Graphic Narratives: Final Project
Spring 2009
April 9
Description
Working in groups of four or more, you'll produce a thematic comics anthology.
Each group member will produce a self-standing six page graphic narrative in comics or comics-like form. While each narrative will be self-standing, the comics will share a common theme (e.g., stories about ancient empires, or college life, or art; or all doing a similar thing, like responding to a particular artwork, or book; something unifying like that).
The theme for each group/anthology will be jointly decided by the group members.
Requirements
Common Requirements
- A unifying theme
- A TITLE
- A (thematic) host/avatar (see examples below) who will introduce each of the stories and explain its connection to the anthology's theme.
- Two-page contents and credits spread, in color, structured around a map or diagram of something central to your theme, collaboratively designed and produced
- A short introduction – in text or comics form; collaboratively written
Examples of a thematic host: Boris Karloff (1) and Boris Karloof (2); Witch form the Witching Hour.
Individual Requirements
- Six-page narrative, averaging five panels per page
- Fiction or non-fiction, color or black and white
- In addition to telling a story, your comic must also be educational (extra-narratively informative); that is, a reader should learn something, some amount of specialized information, beyond the facts of the story. Historical, political, practical, theoretical, etc. This knowledge should be fairly specific and based on research. However, if your story is set in a fantastic or alien world, altogether different from our own, then speak to me about this requirement. We might have to adjust some things.
Submitting Your Work
Your complete anthology will be due about one week after our last class. (So you have approximately one month to work on it.) You'll submit a folder of TIFF files of your pages (probably on Sakai) and a PDF of the complete anthology on ScribD, and you'll leave a printed copy (laser is fine) in my campus mailbox in the Murrary Hall mailroom.
I'll say more about the submission process and reqs in the coming weeks.