Resistance/Agency/ Challenges to Authority Where the Wild Things Are (1963), by Maurice Sendak
Resistance/Agency/ Challenges to Authority The Judge: An Untrue Tale (1969), by Harve Zemach
Resistance/Agency/ Challenges to Authority The Judge: An Untrue Tale (1969), by Harve Zemach
Resistance/Agency/ Challenges to Authority The Judge: An Untrue Tale (1969), by Harve Zemach
Samples of Popular Culture Use Analyzing Modern Problems/Solutions Watchmen (2009) Serenity (2005)
Samples of Popular Culture Use Historical/Perspectives: Views of the West How the West Was Won (1962) Dances With Wolves (1990) Avatar (2009)
Samples of Popular Culture Use Historical/Perspectives: War Green Berets (1968) Platoon (1986)
Samples of Popular Culture Use Historical/Perspectives: Gender Dr. No (1962) Skyfall (2012)
Samples of Popular Culture Use Academic value of unconventional sources: Comics Importance of context Importance of language/vocabulary
Use of Comics to Illustrate Issues of Body Image Men are vastly overrepresented as characters in comic books Male 82% Female 18% (data based on Marvel comic encyclopeia entries)
Body Type: height and weight Male (average for white men) 5’10” 180lbs For superheroes 65.4% 6’ or over 63% over 180 Female (average for white women) 5’5” 140 lbs 66% 5’7” or taller 68% under 150 lbs
Batman First appearance: 1939
Green Lantern First appearance: 1940
Storm First appearance: Giant Size X-Men #1
Black Canary First appearance: 1947
Double Dare First appearance: 1999
Sample Curriculum: Film Background/Context Early Cold War – Events/Policies Vietnam History/Culture French to American Involvement Primary Documents Perceptions of the War Politician’s speeches Soldiers’ memoirs Film and the Vietnam War Discussion of uses of popular culture first Discussion of film clips
Sample Curriculum: Film Green Berets (1968) Platoon (1986)
Sample Curriculum - Comics Background Background/Context of War Comics Definition Vocabulary Comics and the Vietnam War Iron Man Man Thing Discussion of Readings/Material
Comics and Politics Definition of a comic: “Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or produce an aesthetic response in the viewer.” Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics, p 9
Comics vs. Cartoons
Definitions/Styles in Comics Use of icons
Definitions/Styles in Comics Use of icons
Definitions/Styles in Comics Icons help characters seem universal (The Adventures of Tin Tin, Herges)
Definitions/Styles in Comics Panels/Gutters
Definitions/Styles in Comics Panels/Gutters
Definitions/Styles in Comics Panels/Gutters
Definitions/Styles in Comics Panels/Gutters
Definitions/Styles in Comics Panels/Gutters
Definitions/Styles in Comics Closure
Definitions/Styles in Comics Closure
Vietnam War – Iron Man
Vietnam War – Iron Man
Vietnam War – Iron Man
Vietnam War – Man Thing
Vietnam War – Man Thing
Vietnam War – Man Thing