March+29+-+April+2+-+CL

Tuesday, March 30

 * Notes on Gutter and Closure
 * C-Notes for coming Notebook
 * examples of gutter closure
 * Start List of Graphic Novels
 * Bring card tomorrow to check out Understanding Comics

Wednesday, March 31

 * registration info for next year
 * Check out Understanding Comics
 * hand out Chapter One questions
 * build Understanding Comics Interactive Notebook

Thursday, April 1

 * look at Chapter One pics
 * Chapter Two C-Notes
 * concrete -
 * ** abstract - not realistic, not concrete, not photographic
 * icon - an image used to represent a person, place, thing, or idea
 * Do facing page input
 * draw random squiggles, make them look like eyes
 * homework: read to page 45

Friday, April 2

 * Look at your comic. Based on McCloud's ideas about reality and abstraction and how they're used in the characters and the backgrounds, what do you see in your comic or graphic novel?


 * photorealistic pictures, glue in two,