Category Archives: Fall 2017 Archive (336)

Archives Visit: Tia Caton

For this blog post I decided to choose these two examples to talk about. The first example is from one of the comic books on the first table. I forgot to take down the name of the comic and who … Continue reading

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Archives Visit: Sophia Price

The example I chose from the MASC was from the comic “Today!” by Thiago Carvalho. I used this comic to influence my own alternative comic by paying close attention to the hierarchy of the page. My eye immediately goes to … Continue reading

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Archives Visit: Nikki Aviles

During our field trip to the Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections at the library, we were exposed to a bunch of different comics, in many different ways. I was sitting at one table with a number of different comic books spread … Continue reading

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Archives Visit: Emma Garcia

During class we went to visit Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections where I found the comic Paw Prints by Bill Fitts which was very simple yet interesting. This comic has the main characters being a dog and cat. The cats … Continue reading

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Archives Visit: Alexandra Borders

After looking throughout the comic examples provided in the MASC, I really only found one that closely conveyed what I imagine for my own poster comic. This comic is supposedly a zine of poetry called CrossCurrents zine, put together by … Continue reading

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Archives Visit: Toree Boutz

  Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouley’s Read Yourself RAW, is a compilation of pieces from the graphic novel magazine, RAW. It was published in 1987 by Pantheon Books and features a number of different graphic novel excerpts. In “Pussyfooting,”  we see a trail … Continue reading

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Archives Visit : Andrese Collins

During our visit to the MASC (Manuscripts, Archives, and Special collection ) in the library, I found three really good short comics that are quick and to the point but also holds a serious tone for a serious moment. During … Continue reading

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Archives Visit: Eva Guillen

This example from the comic written by James Neel demonstrates a different use of formatting and framing. This example changes my plans for my comic because it provides a better foundation to how I wanted to do my own. With this … Continue reading

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“Heartland” Review-Henry Buehler

Heartland is a one-shot comic written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Steve Dillon (Preacher) that’s about an adult family living in 1990’s Belfast, Ireland while dealing with issues surrounding  politics alcohol, religion, familial drama, and The Troubles. The story … Continue reading

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