ART.-234 Sequential Art: Comics & Graphic Story

Credits 3 / 6 Contact Hours
Prerequisite: Placement into RDNG-030 (ACSR-030) or completion of RDNG-016, ACLT-075, ACLT-076 or ENGL-100 Prerequisite: ART.-133 and ART.-146 Pre- or Co-requisite: ENGL-102
This course is an introduction to the language principles traditional tools and creation of sequential art a medium of pictorial storytelling. This course will examine a varity of approaches including the creation of information sequences comic books caricature cartooning anatomy and storyboarding in addition to studying the history of the medium political cartooning and social commentary and examining other forms of graphic storytelling such as the graphic novel as a literary medium. Projects include study of current sequential works as well as the development of an individuals style of illustration editorial cartoons comic strips mini comics ashcan comics and a term paper.