The Secret Language of Comics: Visual Thinking and Writing
ENG101.04 Fall 2018
Within the fifth sunday sketch, I created a triptych comic that informs the audience of the dangers of secondhand smoking. I began the process by brainstorming ideas and drafting multiple sketches. After selecting my topic of smoking, I wrote down various ways I could incorporate literary components such as irony. Following my brainstorming, I discovered […]
Read moreAfter completing the tracing Maus assignment, I have developed an appreciation and keen eye for the comic genera. During the assignment, I spent hours scrolling through the book to select my two pages, considering main themes and ideas, tracing, recognizing McCloud’s techniques within Maus, writing reflections and a rhetorical analysis, and assembling the pieces together. […]
Read moreI wish I could stay here I wish I met her eyes She was not going to reappear in my life I stepped a little closer I’d really like to stay But she gave up and left Utilizing Katharine Center’s How to Walk Away, I created a poem inspired by Tom Phillips. Within my poem, […]
Read moreTwo days after I submitted my third sketch assignment, I spoke to Professor Morgen about my progress work. After our discussion, I recognized that I misunderstood the instructions of the third sketch assignment, and Professor Morgen generously gifted me an opportunity to revise my work. Initially, I utilized a water bottle to emulate a ship […]
Read moreYours in Sisterhood, a film which uncovers tragedies women faced in the 1970s through unpublished letters written to the acclaimed magazine Ms., utilizes visual imagery, text, and audio to emphasize the trauma of the misogynistic incidents that the women endured. Within the film, Irene Luszig, the writer and producer of the project, traveled to various […]
Read moreFor my third Sunday sketch, I utilized a water bottle and my artistic skills to construct the image of a ship in a bottle. When brainstorming for this sketch, I considered various household items including headphones, keys, and pencil. Ultimately, after studying to the soundtrack of Pirates of the Caribbean, I decided to finish my […]
Read moreFor the second Sunday sketch, visual notes, I altered my written psychology notes about the subfields of psychology into a visual information guide. During the brainstorming process, I recognized that I could transform the abbreviation for psychology, psych, into an acronym that contains each subfield: Psychoanalysis, structuralism, cognitivism, behaviorism, and functionalism. For each subfield, I […]
Read morePrior to this experience, I consistently averted reading and writing in fret of my dyslexia. I demonstrate my apprehension in the beginning of the essay by noting that I anxiously watched Netflix until I recognized that I had to finish the assignment. Before beginning the essay I did not brainstorm, outline, or draft my work. […]
Read moreHello everyone! My name is Harrison Goldfein and I am eager to partake in David Morgen’s Secret Language of Comics: Visual Thinking and Writing course at Emory University. Challenged to create an avatar for my WordPress website, I generated various concepts that depict my interests, personality, goals during this semester, and characteristics. After browsing through […]
Read more