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- 1. Aim: What is Graphic novel and how is it different from a comic book? • Do Now: Brainstorm any ideas about graphic novels you have, heard of or read before • Homework- Read the Introduction of Persepolis
- 2. • Intro To Graphic Novels
- 4. • Same format as comic books • Text & illustrations present information • Medium, not genre • Book-length, usually contain one story
- 5. A Graphic Novel Page Pages consist of a variety of elements • Panels-squares or rectangles that contain a single scene • Gutters-space between panels • Dialog Balloons-contain communication between/among characters • Thought Balloons-contain a character’s thoughts • Captions-contain information about a scene or character • Sound Effects-visual sound clues i.e.. Wonk! Pow!
- 6. How to Read a Graphic Novel Page Graphic novels are read left to right, just like traditional texts
- 7. Dialog Balloons dialog balloons are read left to right or top to bottom as is appropriate. 1 2 3 5 4
- 8. Sometimes it can get a little more complicated…
- 9. 1 3 2 4 But the basic left to right rule still applies to panels
- 10. and dialog balloons as well 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- 11. Major Types
- 13. Humor
- 14. Non-Fiction
- 16. Fantasies
- 22. Personal Stories
- 24. Toon Books • For age 4+ • Can be read to or by children • Vetted by educators
- 28. • Manga=comic books • Period before WWII=beginning of modern manga Manga
- 29. How to read a Manga Page Unlike traditional western books, Manga is read right-to-left and “back” to “front” Often, if you start at what looks like the front of the Manga, you will see a message like this
- 30. Panels are read right to left 1 2 3 4 5
- 32. Common Manga Character Traits Large, expressive eyes Small noses Tiny mouths
- 33. Types of Manga • Shonen: teenage boys • Shojo: teenage girls • Shonen-ai / Yaoi=boys love
- 35. Popular & Respected • Read by everyone • Artists & writers well respected • Much anime based on manga
- 36. • perceived as subversive=attractive! • Ratings
- 37. • “God of Manga” Osamu Tezuka • Hayayo Miyazaki: anime & manga Names to Know
- 38. First comic “strip” • Appeared in New York World: 1895 • R. F. Outcault • Increased sales
- 39. Katzenjammer Kids • 1897 • Used word balloons • Used multiple panels to tell story
- 41. Early 20th Century • Windsor McCay – Chalk-talk artist – Broadway musical – Animated movie
- 42. Popularity Grows • By early 1900’s, over 150 strips in syndication • 1929: Tarzan • 1931: Dick Tracy
- 43. The Comic Book • 1933-reprints of comic strips • Initially free • 1935-original stories & characters • 10 cents each
- 44. Popular comics • Superman – First superhero – On newsstands: 1938 • Characters spun-off into radio & movies • Superheroes big during World War II
- 45. After WWII: crime, science fiction and horror comics
- 46. Shades of things to come… • The Spirit published as book-type supplement • National newspapers • Educated readers
- 47. • 1978-Will Eisner coins term • 1986- Batman: the Dark Knight Returns • 1987- The Watchmen Milestones in the Graphic Novel World
- 49. Why Graphic Novels & Manga? • 6.3 million secondary school students reading below grade level. • Average American age 15-24 spends only 7 minutes of daily leisure time reading. • >57%of high schoolers devote 3 or more hours of an average school day to electronic viewing. • Students with access to variety of reading materials=higher average reading scores.
- 50. • 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” (multiple streams, simultaneous information) Graphic Novels & Manga: