MAKING COMICS 2
A continuation to making comics as both a subject of study and a method of academic inquiry. Explores the history, theory, and cultural significance of comics while developing practical skills in visual storytelling. Students experiment with a variety of techniques and materials to create images and narratives, learning how form, layout, and design contribute to meaning. Combines hands-on practice with critical reflection, encouraging students to analyze comics as both creative works and tools for communication and scholarship.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: ART 307 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, for 3 number of completions Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Increase facility with using dip pens, manga ink and manga paper Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Continue developing technical facility with materials involved in making comics including basic ink pens, color pencils, watercolor, Chinese ink and brush, and different types of drawing papers. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Translate academic articles, autobiographical stories, interviews with others, and works of fiction into longer form comics Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Illustrate, label and compose in a journal on a daily basis. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Identify and apply methodologies for teaching others to create comics Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Read, analyze and discuss a wide variety of long-form comics, graphic novels and comics-related articles Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Design, create and assemble a 32-page book with a single theme as a final project. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Use comics as a means of academic inquiry, along with active engagement with the latest research and scholarly activity of the use of comics in their field of study. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Increase facility with using dip pens, manga ink and manga paper Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Continue developing technical facility with materials involved in making comics including basic ink pens, color pencils, watercolor, Chinese ink and brush, and different types of drawing papers. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Translate academic articles, autobiographical stories, interviews with others, and works of fiction into longer form comics Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Illustrate, label and compose in a journal on a daily basis. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Identify and apply methodologies for teaching others to create comics Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Read, analyze and discuss a wide variety of long-form comics, graphic novels and comics-related articles Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Design, create and assemble a 32-page book with a single theme as a final project. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Use comics as a means of academic inquiry, along with active engagement with the latest research and scholarly activity of the use of comics in their field of study. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027