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Comics – Film – Story

COM 395 | Comics-Film-Story | Fall 2026

This page is still a little under construction, as I continue to convert it from its classic 1-month intensive format to a full semester format. But it’s getting pretty close. Watch out for purple highlights that mean I still have details to fix.

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Comics-Film-Story (CFS) is a course about what happens when people make visual images and design integral to the stories they tell. We’ll look at graphic novels and comics, including works by Lynda Barry (merging the art of the essay and the art of collage), Joe Sacco (who renders his war-zone reporting in comic book form), and Brian Michael Bendis (creator of Jessica Jones and writer for many Marvel titles). We’ll wonder if these sorts of texts, in all their unusual shapes and sizes, will be the last vestige of print publishing in the age of digital content. We’ll consider how images—alone, juxtaposed, and in sequence—can be used to tell stories and send messages. We’ll explore (and develop) critical vocabulary helpful for talking about visual texts. We’ll also be thinking a bit about transmedia storytelling—what happens when a story or set of characters jumps willy-nilly from one medium to another (think especially of The Matrix, a story told in feature-length movies, graphic vignettes, animated shorts, and video games). Along the way, you’ll try your hand at creating some visual narratives of your own (but artistic talent is not a requirement for the course—only the willingness to do some thoughtful play with storytelling images).

Spoiler Alert

If you haven’t watched The Matrix, you should watch it before Week 12, so as to avoid spoilers, if you mind spoilers. (The big Matrix spoiler is a doozy.)

Assignments to Anticipate/Breakdown of Scores

  1. Final: A Theory of Visual Text + Visual Text Project Reflection + Translation (30%)
  2. Visual Text Project (20%)
  3. Single-Image Visual Poems (10%)
  4. Blog Postings (20%)
  5. Participation (10%)
  6. All Other Daily / Small Scores (10%)

Things Can Change, a Bit…

Note that I may add or alter links for reading and viewing as we go. Also, note that while I do a lot of work to keep links and linked documents up to date, the Internet is full of tricks and inconsistencies. If needed/required links are broken or documents are not available when you try to get to them, it’s your responsibility to let me know that the links aren’t working or the documents have disappeared. Send me an email right away if you have trouble getting to any assigned online text or document.

Pre-Course Reading (Before Day 1)

This light reading was assigned (via email) to give us a jump on things. It’s due at class time on the first class day. I promise no quiz, but also that having done this reading will make the first couple of days more meaningful. Prime your brain!

Week 1 (Aug. 19 and 21)

Note: Notice that “due” items and small notes about any given week are listed right under each week’s heading. For example:

  • Please Note: Readings are meant to be completed for class time on the day when they’re listed on the schedule.
  • Please Print: Remember that you need to either PRINT online texts or have some way (Kindle? iPad? Laptop?) to view your electronic copy in class. Phone screens are unreasonably small for this purpose.
  • Before Friday’s Class: Introduce yourself on the Course Blog.
  • Look Ahead: There are Required Evening Film Screenings in Weeks 6 and 12.
  • Look Ahead: Wednesday of Week 5: Single ¶ explanation of your initial “Visual Text” Project idea. (Read that assignment sheet soon.)
  • Look Ahead: Your first three substantial contributions to the course blog (Segment 1 Contributions) should be spaced out between now and the due date, which is Wednesday of Week 5. (See here). Notice that other blogging due dates come a little faster than the first one.

Day 1: No Class Yet. Note that in any given week on this schedule, “Day 1” is always a Monday, “Day 2” is always a Wednesday, and “Day 3” is always a Friday.

Day 2: Course introduction. We’ll talk about the course and the projects, and we’ll dive quickly into some of the big ideas.

Before Next Time: Introduce yourself at the course blog. (This is not one of your three posts for the first third of the course, but it is a good way to begin things. Do it before our next class meeting to get five easy points on the books. For each week day late after our next class meeting, you will lose one point, until all five easy points are gone.)

A Good/Interesting Move: Pay a visit to this course’s student-authored Visual Narratives Glossary, which is hosted on OneDrive (here). [Fix Link] You and a group will be working to improve the glossary during __TBA WEEK___. Taking a look now will give you a sense of how useful this resource may be to you later.

Day 3: More Introductory Thinking

Read: You should have given both the syllabus and the Visual Text Project a thorough reading before class today. The Visual Text Project is a huge part of this course, and you should start developing ideas right away. It also wouldn’t hurt to get ahead on the Scott McCloud reading assigned for next week, if you’re looking for some good reading to do.

