This is a tentative, high-level schedule intended to convey the general time frame for each major work we’re studying this semester.
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Week 1
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M | 8/22/2022 | Introductions, What are comics? How do we read them? | ||
| W | 8/24/2022 | More introductions, logistics, definitions. | |||
| F | 8/26/2022 |
Töpffer, Rodolphe, “The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck”
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Week 2
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M | 8/29/2022 | Winsor McCay and George Herriman, Introduced | ||
| W | 8/31/2022 | Winsor McCay and George Herriman, Selections | Webcomic Groups Assigned | ||
| F | 9/2/2022 | Masereel, Frans. The City (Canvas) | |||
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Week 3
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M | 9/5/2022 | LABOR DAY | ||
| W | 9/7/2022 | Masereel, Frans. The City (Canvas) Introducing the Disassembly assignment. |
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| F | 9/9/2022 | McCloud, Scott. “Setting the Record Straight” (Canvas) | |||
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Week 4
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M | 9/12/2022 | McCloud, Scott. “Blood in the Gutter” (Canvas) | Blue Jays | |
| W | 9/14/2022 | Groensteen, Thierry. “The Spatio-Topical System” (Canvas) | |||
| F | 9/16/2022 |
Donald Duck in “Vacation Time”‘ and “Narrative in Vacation Time” by Donald Ault
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Week 5
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M | 9/19/2022 |
Introducing Watchmen
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Atrociraptors | |
| W | 9/21/2022 | Watchmen, Chapter I | Disassembly Due | ||
| F | 9/23/2022 | Watchmen, Chapters II, III, IV | |||
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Week 6
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M | 9/26/2022 | Watchmen, Chapter V “Paneling Parallax: The Fearful Symmetry of William Blake and Alan Moore” |
Cardinals | |
| W | 9/28/2022 | Watchmen, Chapter VI | |||
| F | 9/30/2022 | Watchmen, Chapters VII, VIII | |||
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Week 7
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M | 10/3/2022 | Watchmen, Chapters IX, X | Cryptosauruses | |
| W | 10/5/2022 | Class Canceled | Comic Proposal Due | ||
| F | 10/7/2022 |
Watchmen, Chapters XI and XII |
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Week 8
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M | 10/10/2022 | Class Canceled for FALL BREAK | Cassowaries | |
| W | 10/12/2022 | Wrapping up Watchmen, Introducing Superman Smashes the Klan | |||
| F | 10/14/2022 | Superman Smashes the Klan, (Read Parts 1 and 2) | |||
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Week 9
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M | 10/17/2022 | Superman Smashes the Klan | Fenestrosauruses | |
| W | 10/19/2022 |
Nate Powell’s “About Face”, Introducing Here |
Webcomic Publishing Begins | ||
| F | 10/21/2022 | Here | |||
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Week 10
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M | 10/24/2022 | Here | Flamingoes | |
| W | 10/26/2022 | Wrapping up Here and introducing Boundless, “World-Class City” | |||
| F | 10/28/2022 | Boundless, “Body Pods,” “ClairFree,” “1.Jenny,” “Half Life,” “Darla” | |||
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Week 11
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M | 10/31/2022 |
Wrapping up Boundless (“Darla,””bedbug,” “SEXCOVEN,” “Boundless”) and introducing Maus |
Podokesauruses | |
| W | 11/2/2022 | Maus I, Chapters 1 & 2 | |||
| F | 11/4/2022 | Maus I, Chapters 3 – 5 | |||
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Week 12
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M | 11/7/2022 | Maus I.6 – II.1 | Webcomic Publishing Ends | Sparrows |
| W | 11/9/2022 | Maus II.2 – II.4 | |||
| F | 11/11/2022 | Maus II.5 (finish), Hillary Chute, “The Shadow of a Past Time” (link in Canvas). | |||
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Week 13
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M | 11/14/2022 | Finishing Maus, Introducing MFTIM | Stereosauruses | |
| W | 11/16/2022 | Webcomic Presentations
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| F | 11/18/2022 | My Favorite Thing is Monsters | |||
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Week 14
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M | 11/21/2022 | My Favorite Thing is Monsters | ||
| W | 11/23/2022 | THANKSGIVING | |||
| F | 11/25/2022 | THANKSGIVING | |||
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Week 15
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M | 11/28/2022 | Finishing MFTIM | Bibliography Due | |
| W | 11/30/2022 | Paper Girls | |||
| F | 12/2/2022 | Paper Girls |
