Show Us Your Favorite Comic Books
Make a mini display and short review of your favorite comic books: design covers, write summaries, and share why each comic inspires you.
Step-by-step guide to Show Us Your Favorite Comic Books
Step 1
Gather your favorite comic books and the materials from the list.
Step 2
Clear a table or floor area to use as your workspace.
Step 3
Choose 3 to 5 of your favorite comics to feature.
Step 4
Decide the order and exact spots for each comic on your cardboard or shoebox display.
Step 5
Draw and color a mini cover for each chosen comic on paper using your coloring materials.
Step 6
Cut out each mini cover carefully using scissors.
Step 7
Write a short 2 to 3 sentence summary for each comic on a sticky note or index card.
Step 8
Write one sentence on each card that explains why that comic inspires you.
Step 9
Attach the mini covers and their cards to the display base in the order you planned using glue or tape.
Step 10
Decorate your display with stickers drawings or extra details to make it eye catching.
Step 11
Share your finished creation on DIY.org.
Final steps
You're almost there! Complete all the steps, bring your creation to life, post it, and conquer the challenge!
Help!?
What can I use if I don't have a shoebox, sticky notes, or glue listed in the materials?
If you don't have a shoebox for the display, substitute a piece of cardboard folded into a stand or a large file folder, use small cut pieces of paper instead of sticky notes or index cards, and secure everything with double-sided tape, a glue stick, or clear tape as described in the attach step.
My mini covers ripped or the cards keep falling off—what should I do?
If mini covers tear while cutting or cards fall off, redraw or glue each cover onto thicker paper before cutting, use a glue stick or double-sided tape instead of wet glue, and press or weight the pieces until the adhesive sets as you attach them to the display base.
How can I adapt this activity for different ages?
For younger children, have an adult pre-cut the mini covers and help write one-sentence inspiration notes while they color and stick 1–2 comics, and for older kids let them feature 4–5 comics with 2–3 sentence summaries, detailed decorations, and precise placement planning on the cardboard or shoebox display.
What are simple ways to improve or personalize the finished display before sharing on DIY.org?
To enhance the finished creation, laminate or cover the mini covers with clear tape, add stickers and extra drawings per the decoration step, glue a small pocket to hold extra index-card summaries, and outline the display edges with battery-powered LED fairy lights to make it more eye-catching.
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Facts about comic books and graphic storytelling
✍️ Stan Lee co-created icons like Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men, reshaping modern superhero stories.
🦸 Action Comics #1 (1938) introduced Superman — original copies have sold for over $3 million!
🌍 Manga is hugely popular in Japan — it makes up around half of the country's print-book market and is read by all ages.
📘 Maus is the only graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize (1992), showing comics can be powerful literature.
🎨 Variant and eye-catching covers became a big sales booster in the 1990s and are still used to make comics collectible.
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