Homework for Tuesday: Blankets and McCloud

For Tuesday, please watch Scott McCloud's TED talk (below) and read chapters I-III of Craig Thompson's Blankets. When you are done, use any of McCloud's concepts to write a 300-500-word analysis of a particularly interesting panel, page, or two-page spread from Blankets.

McCloud introduces many, many concepts to explain how comics work, so you'll need to be selective: pick just one. Likewise, there's plenty of great material for analysis in Blankets, so you'll need to be judicious there, too: analyze just one two-page spread; or better, a single page; or better still, a single panel.

Please share your analysis with me on Google Drive by the start of class. Instructions for sharing are here.

Scott McCloud on Understanding Comics from Jared Hester on Vimeo.