Due by Class Time: Self intro at the Course Blog (2026 Self Intro Link: Here). Make sure you understand how the blog works! (Read the “Introduce Yourself (Fall 2026)” post to get started.)

Week 2 (Aug. 24, 26, and 28)

  • Remember: What you’re looking at here is a bullet-point summary of what’s due for (or happening during) Week 2 of the course, with some notes about upcoming deadlines you should be keeping in mind. Below, you’ll find more detailed instructions / notes for each day. So: You get a summary, then an expansion. That’s the reliable format for the schedule.
  • Don’t forget the course blog! Here’s a page that explains how posting to blogger works. (There’s a “make new post” link at the top of the main blog page, too, to get you headed in the right direction.)

Day 1: La Jetée

In-Class Screening (Don’t Watch Ahead of Time; We’ll Watch Together.)
La Jetée (Dir. Chris Marker, 1963) (Short Film)

No additional work for today, but look ahead to the McCloud reading.

Day 2: McCloud! and Mission 1!

Read: Understanding Comics (Scott McCloud, 1993), Chapters 1-3. (Last I checked, it can be found online here, in a pinch, but please do buy the book and support the author, under ordinary circumstances.) (Good Idea: Consider making yourself a vocab list as you go.)

In-Class Groups: Two Exercises (Mission 1) (For Class, Not for Homework)

You may need to meet after class to finish work on these exercises with your team.

Shoot a series of images which can be rearranged to mean different things when viewed in different orders; make sure the images make use of a variety of angles, and be sure to use the rule of thirds more than once. Try to apply some of what you learned from the pre-course reading on photography. Put those images into a PowerPoint (or Keynote) document, one image per slide, and create at least two different narratives by placing them in two substantially different orders.

Choose one or two images for a second exercise. Use your slideware app again to add meaning to those images, using words. Do a few variations (at least three, with no upper limit). For at least one, add meaning to the image by adding a caption. For at least one, add meaning by inserting words on top of (actually ON) the image strategically. Use no more than one clichéd “Internet meme”-style caption.  

Both your narratives and your “words-added” images should be turned in using as single slideware (PowerPoint or Keynote) file. To submit your file: Name the file using this format: “2026 Mission 1 Lastnames Lastname Lastname Lastname.whatever,” and then drop the file into this shared OneDrive folder. (If you use another Slideware app, like Google’s app, please download your file as a PowerPoint and submit that.)

Day 3: More McCloud + 9th Grade Modes + Mission 2

READ: Understanding Comics (Scott McCloud, 1993), Chapters 4-6.

In-Class: Brief Introduction to the 9th-Grade Modes

In-Class Groups: Mission 2

Create a photo story using each of McCloud’s transitions + @ least three of the “9th Grade Modes” (discussed in class). As with the first mission, you’ll assemble your story using slideware and turn it in by dropping it in a shared OneDrive folder: this one here.

Label each slide using the comments field, so that I can tell which transition you have in mind. Traditionally, these stories tend to be about something bad happening to someone, though you might choose to either honor or defy tradition. To keep things simple, you may want to think of your story as portraying a single action of some kind, rather than a whole story.

Week 3: August 31; Sept. 2 and 4

  • The main reading for Friday is a long piece by me. It’s not as long as the McCloud, but it’s substantial. Plan ahead.
  • Hey, seriously: Have you contributed to the blog yet? 20% of the course grade, everybody! Contribute every week, and, for max scoring power, interact beautifully with each other.

Day 1: McCloud Debrief

Read
• Seth (that’s what he goes by, just “Seth”) on poetry + graphic design + comics. (A summary.)
• Brief Comics: “Springtime Thaw” and “Choose Your Own…” (Drew Weing)

Skim with Real Interest as You Think About Your Visual Text Project
• Samples of Visual Text Projects from Past Students (available via…[email me about this if I haven’t filled in a link before we get to this week!]).
• Also for inspiration: There’s a growing list of online comics and visual narratives below. These are all ongoing projects, some very light, some very heavy. You could try clicking around among those links for inspiration. Hop down there with this link, if you’d like.

Day 2: FJ out for Leadership Union; Meet to Screen and Discuss…

In-Class Screenings: Meet to Watch… There will be other instructions when we get closer to this day. (Approx. 30 min. of in-class screening + follow up exercises/activity.)

