Comics: Theory and Practice
A visual lecture and intensive hands-on workshop with Scott McCloud in the art of making comics. Strong emphasis will be given to developing clarity, storytelling skills and personal expression.
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MIT Building 1, Room 145 33 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States
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Comics 2003 — A Fast-Changing Landscape
MIT Building 10, Room 250 222 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, United StatesCartoonist Scott McCloud discusses recent developments in comics and graphic novels and the recently accelerated evolution of comics on the Web.
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Comics: Form and Content
MIT Building 4, Room 237 182 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, United StatesJessica Abel and Matt Madden will be showing examples of their work and talking about different aspects of comics, visual narrative, and creativity in general.
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Comics: An Art Form in Transition
MIT Building 2, Room 105 182 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, United StatesPrint comics have struggled toward maturity through the literate graphic novel movement. Now, it's experiencing a vastly different set of growing pains on the web.
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Comics and Social Conflict
MIT Building 2, Room 105 182 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, United StatesDiana Tamblyn, Ho Che Anderson, and Jeet Heer on the unique opportunities comics allow for critiquing and revising dominant historical narratives.
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Chris Claremont: “Opening Doors, Building Worlds”
MIT Building 2, Room 105 182 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, United StatesChris Claremont of X-Men fame will address thoughts and considerations that go into building a world that can support years of use.
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Paul Levitz, in conversation with Junot Diaz
MIT Media Lab, Room 633 75 Amherst St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesPaul Levitz is a comic fan (The Comic Reader), editor (Batman, among many titles), writer, executive (DC Comics), historian, and educator.
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Bobbie Chase and Marjorie Liu on the State of the Comic Book Medium
MIT Building 4, Room 231 Cambridge, MA, United StatesJoin Bobbie Chase, Editorial Director of DC Comics, and comic book writer Marjorie Liu (Monstress, Astonishing X-Men, Black Widow) as they discuss the current and future state of the comic book medium.
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The Adventures of Ms. Meta: Celebrating the Female Superhero Through Digital Gaming
MIT Building 4, Room 231 Cambridge, MA, United StatesSarah Zaidan is a game designer, artist and researcher whose work explores how video games and comic books can engage in a dialogue with identity, gender and civic awareness.
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Create Your Own Comic! (Artistic Ability Optional)
MIT Building 56, Room 167 Access via 21 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesCollaborate with peers to write stories, create scripts and storyboards, create comics, and publish on our class blog.
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Comics Culture from Print to Screen
MIT Building E17, Room 122 40 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThis IAP activity will address formal and cultural shifts in the comics medium in North America and Europe with a particular focus on the US. The goal of this activity is to explore comics as texts and cultural artifacts in class discussions, viewings, readings, and some activities.
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John Jennings: “The Cipher Back to Here”
MIT Media Lab, Room 633 75 Amherst St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesJohn Jennings is an Associate Professor of Art and Visual Studies at the University at Buffalo-State University of New York. He is the co-author of the graphic novel The Hole: Consumer Culture, Vol. 1.