The Secret Language of Comics: Visual Thinking and Writing
ENG101.04 Fall 2018
Our English course this semester has consisted of many assignments with varying degrees of significance. My Sunday Sketch, in the form of a sushi roll, demonstrates the importance and structure of all the assignments we’ve had this semester. The white rice that surrounds the sushi is our final portfolio reflection. Our reflection covers everything we’ve … Continue reading Sunday Sketch, Sushi, and Summary →
Read moreMy literacy narrative part 3 combines what I thought to be the best of my original alphabetic narrative and the comic version. My comic differed from the original alphabetic version mainly through the addition of relating my experience to a broader scale. This addition strengthened my overall narrative as I expressed what I learned and … Continue reading Reflection on Literacy Narrative Part 3 →
Read moreI found the Mapping Climate Changed assignment to be difficult but interesting. I chose to map the occurrences of a clock in Philippe Squarzoni’s Climate Changed. To visualize and layout the occurrences of the clock, I chose to layer the different minute hands of the clock shown over an image of the Earth. This represents the time … Continue reading Reflection: Time’s Almost Up →
Read moreThis assignment was perhaps the most challenging assignment yet, but also the most useful. Pulling apart Chute’s analysis was by far the most difficult part for me. I was not familiar with reading and analyzing scholarly texts, so I was a bit shook when I began this assignment. However, I found that through slow and … Continue reading Reflection on Spinning and Stitches →
Read moreSpinning by Tillie Walden and Stitchesby David Small are a part of the newfound “graphic narrative” genre that Hilary Chute elaborates on in her introduction to Graphic Women. While each memoir uses the comic medium to their advantage in expressing the memory effects of traumatic events, the way each memoir uses the ability of a … Continue reading Spinning and Stitches →
Read moreDeciding what aspects of my life I wanted to track was a bit tricky. I wanted to track bad habits so that I would be forced to be constantly alert about the habit, and so I could possibly try breaking the habit. The first thing I wanted to track has been a problem for as … Continue reading How Am I Doing? →
Read moreCreating the comic was a completely different experience than the alphabetic literacy narrative. I had to pick and choose what I wanted to include in my comic, then decide what parts should be shown as an image and what should remain text. Adding a visual component made it much easier to convey my story and … Continue reading Literacy Reflection Final →
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Read moreThis assignment took a lot of brainstorming, trial, and error. My largest problem throughout this assignment was after I formed an idea in my head, I couldn’t find any photos that matched what I was thinking. Eventually, I gave up on trying to use other people’s pictures and decided to do this assignment with my … Continue reading Use Your Fingers →
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