Month: March 2017

Bibliography

| Kenneth Rinaldo

 

Graphic Novels and Web Comic

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier By K J Anderson adapted from a comic book by Alan Moore
All Star Superman Written by Grant Morrison, illustrated by Frank Quitely
Marvel Zombies 2 Written by Robert Kirkman, illustrated by Sean Phillips and Arthur Suydam
Jack of the Fables, Vol. 1: The (Nearly) Great Escape Written by Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges and Tony Aikins, illustrated by Andrew Pepoy
Erfworld Written by Rob Balder, illustrated by Jamie Noguchi
The Principles of Uncertainty Written by Maira Kalman
Exit Wounds Written by Rutu Modan
Sentences: The Life of M.F. Grimm Written by Percy Carey and Ronald Wimberly 
The Complete Peanuts, 1963-1964 Written by Charles M. Schulz
Ultimate Illustration
The Upset
Graphic Novels: Stories to Change Your Life (Paperback) by Paul Gravett
Skyscrapers of the Midwest by Joshua W. Cotter (Adhouse Books)
Local by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly (Oni Press)
Good-Bye by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Drawn and Quarterly)
Alans War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope by Emmanuel Guibert (First Second)
Heavy Liquid by Paul Pope (Vertigo)
What It Is by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)
Slow Storm by Danica Novgorodoff (First Second)
Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra (Vertigo)
Too Cool to Be Forgotten by Alex Robinson (Top Shelf)
The Alcoholic by Jonathan Ames and Dean Haspiel (Vertigo)
Alans War by Emmanuel Guibert (First Second)
American Widow by Alissa Torres and Sungyoon Choi (Villard)
Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw (Fantagraphics)
The Country Nurse by Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf)
Zot! The Complete Black and White Collection: 19871991 by Scott McCloud (Harper)
Slow Storm by Danica Novgorodoff (First Second)

Information Arts by Stephen Wilson
From Technological to Virtual Art by Frank Popper

Character Design

Dot Dot Dash Designer Toys, Action Figures and Character Art by Robert Klanten
Full Vinyl: The Subversive Art of Designer Toys by Ivan Vartanian
Clutter Magazine
Super 7

R Crumb
Crumb Image Search
American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar
Image Search American Splendor 
Daniel Clowes Ghost World
Chris Ware
Charles Burns
Charles Burns Image Search
Scott Mcleod

 

Related Web Sites

http://DC Comics
www.erfworld.com
High Fructose Magazine
Graphic Novel Reporter
Cartoon Library and Museum Ohio State
Center for Cartoon Studies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouGqN-2efA8

 

 

Schedule

| Kenneth Rinaldo

Schedule

       Date          Project          Activity & Homework
     
Week 1

 

 

Reading:

 

Scott McCloud:

Understanding Comics

 

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXYckRgsdjI

  

 

Introduction

  

Review -Syllabus, Materials List and Course Objective

Introductions- Greet and Meet

Presentations: Students will present in the up coming classes, 1-3 Artists they research and follow along with their own sketches and Ultimately, Personal Course Goals

Homework: Warm-up Exercise- Make the Worst Comic ever Made.

 

Project 1: Wordless, Three Panel Comic Introduced

 
Week 2

 

Examples:

 

http://joancornella.net/

 

Reading/ Video Link to review before class:

Interview with Alan Moore Watchmen
Jeff Smith Columbus Ohio Graphic Novelist
Artist Elizabeth McGrath

 

  

Narrative and Image

  

Brief Overview- Semiotics and Visual Grammar

Class comprehension of Illustrator, Photoshop, and Pen Tablets

Presentations- Critique

 

Project 2: Vertical Web Comic Introduced

 
Week 3

 

Reading:

Brian Michael Bendis

Words For Pictures

 

Maus- Art Spiegelman

 

Persepolis- Marjane Satrapi

 

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAyEbgSPi9w

 

 

  

View Point and Meaning

 

Comics and the Social

  

Brief Overview-What are the types of narrative images?

