A + D 419 • Prof. Phoebe Gloeckner
Monday and Wednesday 6:30-9:30
Art + Architecture Bldg. 2043
Gloeckner's e-mail
Gloeckner's web site
School of Art and Design
U of M

SYLLABUS

STUDENT COMMITTEES

SEMESTER SCHEDULE

STUDENT PROJECTS, winter 05
fall 04

PROJECT 1

• PROJECT 2

COMICS RESEARCH PROJECT

DEVELOPING COMICS ENCYCLOPEDIA: ARTISTSTHEMES

DRAWING WITH INK

MAKE A PORTFOLIO

FOLD & TRIM MINI COMICS

A simple interactive comic

MUSEUMS

SCANNING B/W ART

DIGITAL COLOR

LARGE-FORMAT PRINTER

SNAP OUT OF CTOOLS

HOME


research subjects available*
you may also choose to elaborate on an existing subject or topic or suggest one of your own.

Go to EgonLabs (go to "Links" page) or Lambiek Comiclopedia to find more ideas

*Those with a name beside them have been requested.

ARTISTS–choose two of one sex, one of the other, for a total of three:

• Bachalo, Chris
• Brand, Roger
• Brown, Jeff: Casey Brooks
• Brown, M.K.
• Bretecher, Claire
• Brunetti, Ivan
• Cassidy, John: Kou Yang
• Clell, Madison
• Colwell, Guy
• Crumb, Jessie
• Crumb, Maxon
• Dangle, Lloyd
• Darcy, Dame
• Davis, Jim: Koon Nguy
• Daydreamer, Jennifer
• Deitch, Kim
• Diana, Mike
• Forney, Ellen
• Gonick, Larry
• Griffith, Bill (will be our guest!)
• Hitch, Bryan: Kou Yang
• Ichiko, Ima: Lia Min
• Kaz
• Kirby, Jack
• Kinney, Jay
• Knight, Keith
• Kuper, Peter
• Lafler, Steve
• Lay, Carol
• Lee, Jim
• Lynch, Jay
• Mack, David: Jeremy Stoll
• Marrs, Lee
• Mavrides, Paul
• McFarlane, Todd: Koon Nguy
• McKean, Dave: Thea Hockin
• Mizuno, Junko
• Mignola, Mike: Kevin O'Neill
• Moore, Alan
• Moran Van Horn, Penny
• Moscoso, Victor
• McCloud, Scott
• Okano, Reiko: Lia Min
• Park, Moojik: Lia Min
• Pekar, Harvey
• Regé, Ron
• Robbins, Trina
• Ross, Alex: Nathan Hoste
• Ryan, Johnny
• Shelby
• Smith, Jeff: Kevin O'Neill
• Smith, Kevin
• Swaarte, Joost
• Tomorrow, Tom (aka Dan Perkins)
• Ware, Chris: Zach Takenaga (will develop existing essay)
• Watson, Andy: Jeremy Stoll
• Wilson, S. Clay
-or-
suggest or request an artist

TOPICS/THEMES: Choose two.

• Comics to Movies (refine existing essay): Kou Yang
• 'Zines: Sarah Sutton
• Meta-Comics (will define further): Jeremy Stoll
• Comics Re-Vamps: Jeremy Stoll
• Comics Based on Animated Films: Lia Min
• Doujinshi: Lia Min
• The Holy Consumption: Casey Brooks
• Anthropomorphism in Comics
• Dutch Comics
• The Comics Code
• Censorship of Comics: 1950s
• Censorship of Comics: 1960s
• Censorship of Comics: 1970s
• Censorship of Comics: 1980s
• Censorship of Comics: 1990s
• Censorship of Comics: 2000s
• The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
• Classic Comics (popular series of literary adaptations, ie: "Lord Jim.")
• The Semiotics of Comics
• Tits and Clits (series)
• Punk comics of the 70s
• Punk comics of the 80s
• Punk comics of the 90s
• Punk comics of the 00s
• Rating system for comics (G, PG, PG-13, R, X?)
• Comics formats
• Comics Distribution
• Religious Comics

PEOPLE and ENTITIES THAT FIGURE IN THE COMICS WORLD BUT ARE NOT CARTOONISTS

• Eastman, Kevin

FIGURES in UNDERGROUND COMICS
• Don Donahue
• The Print Mint
• Apex Novelties
• Last Gasp
• Ron Turner
• Terry Zwigoff (director of Crumb)

FIGURES in ALTERNATIVE COMICS
• Gary Groth
• Kim Thompson
• Terry Zwigoff (director of Ghost World)

-or-
make a suggestion or request