Project 1 - Cartoonist Research Presentation

Project 1 - Cartoonist Research Presentation

Image Research:  Research 25 of the 75 listed cartoonists. Collect at least five of their images in your sketchbook, on your blog or in a folder on your laptop, and record who they were, when they worked and what sort of work they did. Assemble this into a lovely PDF named IL220_Lastname_Firstname_Cartoonist Research.pdf” and place it in your folder within the class folder on the server.

While each of these cartoonists has their merits, some may be the creators of work that is offensive to some students. Consult me if you’re interested in replacing some of the listed cartoonists with names of your own.
Extra Credit: Research 50 and replace your lowest comic grade with an A. Research all 75 and replace two of your lowest comic grades with an A.

The Cartoonists!

David Beauchard                                       Lucy Knisley                                                Dawud Anyabwile

Lynda Barry                                                 Jack Kirby                                                     John Jennings

Alison Bechdel                                            Aline Kominsky                                          Gene Yang

Milton Caniff                                               Harvey Kurtzman                                      Morrie Turner

Daniel Clowes                                             June Mills                                                     Joan Sfar

Roy Crane                                                    Kate Beaton                                                Noelle Stevenson

John Jennings                                             Winsor McKay                                           Fiona Staples

Nell Brinkley                                                Moebius (Jean Giraud)                            Spike Trotman

Jessica Abel                                                Jackie Ormes                                              MariNaomi

Diane DiMassa                                          Diane Nomn                                                Adrian Alphona

Julie Doucet                                                 Gary Panter                                                 Bryan Lee O’Malley

Edwinna Dumm                                         Wendy and Richard Pini                          Gabriel Ba’

Becky Cloonan                                           Hugo Pratt                                                   Fabio Moon

Sherry Flenniken                                       Trina Robbins                                              Jen Wang

Will Eisner                                                    Marjane Satrapi                                        Emily Carroll

Lionel Feininger                                         Dale Messick                                              Ming Doyle

Chester Gould                                             Hilda Terry                                                   Sonny Liew

Roberta Gregory                                        Ed Luce                                                         Sara Pichelli

Herge’                                                           Charles M Shulz                                         Rutu Modan

Gilbert Hernandez                                     Phil Jiminez                                                  Harvey Pekar

Jaime Hernandez                                      Art Spiegelman                                          Dash Shaw

Justin Hall                                                     Osamu Tezuka                                          David Mazzucchelli

George Herriman                                      Rudolphe Topffer                                      Scott McCloud

Ben Katchor                                                 Chris Ware                                                   Leila Del Duca

Walt Kelly                                                    Jim Woodring                                             Tracy J. Butler

Image Research due:  3/27

Getting Started:  Choose the artist who interests you most and research them for a presentation. Start by writing about the artist: who they were/are, who their influences were/are, what their training was like, when and where they work, what sort of work they did/do and what sort of techniques they use. Examine at least one of their works in terms of the formal language of sequential art: what sort of panel-to-panel transitions does this artist favor? What about the kinds of word-to-picture relationships they use?  Describe their page layouts.

Presentation:  Prepare a 5-10 minute PowerPoint presentation based on your research. It should include at least twenty images of your artist’s work, and at least five images of an artist who influenced them. You may wish to also include images that set the time and place in which your artist lived and worked.