My drawing skills aren't exactly up to snuff, and sure, the relevance of some of the images for the text is dubious, and yeah, if Scott McCloud ever sees my attempts at drawing him he may sue. I still think it's pretty cool, and hopefully, my students will too. If nothing else, after the first day of class, none of them will be able to say they've never read a comic before (which happens disturbingly often).
But I couldn't have done it without my wonderful wife Veronica. One of the reasons I gave up on it was that it seemed a little intimidating. But Veronica's amazing techno-prowess really helped. She digitally fixed the layout of some of the early pages, completely worked up the later ones, made the text fit, and even coached my drawing.
Lastly, I should point out that the images of Scott McCloud and the silhouette Batman and Superman are my attempts at artwork by Scott McCloud and Frank Miller. I really felt they needed to go in there (especially Scott McCloud's, as his work is a huge part of my class), but I didn't want to just scan pages of their work. Oh, and Dr. Lunsford, if you ever see my terrible caricature of you, I apologize profusely.
Questions? Quibbles? Controversies?
2 comments:
Wow, this is really awesome. I wish I was taking your class!
I wish they had a class like this when I was a student. I think that's why I teach it :-)
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