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The Scrapyard Detectives is a free comic book series created by artist Bill Galvan and writer Chad Denton devoted to promoting a union and cooperation of young people from differing cultures.〔(Stories about diversity propel artist to comic book stardom )〕 This educational comic book series was created to present an appreciation of multiculturalism, ethnicity and diversity. The Diversity Foundation publishes The Scrapyard Detectives as an educational tool offered to libraries, educators and community groups. They are full-color, professional books.〔(From the Scrapyard to Riverdale )〕 Scrapyard Detectives has a lot in common with Three Investigators, which followed the adventures of three investigators in a junkyard .〔(BEST SHOTS: CIVIL WAR #3; JUSTICE LEAGUE #0; DOLL & CREATURE - NEWSARAMA )〕 Scrapyard Detectives has been contributed to by New York Times Best Selling Children's Book Author Jesse Leon McCann,〔(Diversity Foundation gives out over 130 K Comic Books )〕 who wrote the storyline for the third book. McCann also donates time at the Comic-Con, talking about the message of tolerance in Scrapyard Detectives.〔(SCRAPYARD DETECTIVES #3 DEBUTS AT COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL IN SAN DIEGO )〕 Scrapyard Detectives has had guest contributors in each issue. Because of its independent publishing, Scrapyard Detectives classifies as an independent comic. ==History== Scrapyard Detectives was commissioned by Dr. Dan Fischer to encourage tolerance and acceptance of others and thus prevent attitudes that lead to hate crimes.〔 Each comic is themed on how an appreciation of diversity would help avoid a bad situation and move someone beyond preconceived notions about others. Scrapyard Detectives has been used by Dr. Robyn A. Hill, Teacher Educator, who included the series in a free online book, ''Secret Origin of Good Readers''.〔Hill, Robyn A., (''Secret Origins of Good Readers'' ), 2006.〕 The Secret Origin of Good Readers also organizes a panel on using graphic novels to promote literacy, which has run at Comic Con International and at WonderCon. The first three issues of Scrapyard Detectives are collected into a graphic novel titled ''The Scrapyard Detectives: Collected Cases, Volume One'' (ISBN 978-0-9797193-0-1). This 104 page collected edition also includes an origin story written by Supernatural Law creator/writer Batton Lash, which details how the three main characters met and solved their first case.〔 The introduction to the collected edition is written by J.M. DeMatteis, and also features pinups and artwork by Michael T. Gilbert, Jack Purcell and Derek Hunter. These collected volumes were created specifically to be sold to libraries, with all proceeds going back to the Diversity Foundation to produce more single issues of the comic book series. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scrapyard Detectives」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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