Reading and Assignment Schedule

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Introduction to Comics/ Comix

January 12: Introduction to course; syllabus review

                    

January 15: Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics                                      

                        Chapters 1-3
                    Excerpt from Douglas Wolk on blogspot (see blog entry on comics as medium)
                    Assignment: 1) Post Response to my questions about reading 2)post brief intro of self/
                   answer to question about exposure to comics 3) sign up for two discussions you want to
                   facilitate

                         

January 20: Understanding Comics

                          Chapters 4-6  (Note: this is a Tuesday since Monday is a holiday)
                      Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

January 22: Understanding Comics
                      Chapters 7-9
                     Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

Comics and the Representation of Violence

January 26: Art Spiegelman, Maus I p 1-60

                      Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

January 29:  Maus I p 61-120

                    

                    Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators
 February 2: Maus II p 1-144

                         Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

February 5: Maus II p 70-144

                         Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators   
                          Quiz
                 

February 9: Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis

                      p 1-150

                     Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

February 12: Persepolis, 151-250

                     Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

February 16: Persepolis, 251-352

                     Quiz

                   Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

     
Assignment: Watch Persepolis the film before February 19

February 19: Assignment: Online response on Persepolis the film vs. book due

Making Race and Sexuality Visible

February 23: Adrien Tomine, Shortcomings, p 1-57
                      Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

February 26:  Shortcomings, 58-108

                       Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

March 2 :  Gene Yang, American Born Chinese, 1-120                       
 Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators 

March 5: American Born Chinese, 121-233
                           Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators   

March 9: Howard Cruse, Stuck Rubber Baby, 1-103

                      Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

 

March 12:  Stuck Rubber Baby, 104-210
                      Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators 

March 15: Midterm Due
     
March 16-22: Spring Break 

Race and History 

March 23:  Ho Che Anderson, King, 1-100
                    Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

                                                              

March 26: King, 101-228

                     Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

     

Gender in Comics

March 30: Alison Bechdel, Fun Home, 1-105
                        Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators   

April 2: Fun Home, 105-End

                   
                      Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators   

April 6: Lynda Barry, One Hundred Demons, 1-150
                         Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators   

April 9: One Hundred Demons, 151-End
                          Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators  

 

Meta-Comics Revisited

                       

April 13: Harvey Pekar and JT Waldman, Not The Israel My Parents' Promised Me, 1-90

                      Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators   
    
April 16: Not The Israel My Parents' Promised Me, 91-End

                       Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators          

April 20:  David Small, Stitches, 1-150

Assignment: Comic Creative Extra Credit Assignment Due (details to come) 


April 23: Stitches, 151-End
        

Final Papers Due on April 29th