Cartoons and Comics for the Classroom and Library

Pixton
Pixton was easy to use for a quick comic strip, but it was rather limited in what you can do with a free account.  Also, when I tried to use the embed code, it did not work for my blog.  So, below is a picture of the first picture in the comic strip and a link to the full strip.  Students would be able to use this easily.
http://Pixton.com/ic:cxundgpd

ToonDoo
ToonDoo was a more complicated for me to figure out how to use and save, but it had quite a more features with the free account and was more fun to use once I figured it out.  However, hours later, it still says the image is processing.  I went back and created a second one, and this time I used my snipping tool to get a copy of the image before losing it again.  This is what it should look like if the image finishes processing.

Makebeliefscomix
Using Makebeliefscomix was relatively easy.  The site provides a lot of help tips right on the screen you are working on.  There is also guidance for ideas on what to add to each slide that works well for ELA projects. I wasn't that excited about the characters they offer for use.  I also didn't like how the dialogue boxes worked.  I couldn't resize or move my text in the boxes.  Also, you cannot save your comic strip.  You have to print and/or email.

All in all, I liked using ToonDoo the most, but not if isn't going to work in the end!  It was the most fun to work with.  Pixton was easy but pretty basic.  It would be good for students to create a quick comic strip and not get lost in too many other features. Makebeliefscomix would be a good ELA teaching tool, especially for the ideas and lesson plans included.  I would definitely like to try using ToonDoo with ideas from Makebeliefscomix, such as analyzing characters and plots.  (Lesson plans: "If X was a Y" and "SWBS 4" from http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/How-to-Play/Lesson-Plans/)