Sunday, March 30, 2014

Eleventh Assignment: A Comic in Manga Style

Letting yourself be influenced by manga style of storytelling, tell either a two page complete story or two pages of a longer story in comics. Try to use screen tones as a technique that will bring your work closer to traditional manga. The idea is not so much to replicate manga as a style or narrative but to be influenced by manga and anime to create a personal take on comics under the influence of Asian models. Please post your comics on your blog. 

Friday, March 28, 2014

Tenth Assignment: Mystery

This week we are writing a synopsis for a mystery story. It is recommended that you write this plot in reverse, starting with whodunit and working backwards providing clues that both lead and mislead the detective. Create a detective to solve the mystery. You will be writing two stories, one which is the story you want to suggest is true, the other, the story that is the true explanation. You need not construct the panels and pages for this story, just the story outline. 

Remember the detective story is largely a character driven narrative in which the plot is a device to introduce interesting characters and character interaction with the detective as the foil and the progression of suspects as characters whose eccentricities enliven and create conflict. In your synopsis be sure to describe the eccentricities and audience appeal of the characters especially the detective and the prime suspects.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Eighth Assignment

Four Directions Comic

Using the method of standing in the four directions we explored in class last week, do a 4-7 page comic that expresses the four or seven directions (East, South, West, North, Up, Down and Inward). Post your comic. The chart on the assignment page for this week might be of some help in organizing your project, but don't take it too literally; the emphasis should be on actually standing in the four directions yourself and what manifests from that experience. Take one page to express each direction in which you stand.