"Twenty-three independent comics creators take you into one of the most treacherous, unpredictable, and mundane territories of contemporary life: the classroom. The stories in Show and Tell explore the drama and humor of teaching and learning... or trying to teach and learn. From grade school, to high school, to college; from schools in America and England to Japan and Latin America; from the perspectives of both teachers and student, formal education proves to be fertile ground for fiction and non-fiction narratives in the comics medium"--P. [4] of cover.