Bonus / Un-Required: If you’re interested in seeing a series of short videos about the drawing/inking process, this playlist is pretty cool. And the YouTube channel that put it up is full of great comics-industry stuff. Also interesting: a channel by Bad Ink Studios, here.

Day 3: Johnson Reading + Recap Wednesday

Read Ideas (An Abbreviated Article and a *Long* Webtext)

  • The EXCERPTED / Short version of “Pictures, Words, and the Spaces Between Them” (Douglas Wolk). Don’t accidentally read the long version that I haven’t cut down and highlighted. This is a few yellow-highlighted paragraphs.
  • “Perspicuous Objects” Sections 1-5 (Fred Johnson) (Read from “Defining Comics” to “La Ligne Juste”; SKIP the long intro, unless you decide you want to read it! As you read, pay attention to section headings and make sure–as a note-taking and idea-absorption strategy–that you can summarize for yourself the main point and ideas from each section. Use the drop-down up top or the section numbers at bottom to navigate.)

Do / Write / Coming Due

Week 4: Sept. 9 and 11

  • Visual Poem Project groups should be meeting out-of-class next week.

Day 1: LABOR DAY / MONDAY OFF

Day 2: Read Some Comics

Comics That Come From Long-Term Art Projects

  • American Elf strips (James Kochalka) (BAC 2010)
  • Dream Comics from The Night of Your Life (Jesse Reklaw) (BAC 2010)
  • Let’s Look at Liana Finck’s Instagram (Scan it until you have the gist of it…)
  • from Acme Novelty Library (Chris Ware) (BAC 2010)
  • And a small slice of a 6-volume slacker epic: Scott Pilgrim Versus The Universe (Bryan Lee O’Malley) (Excerpt from BAC 2010)
  • In class only: “Sonic Medicine” (Scott Kolbo, 2012) (Handout / In Class Only)

In Class: Setting up Visual Poem Project groups. Set your first out-of-class meeting for next week, after Monday and before Friday…

Day 3: Read Short Comics About Everyday People + PrepYour Visual Text Project Idea

  • “Killing and Dying” (Adrian Tomine) (Canvas)
  • from Asterios Polyp (David Mazzucchelli) (BAC 2010)

Week 5: Sept. 14 and 18

  • Wednesday is Assessment Day (No Regular Class Meeting). Two things are due on Wednesday, and you should think of that as two sneaky automatic extensions. (The other option was to make them due Monday or Tuesday…)
  • Due by 6:00 PM, Wednesday — Three contributions to the course blog.
  • Due by 6:00 PM, Wednesday — Single ¶ explanation of your Visual Text Project idea.
  • Due: By Classtime Friday: Some screenshots from a favorite show or movie. See “Mission 3,” below.
  • Plan: Your first out-of-class Visual Poem Project meeting, after Monday and before Friday.
  • Plan: We’ll have an evening film screening next week. We’ll work out timing for that this week.

Day 1: Learn About Mise-en-Scene (Key to Visual Storytelling)

To get a sense of what “Mise en Scene” means and how understanding it will help you get the Visual Poem project done, read and watch what this page has to offer, at least through the first two videos. The further you go down the page the more sense of mise en scène you’ll “get,” but manage your time. Those first two will set you up well enough!

DUE: Wednesday at 6: A single-paragraph explanation of your Visual Text Project idea, due by 6:00 Wednesday at Canvas. Hold off on turning this in until after class today, please, in case class interactions spark some new or modified ideas. What I’m looking for is a paragraph that explains your idea (or a couple of strong possibilities), along with some thoughtful notes about how you think you’ll do it (medium / software / form). (Make sure to take a look at the example projects.) Scoring: On time and follows instructions = 5 easy points. 1 point lost for lateness initially, and then one more point every 24 hours. 1 point lost if you don’t include your “thoughtful notes about how…”

Day 2: Assessment Day

Due: Visual Text Project idea (see above): by 6:00 pm. (Do today mostly to give you more time; the other option was Monday night!)

Due: Blog entries (first segment of course) are due by 6:00 pm tonight. If you’re scrambling to do them all at once (all three substantial contributions), change your ways for future weeks! The idea is to spread these out and interact with one another along the way; bunched up entries score earn fewer points. Note that the next “segment” of the course is a little shorter.

Look Ahead: “Mission 3” is homework for Friday.

