Comments on: Understanding Comics http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2007/04/24/understanding-comics/ If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. ~ Charlie Parker Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:48:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: dogtrax http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2007/04/24/understanding-comics/comment-page-1/#comment-340 dogtrax Tue, 01 May 2007 09:39:00 +0000 http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2007/04/24/understanding-comics/#comment-340 Hi Keith That sounds like an intriguing course and to use McCloud as a text is very interesting. Kevin Hi Keith
That sounds like an intriguing course and to use McCloud as a text is very interesting.
Kevin

]]> By: Keith Bergstrom http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2007/04/24/understanding-comics/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Keith Bergstrom Tue, 01 May 2007 01:32:29 +0000 http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2007/04/24/understanding-comics/#comment-339 In my undergraduate English courses, I took an interesting class called Texts and Context: Movies, Novels, and Comics. Basically, it was a critical theory class that discussed what defines the genre of literature. McCloud's book acted as a kind of textbook for the comics portion of the class... really opened my eyes to the possibilities of comics. While I don't believe there are many comics that reach the realm of "literature" (maybe Speigleman's Maus), it certainly opened a new realm of understanding for me. Thanks for the reminder about this book. I'll have to see if it's buried on my bookshelves somewhere or whether I tried to sell in back for a couple bucks at the end of the semester. In my undergraduate English courses, I took an interesting class called Texts and Context: Movies, Novels, and Comics. Basically, it was a critical theory class that discussed what defines the genre of literature.

McCloud’s book acted as a kind of textbook for the comics portion of the class… really opened my eyes to the possibilities of comics. While I don’t believe there are many comics that reach the realm of “literature” (maybe Speigleman’s Maus), it certainly opened a new realm of understanding for me.

Thanks for the reminder about this book. I’ll have to see if it’s buried on my bookshelves somewhere or whether I tried to sell in back for a couple bucks at the end of the semester.

]]> By: Bonnie http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2007/04/24/understanding-comics/comment-page-1/#comment-310 Bonnie Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:02:31 +0000 http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2007/04/24/understanding-comics/#comment-310 Perfect timing. I'm playing in Joon Toon at this very moment. And I haven't yet read too many graphic novels. Perfect. Bonnie Perfect timing. I’m playing in Joon Toon at this very moment. And I haven’t yet read too many graphic novels. Perfect.
Bonnie

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