-Connotative Meaning

-Implied Meaning

Visit The Cartoon Library

Presentations- Critique

 
Week 4

Examples:

http://www.nawlz.com/

 

http://www.spiddrelli.net/index2.php?id=137

 

http://www.prequeladventure.com/2012/08/2200/

 

https://xkcd.com/1110/

Reading/Video Link to review before class: Article on Charles Burns
Artist Takashi Murakami
 

 

  

Sequential and Non-Sequential

  

Brief Overview-Linear and Non Linear passage of time

 

Presentations- Critique

Project: GIF Web Comic, Flash, Interactive, Click and Drag

 

 
Week 5

 

Scott McCloud Talk

Jeff Smith

Elizabeth McGrath

 

 Relationships among Images and Form Brief Overview-Aggregate and Paneled

 

Graphic Novel Discussion

 

Presentations- Critique

 
Week 6

 

https://www.art21.org/artists/pierre-huyghe

 

 

 

  

High Brow,

Low Brow,

No Brow

  

Comic Language through Fine Art, Art and Tech

Student presentations (Your project should be nearly complete review with professor)
Critique

Work Week
Week 7

 

Paul McCarthy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fw4gYWkXgo

 

  

Transition Week

  

Work Week

 

Critique and Presentations

 

 
Week 8

 

Welcome to Printmaking

 

Reading/Video to review before class:

 

http://zinewiki.com/Zine

 

http://www.zinebook.com/directory/zine-history.html

 

http://www.zinebook.com/resource/heath.html

 

“March,” by John Lewis

 

 

 

  

Additions, Iteration, and Proclamation

  

Intro to the “Zine”

 

From SciFi to Civil Rights to Punk Rock to Feminist Movements to E-Zines..and..AND..THE POWER OF SELF- PUBLISHING!

 

Introduction to the Print Shop, foundations of the Do’s and Don’ts, Safety Precautions

 

 

Sintra Plate Demo

 
 

Week 9

 

Artists to be discussed:

Marnie Weber:

http://www.marnieweber.com/marniehome.html

Jim Shaw: https://www.artsy.net/artist/jim-shaw

Mary Reid Kelley:

http://www.maryreidkelley.com/

Raymond Pettibon:

http://www.raypettibon.com/main.html

Mike Kelley:

http://mikekelley.com/

 

Tony Oursler

 

 

 

  

 

Critically Absurd

 

Pushing the Image and The Message

  

Brief overview of the comic platform and its entrance to the “Absurd”

 

Discussion on Albert Camus

 

Print Demonstration: LinoCut

 

 
 

Week 10

 

Artists to be discussed:

Lynd Ward

Frans Masereel

Kara Walker

Chris Ware

Charlie Chaplin

Tom and Jerry

  

Without Words

  

Brief Examination of Wordless Comics

 

Novel in woodcut

 

Cartoon Library and Museum Visit

 

 
 

Week 11

 

Artists to be discussed:

Harvey Pekar

John Currin

Peter Doig

Alex Katz

Neo Rauch

 

  

Nostalgia and the Familiar

  

Brief Examination of Memory and Comics

 

Autobiographical, Collective Memory, Memory of the Medium

 

Architecture as framing, Cinematic Architecture
 

Week 12

 

Artists to be discussed:

 

Kiki Smith

Kerry James Marshall

Michael Burmeister

Brian Michael Bendus

Frank Quitely

 

  

Hero, Mythology and Archetypes

  

Brief Examination of Grand Gestures, Movements and Action

 

Hero- Traditional and Nontraditional
 

Week 13

 

Artists to be discussed:

Elizabeth Murray

Lauren Clay

  

Printed Image and 3 Dimensions

  

Student presentations (Your project should be nearly complete review with professor)
Critique

 

Meeting with Instructor to look over work.
 

Week 14

  

Student Presentations

  

-Final Completion and Portfolio

Collection.

–Final Critique

– Prep for Open House

 

**Please be aware that this schedule is subject to change during the course of the semester.