The Secret Language of Comics: Visual Thinking and Writing
ENG101.04 Fall 2018
“The funniest amongst us are usually the ones who are … Dead Inside …” Reflecting on my work, this is one of the sketch assignments that took me quite a while to figure out, but was most fun to explore. I started to think about three-paneled comic strips that I’d seen before. I’ve always had […]
Read moreWorking on Tracing Maus was a very exciting project that allowed me to view the work of Art Spiegelman in a well rounded perspective. As I sketched the two pages I chose from Maus 1 & 2 it was somewhat startling to me that I was able to draw several comparisons and formulate diverse ideas. The center … Continue reading Tracing Maus Reflection →
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Reflection
After 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 moreThis assignment allowed me to look at different panels in a more specific and detailed way and understand how each panel contributes to the purpose of the book as a whole. Through tracing, I was able to notice the facial expressions of the characters and better understand their response within the context. The five choices […]
Read moreThis assignment is different than anything I have done previously for any other classes. Not only did choosing the pages take the long time, so did the tracing process. The process made me realize what I am drawn to first, which later led me to understand Spiegelman’s choice of moment, image, flow, word, and frame…
Read moreThis project was unlike any project I have ever done before. Picking out what pages to trace was a bit difficult, but I thoroughly enjoyed tracing the pages and picking up on the small details that I did not notice when reading through the first time. Additionally, I found that writing down the annotations … Continue reading Tracing Maus Reflection →
Read moreWow. This was a very interesting project. I really do appreciate going back and really knowing a page since you get to see things you didn’t see the first time. For example, while tracing page 74 of Maus I, I noticed that the bottom half of the page was a recreation of the top and that… Continue Reading →
Read moreThis project was a very big jump from what I’m used to writing. I’m not at all comfortable with the quality of my writing because it just doesn’t seem like anything I would turn in by choice. I liked writing in a more casual tone but definitely was not entirely comfortable using that tone. I […]
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