Introductory Discussion Board
For the Introductory Discussion Board, tell us something about yourself. Make this as creative, unique, and original as you would like.
Then, tell us about your history (or lack thereof) with "comic books." Did you grow up reading Calvin and Hobbes? Do you subscribe to the Oatmeal through Facebook? Give us an idea of how you view comic books/graphic works in your everyday life.
To close your post, find and link to ONE comic online that particularly appeals to you and share that with the group. This part of the first discussion board both 1) helps us to understand your sense of the genre and 2) helps you to practice creating hyperlinks in the Discussion Boards (see the Week One video for a how-to on creating hyperlinks in the Discussion Boards).
Post your initial introduction on Monday, then subscribe to your intro (and the intros of others you responded to) and get to know your classmates informally in this discussion area.
Then, tell us about your history (or lack thereof) with "comic books." Did you grow up reading Calvin and Hobbes? Do you subscribe to the Oatmeal through Facebook? Give us an idea of how you view comic books/graphic works in your everyday life.
To close your post, find and link to ONE comic online that particularly appeals to you and share that with the group. This part of the first discussion board both 1) helps us to understand your sense of the genre and 2) helps you to practice creating hyperlinks in the Discussion Boards (see the Week One video for a how-to on creating hyperlinks in the Discussion Boards).
Post your initial introduction on Monday, then subscribe to your intro (and the intros of others you responded to) and get to know your classmates informally in this discussion area.
Discussion Board #1
In Week One, we will actually have two discussion boards: the first an informal one to meet our classmates and the second a formal one to begin discussing the vocabulary and language of McCloud's Understanding Comics.
Before you delve into the book, you should watch this video. The first eight minutes SEEM unrelated, but keep going and you will see him pull everything together
For your initial post in Discussion Board #1, address the following:
Graduate Students: You will also be reading Neil Cohn's "The Limits of Time and Transitions" (the PDF is linked into the course schedule). As you discuss, add in what Cohn would say to McCloud's interpretation of comic time and space.
Post your initial Discussion Board #1 post Monday-Wednesday of Week One. Then, discuss in this Discussion Board the remainder of the first week. I will close and grade this discussion board on Monday, July 11.
Before you delve into the book, you should watch this video. The first eight minutes SEEM unrelated, but keep going and you will see him pull everything together
For your initial post in Discussion Board #1, address the following:
- What were your initial impressions as you began reading Understanding Comics? Did you automatically understand how to "read" this graphic work?
- Briefly summarize the key points you are taking away from the reading. You might only have read the first few chapters at the time that you construct your initial post. How did your initial reading reinforce/change the way that you perceive comics?
Graduate Students: You will also be reading Neil Cohn's "The Limits of Time and Transitions" (the PDF is linked into the course schedule). As you discuss, add in what Cohn would say to McCloud's interpretation of comic time and space.
Post your initial Discussion Board #1 post Monday-Wednesday of Week One. Then, discuss in this Discussion Board the remainder of the first week. I will close and grade this discussion board on Monday, July 11.