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COMICS AND
GRAPHIC NOVELS
COMICS AND
GRAPHIC NOVELS
COMICS AND
GRAPHIC NOVELS
CREATIVE WRITING
CLZIANOSKI
CREATIVE WRITING
CLZIANOSKI
M
LESSON OBJECTIVES
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
• STUDY THE COMIC/GRAPHIC NOVEL AND ITS ORIGINS BY
TAKING NOTES
• ANALYZE THE ELEMENTS OF A COMIC/GRAPHIC NOVEL
• IDENTIFY THE GOAL OR THEME
OF A COMIC/GRAPHIC NOVEL
• WRITE A COMIC OR GRAPHIC
NOVEL USING COMMON
ELEMENTS REVIEWED
M
THE COMIC STRIP
• COMIC STRIP: A SEQUENCE OF DRAWINGS IN BOXES
THAT TELL AN AMUSING STORY, TYPICALLY PRINTED
IN A NEWSPAPER OR COMIC BOOK
• STORIES MAY BE HUMOROUS, OR MAY PRESENT A
WORLD OF ADVENTURE, MYSTERY, OR FANTASY
M
THE COMIC STRIP
• COMIC STRIPS HAVE ONE OR MORE CENTRAL
CHARACTERS WHO APPEAR IN EACH ISSUE
• STORIES MAY BE TOLD IN A SINGLE ISSUE, OR MAY
CONTINUE FROM ONE ISSUE TO THE NEXT OVER A
PERIOD OF TIME
M
HISTORY OF
THE COMIC STRIP
• COMIC STRIPS HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE
END OF THE 1800’S
• THEY ARE THE GRANDFATHERS OF GRAPHIC
NOVELS
• THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF COMIC STRIPS WERE
TO DRAW PEOPLE TO THE SUNDAY PAPERS
• WITHIN TIME, THEY BECAME MUCH MORE
POPULAR THROUGHOUT SOCIETY
M
HISTORY OF
THE COMIC STRIP
• THE FIRST COMIC STRIP WAS ORIGINALLY
PUBLISHED IN 1895 BY R. F. OUTCAULT IN NEW
YORK WORLD
• THE COMIC STRIP
INCREASED SALES
• IT ALSO EVENTUALLY
ENDORSED
SOAP-WHISKEY
M
HISTORY OF
THE COMIC STRIP
• KATZENJAMMER KIDS WAS
PUBLISHED SOON AFTER IN
1897 BY HY EISMAN
• MADE USE OF WORD BUBBLES
AND MULTIPLE PANELS TO TELL A STORY
M
M
THE COMIC STRIP
DIK BROWNE’S “HAGAR THE HORRIBLE”
CHARLES SCHULZ’S “PEANUTS”
M
THE COMIC STRIP
BILL WATTERSON’S “CALVIN AND HOBBES”
GEORGE HERRIMAN’S “KRAZY KAT AND IGNATZ”
M
THE COMIC BOOK
• COMIC BOOK: ALSO CALLED COMIC
MAGAZINE OR COMIC, IS A
PUBLICATION THAT CONSISTS OF
COMIC ART IN THE FORM OF
SEQUENTIAL JUXTAPOSED PANELS
THAT REPRESENT INDIVIDUAL
SCENES.
• THE TERM COMICS MISTAKENLY
CONNOTES HUMOR, WHICH IS NOT
AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE FORM
• AUDIENCE – BOTH CHILDREN
AND ADULTS
M
HISTORY OF
THE COMIC BOOK
• GAINED ITS POPULARITY IN
1933 WHEN REPRINTS WERE
ORIGINALLY FREE
• IN 1935, NEW COMICS WITH
THE ORIGINAL CHARACTERS
WERE RELEASED FOR
10¢ EACH
M
HISTORY OF
THE COMIC BOOK
• THE COMIC BOOK WAS EXTREMELY
POPULAR FROM THE 1930’S-50’S
• SUPERMAN BECAME THE FIRST
SUPERHERO AND WAS SOLD ON
NEWSSTANDS IN 1938
• SUPERHEROES WERE HUGE
DURING WORLD WAR II
• AFTER WORLD WAR II: CRIME,
SCIENCE FICTION, AND HORROR
COMICS MADE THEIR DEBUT
M
HISTORY OF
THE COMIC BOOK
• IN THE 1950’S, COMICS WERE IN
A CRISIS!
