Online Comics in Spanish

W.E.E. has provided us with a great dropdown list of Spanish language comics They started out in July 2004 and have been doing a great job of providing new cartoonists a way to promote their webcomics (comics, mangas, historietas or tebeos, online and most importantly in Spanish.

¿Por qué en español?

Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in the world yet many are unaware of these graphic works. And those who do know about them have a hard time finding them. Well, now you've found them and I hope you enjoy reading everything from graphic novels to daily cartoons.

In their own words: ¡Webcomiqueros hispanos, UNÍOS!

Build Spanish Facial Muscles With a Comic Strip

Reading aloud gives us a different set of benefits from silent reading for gist. Silent reading only exercises our minds. Speaking aloud is a physical process. When we were children trying to say mama or dada can I borrow fifty bucks and the car keys, we heard what we were saying. This process provides the necessary feedback loop through our ears to help us judge how closely what we say matches what we hear around us. In learning Spanish we need to develop a slightly different combination of muscles in our cheeks, lips, tongue and throat in order to reproduce Spanish sounds.

Ready to exercise?

Step 1. Read a few Spanish comic strips and pick one with a moderate amount of dialogue.

Step 2. Read the strip out loud several times.

Step 3. Read the strip out loud in funny voices with funny facial expressions. Go nuts! This trick forces you to use and strengthen a range of muscles you don't use in your normal voice. It will also make you laugh along with everyone else in the library.


Now have fun learning Spanish with comic strips.

Comic Strips for Learning Spanish

Start Your Day with a Laugh in Spanish

A seasoned speaker knows when to open with a joke. A seasoned Spanish learner knows the same thing. It's a good way to start the day. From a practical perspective, we often remember best when there is some elevated emotional state associated with a situation. Amusement is as good an emotion as any to associate with learning Spanish. Comic strips are especially interesting to us because we tend to identify with the characters and their situations. In trying to figure out the cartoon we can pick up a lot of clues about what the characters might be saying from what we see in the frames. The context helps us to guess at the unfamiliar Spanish words. But we're still not completely sure.

This sets up another effective learning device-the teachable moment. We learn better when our curiosity is aroused. The cartoon images present a puzzle we want to solve. The more we work on the puzzle, the more satisfied we'll be from being able to solve the puzzle and get a laugh out of a Spanish comic strip.

All this was to give you an excuse in case you get snagged reading cartoons.

Learning Spanish for cartoon lovers. My suggestions.

Ronaldinho Gaucho Dilbert in Spanish Baldo Calvin and Hobbes Condorito

Pooch Café Gaturro Pepe Overboard B.C.

I have not been able to find anyone running the Mafalda strip. Any thoughts?

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