude to Reading / History … Community????

5. The User; Young People! X Stereotypes!! **Graphic Communication **segmented blocks in order to maintain interest … Cognitive learning theory! **Effective … Affective !!!

6. The User; Education … This is a fun way of getting into the stories … The illustrations in these books are an easy way of following what is going on It will be useful for teachers ..."- Ian McNeilly, director of the National Association for the Teaching of English” **Reading Skills **Citizenship **Community …

7. USER: Verbal Arts Centre Expertise … Capital Investment … £100,000 Verbal Arts Centre (NI) Ltd Stable Lane and Mall Wall Bishop Street Within Derry / Londonderry Northern Ireland BT48 6P

8. USER: Verbal Arts Centre **The Verbal Arts Centre is a specialist centre for the development of literacy through creative engagement where literacy is defined as the ability to read, write, communicate (talking & listening) and comprehend … **The Verbal Arts Centre has been promoting sequential art and supporting comic culture for the last three and a half years … The Centre has also developed a capital facility for the production of related print work and is developing ways to create high quality comics and graphic novels … **This project is an appropriate and engaging fit between the parties involved, with all participants potentially gaining valuable experience and enhanced skill sets through the production of a work of art that could make a significant contribution to the collective learning of the region. Verbal Arts Centre (NI) Ltd Stable Lane and Mall Wall Bishop Street Within Derry / Londonderry Northern Ireland BT48 6P James Kerr - Executive Director

9. Distribution / Market; Local “2D” Ireland's foremost comics festival **success of the “Blood Upon the Rose” O’Briens Press 12 Terenure Road East, Rathgar, Dublin 6, Ireland **SOLD OUT … !!!

10. Distribution / Market; International : Interstellar!! "I'm fascinated by your approach to the play and its language … I think that what you are doing in illuminating and making perhaps more lucid, especially for young people, is clever and meaningful."- Sir Patrick Stewart: Actor and captain of the starship enterprise Classical Comics Limited Litchborough Towcester NN12 9AR United Kingdom