• FREDERIC WERTHAM: PUBLISHED
A BOOK CALLED SEDUCTION OF
THE INNOCENT IN 1954
• PROMOTED HIS BELIEF THAT
COMICS PRODUCED HARMFUL
EFFECTS ON CHILDREN AND
THE IDEA THAT THEY WERE
DANGEROUS
M
HISTORY OF
THE COMIC BOOK
• HELPED SPARK A U.S.
CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY INTO
THE COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY AND
ULTIMATELY, THE CREATION OF
THE COMICS CODE
• MOST COMICS WERE
EXAMINED BY THE U.S.
SENATE, BANNED, AND
BURNED
M
THE COMIC BOOK:
A NEW BEGINNING
• IN THE LATE 1950’S, THE JUSTICE
LEAGUE OF AMERICA WAS BORN
• THE FANTASTIC FOUR, INCREDIBLE
HULK, AND SPIDER-MAN APPEARED
IN 1961
• 1960’S: SELF-PUBLISHED
UNDERGROUND COMICS EMERGE
• THUS, THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
RECEIVED ITS POPULARITY
M
THE COMIC BOOK
THE JUSTICE LEAGUE CAPTAIN MARVEL
M
THE COMIC BOOK
X-MEN GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
M
THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
• GRAPHIC NOVEL: A BOOK MADE
UP OF COMICS CONTENT.
ALTHOUGH THE WORD "NOVEL"
NORMALLY REFERS TO LONG
FICTIONAL WORKS, THE TERM
"GRAPHIC NOVEL" IS APPLIED
BROADLY AND INCLUDES FICTION,
NON-FICTION, AND ANTHOLOGIZED
WORK.
• IT IS DISTINGUISHED FROM THE TERM "COMIC
BOOK," WHICH IS USED FOR COMICS PERIODICALS.
M
THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
• THE TERM WAS COINED BY
RICHARD KYLE AND WAS MADE
POPULAR THROUGH WILL
EISNER’S A CONTRACT WITH
GOD IN 1978
• FROM THEN ON, GRAPHIC NOVELS
HAVE MADE IMPRESSIVE
MILESTONES AMONG SALES AND
POPULARITY
• MANY PEOPLE FIRST TOOK
NOTICE OF THEM IN 1986 WHEN
ART SPIEGELMAN WON THE
PULITZER PRIZE FOR HIS MAUS.
M
THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
Batman: The Dark
Knight Returns - 1986
Watchmen - 1987
M
THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
MAUS: A SURVIVOR’S TALE
WINS PULITZER - 1992
American Born
Chinese - 2007
M
WHY COMICS?
• 6.3 MILLION SECONDARY
SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE
READING BELOW GRADE LEVEL
• AVERAGE AMERICAN AGE 15-
24 SPENDS ONLY 7 MINUTES
OF DAILY LEISURE TIME
READING
• STUDENTS WITH ACCESS TO A
VARIETY OF READING
MATERIALS HAVE HIGHER
AVERAGE READING SCORES
M
• PRESENT COMPLEX MATERIAL IN
READABLE TEXT
• SERVE AS A BRIDGE TO MORE
DIFFICULT READING
• CHALLENGE READERS OF MORE
TRADITIONAL LITERATURE
• EMBRACE NATURE OF
MULTIMEDIA WORLD
• FULFILL NCTE’S “21ST
CENTURY LITERACIES”
WHY COMICS?
