Topic: WORDS + IMAGE = MEANING

Activities

Warm Up Drawing 5 min

Student Lead Reading Response 20 min

REVIEW CRITIQUE GUIDE:

  • Clarity
  • Story Structure
  • Reading Order
  • Rhythm
  • Writing
  • Uniqueness
  • Craft

SHARE: Homework 1 – Self Portraits 20 min

DISCUSS: Our First Character – an exploration of self / personal voice. 

REVIEW: Lynda Barry’s Diary Format.

LECTURE: THE LANGUAGE an Over View of Comics Grammar:

  • Reading Order
  • Panel
  • Gutter
  • Tier
  • Flow and Eye Track
  • Beats and Timing
  • Point Of View
  • Shot Choice
  • Pagination/ Page Turn

LECTURE: WORDS + IMAGE = MEANING, SHOW OR TELL!

DISCUSSION: What are some of the ways words and images interact in comics? Where do we see writing in comics? How might the meaning of a drawing change when combined with different words?

IN CLASS ACTIVITIES: New Yorker Captions

LECTURE: The 1 Panel COMIC

IN-CLASS ACTIVITY: Ivan Brunetti meets – Overheard in NY!

SHARE: 2-3 Final Project Ideas 30 min

Due Next Week

Homework:

  • In Sketchbook (aim for 5) DAILY DIARY PAGES
  • Complete 1-Panel Comics (aim for 3-5) based on your diary observations.
    • Use the Language of comics purposefully. Consider how text and image interplay. Consider how a scene reads from differing points of view and uses text in different ways. What happens when information is conveyed through dialogue? Through captions? Through background text embedded in illustrations?
    • Bring your 1-panel comics to a level you consider FINISHED – They can be simple, or more detailed; Stylized or more realistic. Try using ink to finalize and tighten the rough pencil lines.
    • FULL DESCRIPTION BELOW
  • Workshop your 2-3 FINAL PROJECT IDEAS. By next week’s class, you should close in on one you would like to pursue and have a rough outline.

READ: Jessica Abel – What is a Graphic Novel (Print me and hang me up!)

READ: Jessica Abel Chapters 1 & 2 Drawing Words and Writing Pictures

READ: Chapters 3 & 4 Understanding Comics

READ: The Realist – Asaf Hanuka

OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: DISCORD ONBOARDING (over zoom)

**DISCUSSION ON DISCORD**

1.-Panel-COMICDownload