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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, enabling the artist to explore
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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 way. |
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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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