M
CREATING A
COMIC STRIP
1. DECIDE ON YOUR STORY
• YOU DON’T NEED TO FIGURE OUT ALL THE
DETAILS YET, JUST A GOAL OR THEME.
2. FIND YOUR STYLE.
• YOUR STYLE SHOULD MATCH BOTH YOUR TONE
AND THE STORY THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HEAD.
• THE STYLE OF A COMIC IS THE FIRST THING
THAT IS GOING TO JUMP OUT TO YOUR READERS.
• EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT COMIC STYLES:
ANIME/MANGA, AMERICAN SUPERHERO,
SPRITES/CLIP ART, NOIR, STICK FIGURES,
SUNDAY FUNNIES, AND DRAMAS.
M
CREATING A
COMIC STRIP
3. DECIDE ON YOUR FORMAT
• MAP OUT HOW MANY PANELS AND/OR ROWS FOR
YOUR COMIC STRIP
• A SINGLE FRAME COMIC: RELY ON VISUAL GAGS
AND ONE OR TWO LINES OF DIALOGUE.
POLITICAL COMICS ARE TYPICALLY ONE OR TWO
FRAMES.
• A COMIC STRIP: A SEQUENCE OF FRAMES.
THERE IS NO SET LENGTH FOR A STRIP, BUT IT IS
USUALLY COMPOSED OF AROUND 2-4 FRAMES
EACH.
• A COMIC PAGE: A WHOLE PAGE OF COMIC STRIPS.
A COMIC PAGE REQUIRES MORE CONTENT.
M
CREATING A
COMIC STRIP
4. PLAN OUT EACH PANEL
• THIS WILL HELP YOU CREATE ACTIONS AND
DIALOGUE, AND WILL ALSO HELP AVOID FUTURE
MISTAKES
5. BALANCE TEXT AND IMAGES
• DON’T PUT TOO MUCH TEXT IN YOUR PANELS.
THIS CAN MAKE THE COMIC HARD TO READ AND
ENJOY.
• TRY TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF SPEECH
BALLOONS TO 2-3 TO A PANEL AND KEEP THE
NUMBER OF WORDS BELOW 30, PREFERABLY 20.
M
COMIC STRIP: COMPONENTS

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COMICS PP

  • 1. COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS CREATIVE WRITING CLZIANOSKI CREATIVE WRITING CLZIANOSKI
  • 2. M LESSON OBJECTIVES STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO: • STUDY THE COMIC/GRAPHIC NOVEL AND ITS ORIGINS BY TAKING NOTES • ANALYZE THE ELEMENTS OF A COMIC/GRAPHIC NOVEL • IDENTIFY THE GOAL OR THEME OF A COMIC/GRAPHIC NOVEL • WRITE A COMIC OR GRAPHIC NOVEL USING COMMON ELEMENTS REVIEWED
  • 3. M THE COMIC STRIP • COMIC STRIP: A SEQUENCE OF DRAWINGS IN BOXES THAT TELL AN AMUSING STORY, TYPICALLY PRINTED IN A NEWSPAPER OR COMIC BOOK • STORIES MAY BE HUMOROUS, OR MAY PRESENT A WORLD OF ADVENTURE, MYSTERY, OR FANTASY
  • 4. M THE COMIC STRIP • COMIC STRIPS HAVE ONE OR MORE CENTRAL CHARACTERS WHO APPEAR IN EACH ISSUE • STORIES MAY BE TOLD IN A SINGLE ISSUE, OR MAY CONTINUE FROM ONE ISSUE TO THE NEXT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME
  • 5. M HISTORY OF THE COMIC STRIP • COMIC STRIPS HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE END OF THE 1800’S • THEY ARE THE GRANDFATHERS OF GRAPHIC NOVELS • THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF COMIC STRIPS WERE TO DRAW PEOPLE TO THE SUNDAY PAPERS • WITHIN TIME, THEY BECAME MUCH MORE POPULAR THROUGHOUT SOCIETY
