The Secret Language of Comics: Visual Thinking and Writing
ENG101.04 Fall 2018
I wasn’t really sure how to approach this assignment at first, so I googled “trytograph comic funny” and spent about twenty minutes perusing google images. Some results were helpful. Others, not so much (but that’s Google for you). I initially wanted to make a comic that featured human beings, but I can’t draw, so that…Continue reading »
Read moreAfter nearly a month of higher education, I have finished the strenuous journey that is reading and analyzing Maus. And it was a journey, let me tell you. I have recently completed an extensive project for my first-year writing class, (“The one about comic books?” you might ask. Yes, that’s the one! Good job, you)…Continue reading »
Read moreWonder World
after Eudora Welty’s “Listening”
My father had a coverless face.
He shelved it in our bookcase.
My mother had been through fire
–she told me.
I can remember indeed
our Wonder World, beautifully made.
The Book of Kn…
How much Coca-cola is actually consumed on Emory’s campus? I’m not actually sure, but I assume that it’s a lot (we are the Coca-cola school, after all). It took me a while to find something to incorporate into my Sunday sketch, but my eyes finally landed on the empty Coca-cola bottle on my desk. This…Continue reading »
Read moreI think in flow charts. For most of my classes, this makes note-taking simple. The events and discoveries flow together, each prompting the other in a line of cause-and-effect. For Chemistry, however, I often find myself hitting a wall. The material becomes convoluted, too mathematical to fit in my note-taking comfort zone, yet too theoretical…Continue reading »
Read moreHave you ever thought about reading? I mean really thought about it? Right now, your eyes are darting across this text and conveying its message to your brain with minimal effort, but how did you learn to do this? If you want the official answer to this question, I’d suggest the internet. Perhaps Google. BUT, if you want…Continue reading »
Read moreI adore drawing in pen. The ink flows in miniature rivulets, gathering in pools as my wrist swivels across the page. Over the past four hours, I have created pen sketches of dogs in astronaut gear, blue aliens with red lipstick, and tabby cats drinking tea. Each of these drawings were created to represent myself, yet…Continue reading »
Read moreMy name is Sarah Swiderski (Swid for short), and I’m here to talk about comics. Or, more accurately, I’m here to talk about abstract writing as part of my first year English Class at Emory University. I am currently enrolled in English 101: The Secret Language of Comics, which focuses on nonfiction graphic novels. This…Continue reading »
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