Hey everyone,

Thanks for a great first class! I’m really looking forward to working with each of you over the next 7 weeks. I’m really grateful for this opportunity.

Here’s a link to download the updated class syllabus: Art of Comics Summer 2010 Syllabus

Here is a PDF of the first slide show from Thursday night: classone-slideshow.pdf

I’ve left the file size large so that you can actually read the comics in there

Here’s the contents of Booklet/Slideshow #1:

1. Cover – James Kochalka, “The Horrible Truth About Comics” from The Cute Manifesto
2. Eddie Campbell – How to be an Artist
3. Ikea instructions
4. Charles Shulz – Peanuts
5. Osamu Tezuka – Hi no Tori (Phoenix: Karma)
6. Vincent Giard, “L’oreille qui manque un boutte”
7. Troylloyd, “Dial ‘MM’ for Meme Merde”
8. Henrik Rehr – “Storms” (not in your booklets)
9. Lauren Albert – “Astral Plane”
10. Chris Ware – “I Hate You, and I’m Sure of it This Time…,” from Quimby the Mouse
11. Dino Buzatti – Poema a Fumetti
12. Kyle Baker – Why I Hate Saturn
13. Scott McCloud – Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (10 pages)
14. Dan Clowes – “Jimmy Jupiter, Intergalactic Pedant,” from An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons & True Stories Vol. 2
15. Robert Crumb and Harvey Pekar – “How I Quit Collecting Records And Put Out A Comic Book With the
    Money I Saved,” from American Spendor #4
16. Eddie Campbell – How to be an Artist