Presentation Assignment: due no later than Friday, May 22nd by 5pm

[Note: The Blog Assignment for Friday is in the post below this one] 

In this class, we'll do one 'presentation' that asks you to focus on comic books as works of art. In your final paper, you'll focus on them more as works of literature. However, I think it's important to see them from both perspectives so you can combine them as a unique whole. 

For your Presentation Assignment, I want you to put together an Exhibit of Comic Book Art, to be shown in the Hallie Brown Ford Art Gallery. Your exhibit should showcase one work of art from each comic in class. The work of art can be anything from a single frame (which would be blown up to make it easily viewable) to a 'splash page' (meaning a full-page frame or a double-page frame). Choose a work of art that you find striking, memorable, or significant to either the comic or the style of the artist. 

Your Presentation is the "audio tour" that takes guests through the exhibit and tells them a little bit about each piece so they can leave smarter than they came in. Your tour can follow any format you like, but you should briefly introduce each piece (the artist, the comic, etc.) without trying to give us lengthy plot summary. Focus primarily on the art. Discuss the style, how the art helps tell the story, or create the character, the mood, or the feel of the piece. You can also discuss what part this frame/page plays in the overall story of the comic. In general, just make us appreciate it as a work of art, and assume that many people might say, "but this is just a comic book!" 

You can place the works in any order you like, but try to use them to tell a story or to demonstrate some progression or development (maybe the different type of word + image relationships, or the different types of superheroes, etc.). Just think of what makes it interesting and what would help people understand and appreciate comics as a work of art. 

TWO OPTIONS FOR WRITING THIS: 

#1: I would love for you to record this, either in a short video (such as the Zoom videos I make) or an audio file, that would literally be the audio tour in question. If you make a video, all you would have to do is record yourself talking over slides of each image, helping us 'see' the significant details. For this option, you wouldn't have to write anything (unless you want to read from a script), but you would turn in the file via e-mail, or you could post it directly onto the blog (I'll give everyone access to post). For this option, I would love to post it on the blog as a resource (and as inspiration) for others. However, if you object to this, I won't make you post it. 

#2: If you don't want to record your tour, you can simply write it out as a script that someone would read for the recording. In this case, you would have to turn in a 3-4 page script taking us through each panel and discussing it following the guidelines above. Again, I would love to post this on the blog (and I could include each panel you discuss), but if you object to sharing, I won't make you. 

THE PRESENTATION IS DUE NO LATER THAN NEXT FRIDAY, MAY 22nd by 5pm. We won't have class work on Thursday-Friday so you can work hard on finishing this presentation (or starting it!). Please e-mail me with any questions or concerns, but above all, have fun with it!