Comics are a unique medium, telling stories by merging image and text. In this course, we will explore how comics can be utilized to represent people of color. Comics are well-suited to the task of engaging with race because of their inherently visual nature. Although race is at its core a social construction, racism and its ramifications are all too real for those who are subject to it. At the same time, positive representations serve to expand the cultural landscape by decentering the traumatic aspects of life for racially marginalized people.
We will critically analyze approaches that comic creators use to depict subject matter including stereotypes, colonization, immigration, gentrification and colorism. The assigned readings will broach a wide variety of genres and lived experiences. Students will create comics that tackle any number of subjects relating to race, culminating in a final project that integrates the content shared in class, including comics theory and process.
We will critically analyze approaches that comic creators use to depict subject matter including stereotypes, colonization, immigration, gentrification and colorism. The assigned readings will broach a wide variety of genres and lived experiences. Students will create comics that tackle any number of subjects relating to race, culminating in a final project that integrates the content shared in class, including comics theory and process.
- Instructor: Gaia WXYZ