1. A Brief Introduction to Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud

2. What is a Comic?
Sequential Art
Art

3. Images

4. The Treachery of Images by Rene Magritte (1928-1929)
So, is this a pipe?

5. What is an icon?
Icons are any image that is meant to represent a noun (person, place, thing, or idea).

6. Realistic  Not Realistic
Realism Spectrum
Realistic  Not Realistic
Photograph  Basic Shapes

7. Why does the smiley face work?

8. Let’s test this out…
Draw a blob on your piece of paper. (The more squiggly the better!) Trade papers with your elbow partner. Add eyes and a mouth to make it into a face.

13. …so why is this important?

14. Panels & Organization

15. What happened in this comic?
Panel
Gutter

16. What are the 6 types of transitions?
Moment-to-Moment
Action-to-Action

17. Subject-to-Subject
Scene-to-Scene

18. Aspect-to-Aspect
Non-Sequitur

19. Time

20. When is all of the action in this panel happening?

21. Different size panels can alter time

22. …so can adding movement lines.