Introduction to Comics Studies

3 units · Undergraduate

Study of sequential comics and graphic narrative and the formal elements of comics, how word and image compete and collaborate in comics to make meaning and how genre is activated and redeployed. Students analyze comics texts, articulate and defend interpretations of meaning and learn about archival research at OSU's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum. No background in comics is required. Prereq: English 1110.xx; or GE foundation writing and info literacy course.