Class Schedule: Assignments and readings should be completed by the class session in which they are scheduled to be discussed. There will be no final during finals week, but you may turn in your paper by the end of that week.

PLEASE NOTE: The schedule may change as the semester develops. Be sure to keep checking back for any updates.


Wk

Day

Topic

Assignments

1

8.29

Introduction

No Assignment

2

9.3

LABOR DAY

NO CLASS

9.5

Medium and Method

McCloud Ch. 1-3

3

9.10

Medium and Method

McCloud Ch. 4-6, Inge

9.12

ROSH HASHANAH

NO CLASS

4

9.17

Birth of Heroes

Batman, Superman

9.19

A Golden Age

EC, Archie, romance

5

9.24

Comics Bleed History

Maus I

9.26

Comics Bleed History

Maus I & II

6

10.1

Comics Bleed History

Maus II

10.3

Literary Heroes

League Vol. 1

7

10.8

Literary Heroes

League Vol. 1 & 2

10.10

Literary Heroes

League Vol. 2

8

10.15

Stylized Realism

Strangers in Paradise Ch. 1-5
PAPER 1 DUE

10.17

Stylized Realism

Strangers in Paradise Ch. 6-9

9

10.22

Slices of Life

Sleepwalk

10.24

Slices of Life

Sleepwalk

10

10.29

Heroes Reborn

Fantastic Four, Spider-Man

10.31

Watching the Watchers

Watchmen Ch. 1-3

11

11.5

Watching the Watchers

Watchmen Ch. 4-6

11.7

Watching the Watchers

Watchmen Ch. 7-9

12

11.12

AWAY

NO CLASS

11.14

Watching the Watchers

Watchmen Ch. 10-12

13

11.19

Back to Reality

Selections from Sleepwalk
PAPER 2 DUE

11.21

Back to Reality

Selections from Sleepwalk

14

11.26

AWAY

NO CLASS

11.28

A Vision of the Present

Ghost World

15

12.3

From Panel to Screen

TBA

12.5

From Panel to Screen

Sin City

16

12.10

From Panel to Screen

Sin City

17

12.19

(Finals Week)

PAPER 3 DUE


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