Day 3: Accomplish Mission 3 Before Class

  • Your Visual Poem group should have met before today. Let me know if you’re failing to connect!
  • Mission 3 (As Homework): With the idea of “mise en scene” on your mind, spend a little time looking at some favorite scenes from movies or TV shows. Snap some screenshots (3 or 4) of really beautifully and/or significantly created scenes that you can share with your Visual Poem team. Send those snaps to them via email, and then also drop the snaps into this shared folder, first changing their names to this format: “YourLastName_SourceName.” (Don’t change the extensions after the “.” in the file name!) This way I can credit you for your work. << DUE by class time today. Worth 5 quiz points.
  • On Screenshots: Here’s a rundown on different ways to grab screenshots.

Week 6: Sept. 21, 23, and 25

  • By this point in the course, you should be beginning to work a bit each day on your Visual Text project. Don’t let a day go by without doing *something* to it, even if you only touch on it for a few minutes. It misses you.
  • Monday or Tuesday Evening will be an in-person screening of Comic Book Confidential. We’ll work out the time and place together.

Day 1: Read About Comics History

2 Short Articles (Comics History)

MON or TUES NIGHT: Screening of Comic Book Confidential

Day 2: Watch a Film About the History of Independent Comics

Comic Book Confidential (Dir. Ron Mann, 1988)
** You’ll need to watch this before class on this class day.
** This is a really helpful short history of underground comics.
** Also, definitely R-rated, even though officially “unrated.”
** As you watch, keep track of big historical moments, and keep track of the featured artists and creators. Try to take a note for each major “player” discussed.

Day 3: In Class Screening and Viewing and Group Time

  • Short video, “Composing the Frame” (Dir. Dave Monahan).

In Class Work Time: Work time today will go to your group “Visual Poem” projects. Be ready for that. Have needed materials “on hand.”

Week 7: Sept. 28 and 30; Oct. 2

  • Go, Blog, Go! (Don’t forget to be blogging.)
  • Heads Up! The Lynda Barry reading is long but fascinating, and deeply invested in what it means to be a learner and creator. You may want to blog this one…
  • You and your Visual Poem group ought to be planning today your path to completion.
  • You might start reading next week’s Spider-Man comics early…

Day 1: Art of Tension + Some Short Comics

Read Ideas: “An Art of Tensions” (Charles Hatfield, 132-48)

Examine Some Comics and Visual Narratives

  • “Here” (Timothy Masick & William Trainor) and
    • Here (video remediation) (Richard McGuire)
    • OPTIONAL Here trailer…
  • “Blanket Portraits” (Geneviève Elverum) (Canvas; featured in BAC 2016)
  • “Deep Space” (John Pham) (BAC 2010)
  • “The Swim” (Anne Emond) (View Online; featured in BAC 2016)
  • Three 1-page comics by Sophia Zdon: “Bike Fast,” “Coney Island,” and “Dad” 

Day 2: Lynda Barry

What It Is (Lynda Barry, 2008) (through page 136)

Day 3: Learning About Film…

Watch Before Class

View in Class

  • Short Videos on Shot Types and Implied Proximity (Dir. Dave Monahan).

Week 8: Oct. 5 and 7 and Fall Break

  • Spider-Man!
  • Visual Poem projects turned in just after break, presented on Monday after break. This means you really want to get done before break, and that I’ve left you extra days to get done, in case of emergency, instead of making the due date before break.
  • ALSO: Keep bloggin’. Next three substantial contributions due by Wednesday.

Day 1: Steve Ditko and Spidey (Budget Extra Reading Time)

Watch: Video: In Search of Steve Ditko (Will Take ~an Hour)
– Backup Link: In Search of Steve Ditko

Read: Amazing Spider-Man comics (Wr. Stan Lee; Art. Steve Ditko, 1962ff)

Day 2: FJ Out for Leadership Union.

In-Class Screening: Camera Angles + History of Editing in Film (Parts 1 and 2) (Dir. Dave Monahan); Edgar Wright: How to Do Visual Comedy (from Every Frame a Painting)

Screening Details / Additional Class Work TBA

Due: Next set of blog entries due by 6:00 tonight.

Day 3: Fall Break

Keep on making progress on projects!

