Class Info

  • Date: Thursday, February 24th
  • Meeting Info: IN PERSON CLASS P125

To-Do Before Class

  • Homework 2 DUE for critique. 
  • READ Chapters 3 & 4 of Understanding Comics

Topic

How to Read Comics

TODAYS LECTURE & ASSIGNMENT :

Objectives

  • To Introduce Page Building Techniques
  • Understand the terminology and concepts in writing for comics
  • To introduce the genre of the Autobio comic.
  • To Inctoduce the basics of story generation and script writing.
  • To continue to explore the ways words and images interact in comics.

Activities

FINAL CRITIQUE: Assignment 2 – Comic Strip

UPLOAD YOUR WORK

CRITIQUE GUIDE:

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

DISCUSSION: Chapters 3 & 4 of Understanding Comics

LECTURE:

Page-and-Panel-Composition-part-1Download

Key Terminology:

  • Closure
  • Panel
  • Gutter
  • Tier
  • Reading Order
  • Z Formation
  • Script
  • Thumbnail
  • Page Layout
  • Caption
  • Dialouge
  • FX

BOOK REVIEWS: Discuss format: comicsworthreading.com

INTRODUCTION TO THE AUTO BIO COMIC:

Art Spiegelman’s MAUS

GAME: Two Truths and a Lie

Assignment 3, The AutoBio Comic.

Review Assignments and Expectations for Next Week’s Class



Due Next Week

  1. Assignment 3: The AutoBio Comic, DUE March 17th Week 7
  2. Sketchbook Week 4
  3. Reading: Drawing Words and Writing Pictures by Robyn Chapman , UNIT 2 Page Building
  4. Reading: What is a Graphic Novel, by Jessica Abel