  • 6. M HISTORY OF THE COMIC STRIP • THE FIRST COMIC STRIP WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1895 BY R. F. OUTCAULT IN NEW YORK WORLD • THE COMIC STRIP INCREASED SALES • IT ALSO EVENTUALLY ENDORSED SOAP-WHISKEY
  • 7. M HISTORY OF THE COMIC STRIP • KATZENJAMMER KIDS WAS PUBLISHED SOON AFTER IN 1897 BY HY EISMAN • MADE USE OF WORD BUBBLES AND MULTIPLE PANELS TO TELL A STORY
  • 8. M
  • 9. M THE COMIC STRIP DIK BROWNE’S “HAGAR THE HORRIBLE” CHARLES SCHULZ’S “PEANUTS”
  • 10. M THE COMIC STRIP BILL WATTERSON’S “CALVIN AND HOBBES” GEORGE HERRIMAN’S “KRAZY KAT AND IGNATZ”
  • 11. M THE COMIC BOOK • COMIC BOOK: ALSO CALLED COMIC MAGAZINE OR COMIC, IS A PUBLICATION THAT CONSISTS OF COMIC ART IN THE FORM OF SEQUENTIAL JUXTAPOSED PANELS THAT REPRESENT INDIVIDUAL SCENES. • THE TERM COMICS MISTAKENLY CONNOTES HUMOR, WHICH IS NOT AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE FORM • AUDIENCE – BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS
  • 12. M HISTORY OF THE COMIC BOOK • GAINED ITS POPULARITY IN 1933 WHEN REPRINTS WERE ORIGINALLY FREE • IN 1935, NEW COMICS WITH THE ORIGINAL CHARACTERS WERE RELEASED FOR 10¢ EACH
  • 13. M HISTORY OF THE COMIC BOOK • THE COMIC BOOK WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR FROM THE 1930’S-50’S • SUPERMAN BECAME THE FIRST SUPERHERO AND WAS SOLD ON NEWSSTANDS IN 1938 • SUPERHEROES WERE HUGE DURING WORLD WAR II • AFTER WORLD WAR II: CRIME, SCIENCE FICTION, AND HORROR COMICS MADE THEIR DEBUT
  • 14. M HISTORY OF THE COMIC BOOK • IN THE 1950’S, COMICS WERE IN A CRISIS! • FREDERIC WERTHAM: PUBLISHED A BOOK CALLED SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT IN 1954 • PROMOTED HIS BELIEF THAT COMICS PRODUCED HARMFUL EFFECTS ON CHILDREN AND THE IDEA THAT THEY WERE DANGEROUS
  • 15. M HISTORY OF THE COMIC BOOK • HELPED SPARK A U.S. CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY INTO THE COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY AND ULTIMATELY, THE CREATION OF THE COMICS CODE • MOST COMICS WERE EXAMINED BY THE U.S. SENATE, BANNED, AND BURNED
  • 16. M THE COMIC BOOK: A NEW BEGINNING • IN THE LATE 1950’S, THE JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA WAS BORN • THE FANTASTIC FOUR, INCREDIBLE HULK, AND SPIDER-MAN APPEARED IN 1961 • 1960’S: SELF-PUBLISHED UNDERGROUND COMICS EMERGE • THUS, THE GRAPHIC NOVEL RECEIVED ITS POPULARITY
  • 17. M THE COMIC BOOK THE JUSTICE LEAGUE CAPTAIN MARVEL
  • 18. M THE COMIC BOOK X-MEN GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
  • 19. M THE GRAPHIC NOVEL • GRAPHIC NOVEL: A BOOK MADE UP OF COMICS CONTENT. ALTHOUGH THE WORD "NOVEL" NORMALLY REFERS TO LONG FICTIONAL WORKS, THE TERM "GRAPHIC NOVEL" IS APPLIED BROADLY AND INCLUDES FICTION, NON-FICTION, AND ANTHOLOGIZED WORK. • IT IS DISTINGUISHED FROM THE TERM "COMIC BOOK," WHICH IS USED FOR COMICS PERIODICALS.