Week 9: October 12, 14, and 16

  • Due: Group Visual Poem Projects due Monday in class, w/simple presentations.
  • Due: You have until 6:00 PM to turn in your writing for the Visual Poem project.
  • Every Day: Advance your Visual Text Project a little, every single day.
  • Every Day: Blog a bit.
  • REQUIRED MOVIE SCREENING. Coming up next week.

Day 1: Visual Poems Presented / Due

**Presentations; Catch Up, TBA**
Due: Group Visual Poem Projects due TODAY in class, w/simple presentations.
Due: You have until 6:00 PM to turn in your writing for the Visual Poem project.

Day 2: Spider-Verse!

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, Volume 1 (Wr. Brian Michael Bendis; Art. Sara Pichelli, 2012)
– Because Marvel sometimes puts out collections of these stories in different ways, I need to clarify here that what you need to read is issued 1-5, up to where Miles puts on the black Spider-Man costume given to him by some new “friends.”

Day 3: Another Look at Comics Origins + Fiction v. Nonfiction

“How Comics Came to Be” (Robert C. Harvey, 25-45)
“Fiction Versus Nonfiction” (Chris Ware) (BAC 2010)
“In Search of Water-Boiled Fish” (Angie Wang) (Online; featured in BAC 2019)

Week 10: October 19, 21, and 23

  • Every Day: Advance your Visual Text Project a little, every single day.

Day 1: Read Comics That Are Also Nonfiction and Reporting

Read Comics
– “The Fixer” (that story only) (Joe Sacco, 2003) (This is the big one for the day!)
– Spend @least ten minutes with “Firestorm” (from The Guardian, 2013)
– “Vintage Trash and Horse Bones” (Julia Wertz)

Skim Briefly, with Some Delight, and Think About McCloud’s Big Triangle Thing”Mikenesses” (Mike Holmes, 2011ff)  (Online)
If you don’t know what I mean by “Big Triangle Thing,” go back and review McCloud! Possibly check out McCloud’s re-cap of the Big Triangle concept here, if you’d like. This is a quick review of the concept.

Day 2: More Ideas and More Comics

Two Articles
“The Construction of Space in Comics” (Pascal Lefevre, 157-62)
“The Arrow and the Grid” (Joseph Witek,149-56)

Some Quirky Comics
– from The Lagoon (Lilli Carré) (BAC 2010)
– “Lobster Run” from Johnny Hiro (Fred Chao) (BAC 2010)

Day 3: More Comics, Continued Discussion, Glossary Assignment

Read
– Comic Strips by Ben Katchor (Ben Katchor) (BAC 2010 + Handout)
– “Norman Eight’s Left Arm” (Theo Ellsworth) (BAC 2010)

In Class
– Ben Katchor Video
– Visual Poem Groups Examine the Course Glossary (Details TBA): You and your Visual Poem group will be choosing vocab targets for your upcoming contributions to the Visual Narratives Glossary.

Week 11: Oct. 26, 28, and 30

  • Every Day: Make progress on your Visual Text Project.
  • Right about now, if you haven’t yet, you should be turning some real attention to the “Final” essays.
  • Due by 6:00 PM, Wednesday — Three contributions to the course blog.

Day 1: Read Comics

Read
Low Moon (Jason, 2007)
Salamander Dream (Hope Larson, 2005) (@Canvas or Archived Online)

Day 2: Read a Comic

Read: George Sprott (Seth, 2007)
Due by 6:00 PM: Three substantial contributions to the course blog.

Day 3: Visual Text Project In-Person Workday

Details TBA. Bring your VTP stuff!

Week 12: Nov. 2, 4, and 6

  • Head’s Up: The Reading for Wednesday is Long and Also Very, Very Influential and Probably Part of the Reason Marvel’s MCU Exists
  • Due Friday (Day 12) by 6:00 PM: Group contributions to Visual Narratives Glossary
  • Every Day: Make progress on your Visual Text Project and the Final
  • And don’t forget to blog! Find a rhythm this week of reading, responding on the blog, and then devoting a chunk of time to working on your project and the connected writing.

Day 1: Read and Consult

Read: “Trinity” (Michael Cho) (BAC 2010)
In Class: VTP Consulting + Work in Class. Bring your VTP Stuff.

Day 2: Read Henry Jenkins (It’s looooooooong!)

Read: “Searching for the Origami Unicorn: The Matrix and Transmedia Storytelling” (Henry Jenkins, 95-134)

Brace For: Usually the geekiest day of class. Previous knowledge of Marvel, DC, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Matrix and other fictional storyworlds will be a plus (but is not required). There may well be spoilers…

WEDNESDAY or THURSDAY: Evening Film Screening!!

