Homework

For each class, please write a script for a 4-6 page comic.  Bring 9 copies to class.

Assigned Readings

Please note that this is a tentative schedule and subject to change.

Readings due for Week Two

Babyfood, by Bryan Lee O'Malley

Great and Small, by Nathan Castle

Valentines, by Joel Priddy

Readings due for Week Three
Understanding Comics, by Scott McCloud
Pages 60-93 (Closure & Transitions)

Making Comics, by Scott McCloud
Pages 8-31 (Choices)

Panel One, by Nat Gertler
Introduction
"A Prayer and Hope," by Neil Gaiman
"From the Past the Future," by Marv Wolfman

Piercing, by David Gaddis

Beginnings, by Raina Telgemeier

Dance of the Flight Attendant, by Jen Wang

Readings due for Week Four
Understanding Comics, by Scott McCloud
Pages 138-161 (Word & Picture Relationships)

Making Comics, by Scott McCloud
Pages 128-153 (Word & Picture Relationships)

Panel One, by Nat Gertler
"Rose," by Jeff Smith
"The Teacher from Hell," by Trina Robbins

Super Unleaded, by Derek Kirk Kim (Note: via Archive.net)

Bird and Moon, by Rosemary Mosco

Cooking with Anne, by Ben Bittner

Readings due for Week Five
Panel One, by Nat Gertler
"The Nearness of You," by Kurt Busiek
"Whiteout: Melt," by Greg Rucka

Photographs of Melancholy Girls, by Andy Helms

Fleep, by Jason Shiga

The Archaeologists, by Steven Withrow and John Barber (Note: via Archive.net)

Readings Due for Week Six
Panel One, by Nat Gertler
Degeneration by Nat Gertler & Steve Lieber (Script and finished story)

Salamander Dream, by Hope Larson

My Obsession with Chess, by Scott McCloud

Agness Quill in "The Mummified Heirloom" and "The Divided Man,"
by Dave Roman and Jason Ho