Assignments
All assignments are due at the beginning of class on the designated date, unless otherwise noted. Late assignments and make-up work will be accepted up to one week after the due date for half credit. Assignments may not be submitted electronically, except by prior arrangement with the instructor. All writing assignments must be typed.
Email To Instructor
This is your first assignment, due within 48 hours of our first session:
- Send from an account you check frequently
- Send to dsm@artofthecomicbook.com
- Subject line:
Art of the Comic Book - Summer 2011 | YourName - Answer these survey questions:
- What is your experience with comic books?
- What is your major and/or career?
- How did you hear about this class?
- What are your favorite comics
- Who are your favorite writers/artists
- What comics have you done?
- Are you involved in any comics-related groups/activities
- Anything else about yourself that you want
My Day
3 Pages of Plot + Art. Write and draw a story of your day (morning, noon, and/or night.) Focus on personal details unique to you.
- Phase 1: Thumbnail + Research
- Phase 2: Pencil + Lettering (Ames 3.5)
- Phase 3: Inking
- Phase 4: Sign-off
Folk Tale (Part One of Two): Script
Write a detailed Full Script, in Microsoft Word, for 3 pages of story. Do whatever it takes to make it your own (alternative time periods, personal details, experimental techniques, a "lost ending" approach, etc.) Provide research, setting + character notes.
- Phase 1: Research
- Phase 2: First Draft
- Phase 3: Sign-off
Folk Tale (Part Two of Two): Art
3 pages from a Full Script. Follow the script as tightly — yet creatively — as possible.
- Phase 1: Thumbnail + Research
- Phase 2: Pencilling + Lettering (Ames 3.5)
- Phase 3: Inking
- Phase 4: Sign-off
Folk Tale (Part One of Two): Script
Write a detailed Full Script, in Microsoft Word, for 3 pages of story. Do whatever it takes to make it your own (alternative time periods, personal details, experimental techniques, a "lost ending" approach, etc.) Provide research, setting + character notes.
- Phase 1: Research
- Phase 2: First Draft
- Phase 3: Sign-off
Folk Tale (Part Two of Two): Art
3 pages from a Full Script. Follow the script as tightly — yet creatively — as possible.
- Phase 1: Thumbnail + Research
- Phase 2: Pencilling + Lettering (Ames 3.5)
- Phase 3: Inking
- Phase 4: Sign-off
Zip's Last Day
3 pages from a Full Script. Follow the script as tightly — yet creatively — as possible.
- Phase 1: Thumbnail + Research
- Phase 2: Pencil + Lettering (Ames 3.5)
- Phase 3: Inking
- Phase 4: Sign-off
Marvel Method (Part One of Three): Plot
3 pages of Story. Writers and Artists team up to plot a new story. No editorial parameters.
- Phase 1: Team A Brainstorm
- Phase 2: Team B Brainstorm
- Phase 3: Homework - Everyone pencils all three pages loosely
Marvel Method (Part Two of Three): Pencil
3 pages (Continued).
- Phase 1: Writers put in copy "Marvel Style"
- Phase 2: Finish pencilling the story
- Phase 3: Homework - Finish pencilling all 3 pages
Marvel Method (Part Three of Three): Ink
3 pages (Continued).
- Phase 1: Letter (Ames 4.5)
- Phase 2: Inking
- Phase 3: Homework - Finish inking all 3 pages
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