2012 syllabus
Texts:
- Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud
- From Hell, Alan Moore
- In the Shadow of no Towers, Art Spiegelman
- Jimmy Corrigan: Smartest Kid on Earth, Chris Ware
- Palestine, Joe Sacco
- Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea, Guy Delisle
- Akira (vol. 1), Katsuhiro Otomo
- Incognegro, Mat Johnson
- Fun Home, Alison Bechdel
- Black Hole—Charles Burns
Weekly Meetings- 20%
Each week we will meet for an hour and a half. Be there. Keep up with the reading.
Blog- 40%
Both of us will keep an online reading journal. We should both respond at least twice to each work, read each other’s entries, and occasionally comment on each other’s blog.
Paper- 40%
A 7 to 10 page research paper.
Calendar
Week 1
Introduction
Week 2
Understanding Comics
Week 3
In the Shadow of no Towers
Week 4
From Hell
Week 5
From Hell
Week 6
Jimmy Corrigan
Week 7
Jimmy Corrigan
Week 8
Spring Break
Week 9
Akira
Week 10
Akira & Palestine
Week 11
Palestine
Week 12
Pyongyang
Week 13
Incognegro
Week 14
Fun Home
Week 15
Fun Home
Week 16
Black Hole
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