  • 20. M THE GRAPHIC NOVEL • THE TERM WAS COINED BY RICHARD KYLE AND WAS MADE POPULAR THROUGH WILL EISNER’S A CONTRACT WITH GOD IN 1978 • FROM THEN ON, GRAPHIC NOVELS HAVE MADE IMPRESSIVE MILESTONES AMONG SALES AND POPULARITY • MANY PEOPLE FIRST TOOK NOTICE OF THEM IN 1986 WHEN ART SPIEGELMAN WON THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR HIS MAUS.
  • 21. M THE GRAPHIC NOVEL Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - 1986 Watchmen - 1987
  • 22. M THE GRAPHIC NOVEL MAUS: A SURVIVOR’S TALE WINS PULITZER - 1992 American Born Chinese - 2007
  • 23. M WHY COMICS? • 6.3 MILLION SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE READING BELOW GRADE LEVEL • AVERAGE AMERICAN AGE 15- 24 SPENDS ONLY 7 MINUTES OF DAILY LEISURE TIME READING • STUDENTS WITH ACCESS TO A VARIETY OF READING MATERIALS HAVE HIGHER AVERAGE READING SCORES
  • 24. M • PRESENT COMPLEX MATERIAL IN READABLE TEXT • SERVE AS A BRIDGE TO MORE DIFFICULT READING • CHALLENGE READERS OF MORE TRADITIONAL LITERATURE • EMBRACE NATURE OF MULTIMEDIA WORLD • FULFILL NCTE’S “21ST CENTURY LITERACIES” WHY COMICS?
  • 25. M CREATING A COMIC STRIP 1. DECIDE ON YOUR STORY • YOU DON’T NEED TO FIGURE OUT ALL THE DETAILS YET, JUST A GOAL OR THEME. 2. FIND YOUR STYLE. • YOUR STYLE SHOULD MATCH BOTH YOUR TONE AND THE STORY THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HEAD. • THE STYLE OF A COMIC IS THE FIRST THING THAT IS GOING TO JUMP OUT TO YOUR READERS. • EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT COMIC STYLES: ANIME/MANGA, AMERICAN SUPERHERO, SPRITES/CLIP ART, NOIR, STICK FIGURES, SUNDAY FUNNIES, AND DRAMAS.
  • 26. M CREATING A COMIC STRIP 3. DECIDE ON YOUR FORMAT • MAP OUT HOW MANY PANELS AND/OR ROWS FOR YOUR COMIC STRIP • A SINGLE FRAME COMIC: RELY ON VISUAL GAGS AND ONE OR TWO LINES OF DIALOGUE. POLITICAL COMICS ARE TYPICALLY ONE OR TWO FRAMES. • A COMIC STRIP: A SEQUENCE OF FRAMES. THERE IS NO SET LENGTH FOR A STRIP, BUT IT IS USUALLY COMPOSED OF AROUND 2-4 FRAMES EACH. • A COMIC PAGE: A WHOLE PAGE OF COMIC STRIPS. A COMIC PAGE REQUIRES MORE CONTENT.
  • 27. M CREATING A COMIC STRIP 4. PLAN OUT EACH PANEL • THIS WILL HELP YOU CREATE ACTIONS AND DIALOGUE, AND WILL ALSO HELP AVOID FUTURE MISTAKES 5. BALANCE TEXT AND IMAGES • DON’T PUT TOO MUCH TEXT IN YOUR PANELS. THIS CAN MAKE THE COMIC HARD TO READ AND ENJOY. • TRY TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF SPEECH BALLOONS TO 2-3 TO A PANEL AND KEEP THE NUMBER OF WORDS BELOW 30, PREFERABLY 20.