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For Inspiration
Comics for all Types of Students
We love to bring a wide variety of comics to
show our students; there are comic stories in just about any style
and about any subject you can imagine, and we try to explore them
all in our workshops.
For instance:
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David Lasky's adaptation of THE RAVEN
(right) is almost nothing but words arranged in interesting
patterns on the page.
Scott McCloud's CHOOSE YOUR OWN CARL
is comics formalism, which can involve mathematical arrangements
of panels, or stories arranged as puzzles or palindromes.
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Jay Hosler's CLAN APIS is
a comic based in real science about the real lives of bees,
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| Chris Ware's QUIMBY THE MOUSE
is a great example of rhythmic, musical storytelling, using
repetition of panels and arrangement of panels in a metered
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The newly published Persepolis
by cartoonist Marjane Satrapi is a powerful autobiographical
story about growing up a young woman in wartime Iran. |
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Larry Gonick's THE CARTOON HISTORY OF
THE UNIVERSE (left) is a history text in cartoon format,
involving a great amount of research and dedication to its
subject.
Sam Henderson's unique sense of humor
has been seen in Nickelodeon magazine, on Spongebob Squarepants
and in his own comic, THE MAGIC WHISTLE. He uses comics
to explore his ideas about humor.
Julie Doucet's strip BALLET WITH MY PHONE
is a great example of physicality on comics. Jules Feiffer's
famous "DANCE TO SPRING" series of cartoons are
good examples too. Choreography, dancing, acting skills
and all sorts of physical activites are often needed in
creatinga cartoon strip.
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Cartoonists across the globe will attest
to the physicality of drawing their characters. We frequently
make the faces our characters make, and get in their positions
in order to draw them. Lauren likes to draw big, with her
arm, where Tom likes to draw small as if he were repairing
a small motor. Our students are always encouraged to approach
drawing in their own way.
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Comics from around the World
In Japan, comics, or "manga"
are so popular that every activity and subculture has its
own comics devoted to it. There are volleyball manga, mah
johng manga, cooking manga, baseball manga, the list goes
on and on...
We bring examples of these to
all workshops
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