Reading and Assignment Schedule

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Introduction to Comics/ Comix

August 25: Introduction to course; syllabus review

                    

August 28: 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

                         

September 2: Understanding Comics

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

September 4: Understanding Comics
                      Chapters 7-9
                     Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

Comics and the Representation of Violence

September 8: Art Spiegelman, Maus I p 1-60

                      Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

September 11:  Maus I p 61-120

                    

                     Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

September 15: Maus II p 1-144

                         Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

September 18: Maus II p 70-144

                         Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators   
                          Quiz
                 

September 22: Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis

                      p 1-150

                     Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

September 25: Persepolis, 151-250

                     Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

September 29: Persepolis, 251-352

                     Quiz

                   Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

     
Assignment: Watch Persepolis the film before October 2

October 2: Assignment: Online response on Persepolis the film vs. book due

Making Race Visible

October 6: Mat Johnson and Warren Pleece, Incognegro

                     p 1-80       
                   Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators                             

October 9:  Class Canceled; Fall Break

October 13:  Incognegro, 81-136

                        Quiz
                      Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

  

October 16 : Howard Cruse, Stuck Rubber Baby, 1-103

                      Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

October 20: Stuck Rubber Baby, 104-210

                      Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators       
                

October 23: Ho Che Anderson, King, 1-100 

                        Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

October 27: King, 101-228

                     Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

Seeing Asian American Identity

October 30:  Adrien Tomine, Shortcomings, p 1-57

                      Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

November 1: Midterm Paper Due

November 3: Shortcomings, 58-108

                       Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators

November 6:  Gene Yang, American Born Chinese, 1-120

                        Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators                                                                

November 10: American Born Chinese, 121-233
                           Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators   

     

Gender in Comics

November 13: Alison Bechdel, Fun Home, 1-105
                        Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators   

November 17: Fun Home, 105-End

                   
                      Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators   

November 20: Lynda Barry, One Hundred Demons
                         Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators   

November 24: One Hundred Demons
                          Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators   

November 27: Class Canceled; Thanksgiving

Images of Illness

                       

December 1: David Small, Stitches

                      Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators   
   Assignment: Comic Creative Extra Credit Assignment Due (details to come)

December 4: Stitches

                       Assignment:  Respond to blog post by discussion facilitators          
        

Final Papers Due on December 11