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Dir. Edgar Wright, 2010), probably 6:00-8:30 pm?
** As with Comic Book Confidential, this is noted here and “due” for the upcoming class period.

Day 3: Scott Pilgrim Discussion

Watch Scott Pilgrim v. the Universe before class.
Due Friday by 6:00 PM: Group contributions to Visual Narratives Glossary

Week 13: Nov. 9, 11, and 13

  • Every Day: Make progress on your Visual Text Project and the Final

Day 1: In-Class Screening: Animatrix

Short film from The Animatrix (Various Directors, 2003). (Most Likely: Beyond)

Day 2: Work / Consult

Be prepared to work on your Visual Text project.

Day 3: Spend Quality Time with J. Alfred Prufrock for This Day

Week 14: Nov. 16, 18, and 20

  • Due by 6:00 PM, WEDNESDAY: Three contributions to the course blog.
  • Accelerate your work on the Visual Text Project and the Final Exam/Essays.

Day 1: Read

Stitches (David Small, 2009)

Day 2: In-Class Work Time

  • Be ready to work on your Visual Text projects!
  • Due @ 6:00 PM: Three contributions to the course blog.

Day 3: Skim with Interest (For Style and Tone)

AND THEN THANKSGIVING BREAK. Peak at the week to come, though…

Week 15: Nov. 30; Dec. 2 and 4

  • There’s a lot of interesting stuff to look at in this week. I suggest poking around during Thanksgiving Break. Not because you love homework, but because there are some wonderful things in these links…

Day 1: Lollapalooza of Things to Look at…

This One First: Think About the Form
– “Pup Contemplates the Heat Death of the Universe” (Drew Weing)

Watch (Before Class) and Read Some More Scott McCloud / Theory
– “Scott McCloud: The Visual Magic of Comics” (TED, 2005)

Read
– Scott McCloud explains the Infinite Canvas
– And also this random dude doing a nice job thinking about comics online: Yves “Balak” Bigerel on the Potential of Web Comics. Find these at Canvas, but note my notes there at Canvas, about the difficulty of playing them.

Examine/Read/Play Some Online Texts

** If Flash is a problem for any of the comics below. **
Make Flash work in your browser: with Ruffle
Then delete or turn off the plugin later, if you don’t want it.

  • Spend Some Time with Kate Beaton’s Hark! A Vagrant comics
  • Read, Skim, Ponder: the creepy horror comics of Emily Carroll 
  • Behold, The Oatmeal (Explore a bit…)
  • Read “Can Do” (Maira Kalman)
  • Read “Uninhabitable” (featured in BAC 2019) AND “Sun” (Jed McGowan)
  • Explore “Click and Drag” from XKCD (Randall Munroe) (DO click on the biggest panel and drag it!) (And spend a little time exploring XKCD in general.)
  • Play? Is it a game? Or what? “Four Derangements” (Daniel Merlin Goodbrey)
  • Play “Icarus Needs” (Daniel Merlin Goodbrey) (This may be broken, even with Ruffle… Try it on a PC.) (This new link seems to work on my Mac…_)

Day 2: FJ Out for Leadership Union: You Play (?) Games (?) In Class (!)

Play? Puzzle Through? Ponder and fiddle. It may drive you crazy. It can be solved. Is it a story?
Hapland (Robin Allen)

Play? Solve? (Actually this Flash may truly not work, even with Ruffle.)
Every Day the Same Dream (Jesse Stiles)

Follow Up from Last Time
This one is zoomable.

Discussion Prompt TBA

Day 3: LAST CLASS DAY

Take a look at these to get the gist. Don’t try to read the whole series! But consider how these artists are developing stories online.

Read, Skim, Explore Some Comic Strips Online (+ Maybe Some Additional Links, TBA)

FINAL PERIOD: Wednesday, December 9, 8:00 AM

  • Due TODAY at Class Time: Visual Text Project.
  • Due TODAY at 6:00 PM: Final Exam/Essays.
  • Earlier submissions to Canvas appreciated.

In Class

Presenting Your Visual Text Project

Bonus Play…

An always incomplete and poorly curated list of comics online you might explore. Click at your own risk, of course. The Web is a Wild, Wild World.

And some additional theory / scholarship reading: