National surveys reveal that graphic novels are perhaps the most popular recreational reading choice for adolescents--especially among boys. Graphic novels cover numerous topics, and this variety, along with their enormous popularity, makes them enticing and useful resources for teaching and learning in virtually any classroom. Since the illustrations provide visual clues to the meaning of the print and dialogue, they're an invaluable tool for motivating and supporting struggling readers. These features may be particularly attractive to boys, who have demonstrated higher competencies with nontraditional texts. With graphic novels, content area teachers can create bridging experiences by having students rewrite scenes using disciplinary or everyday language, illustrate their own cartoon panels to demonstrate new learning, and perform impromptu dramatic interpretations that link information and ideas across sources.