The First Men on Mercury is a poem by Edwin Morgan.
Glasgow duo, Metaphrog, turned it into a short graphic novel in 2009, and you can watch the whole thing here, along with some rather atmospheric music by Tommy Smith.
The Scots in Schools website features a collection of literature written in Scots or translated from standard English into Scots.
One of the stories is a comic version of The Tale o Tod Lapraik by Robert Louis Stevenson, which you can download to read in colour or black and white, or listen to as a n audio version (on a different website – see below):
“Robert Louis Stevenson’s horror story The Tale o Tod Lapraik is a masterpiece of prose written in the Scots language. Scots Hoose is delighted to present Gary Welsh’s world-class artwork in this exciting new comic version of Stevenson’s classic story of suspense and cruelty set in the Firth of Forth on the mysterious Bass Rock.”
Comic Club have collected online comic resources together so you have a range to choose from on a single page. They include some comics for reading, and some ideas for making your own.
https:// comicsclub.blog/online-resources-2/
(NB: I’ve added a space into the link above so you can see the address)
This is another list of online comics, some suitable for primary and some for secondary pupils.
https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=webcomics-teens-tweens-free-middle-grade-YA
You can download this set of free comics (and a colouring book). Very daft and easy to read.
Hello! If you have a young person cooped up who needs entertainment or a happy distraction, here are the comics that me and my pals made: DUNGEON FUN & PIRATE FUN.
200 PDF pages of all ages adventure silliness for you to help yourself to:https://t.co/Xk0pTCS4Rt pic.twitter.com/PuWaQ3lnSv
— Colin Bell (@colinbell) March 21, 2020
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