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Everybody Is A Critic: A Guide To The Critical Evaluation Of Visual Media For Generation Z, Cody Alexander Rusk

Masters Theses

The youth of today, especially Generation Z, lack the ability to think critically. An area that seems to be especially difficult for Generation Z to critically evaluate is visual media. This is an issue because visual media has an influential hold (both emotionally and mentally) over this generation and is a key factor in swaying the opinions and behaviors of these young minds. Visual media is a powerful tool that. should continue to be used by future generations, but with the knowledge that there will always be potentially negative influences, and more importantly, ways to identify and defend against them. …

The Infinite Crisis: How The American Comic Book Has Been Shaped By War, Winston Andrus

War, Diplomacy, and Society (MA) Theses

This thesis project argues that war has been the greatest catalyst for the American comic book medium to become a socio-political change agent within western society. Comic books have become one of the most pervasive influences to global popular culture, with superheroes dominating nearly every popular art form. Yet, the academic world has often ignored the comic book medium as a niche market instead of integrated into the broader discussions on cultural production and conflict studies. This paper intends to bridge the gap between what has been classified as comic book studies and the greater academic world to demonstrate the …

Bully Me: A Graphic Novel; The Return: A Graphic Novel; Comakademix: A Comics Anthology; Leadbetter: A Comic; Laundry: A Minicomic -And- The Erotics Of Comics: An Exegesis, Bruce Roberts Mutard

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Beholding a comic is ideally, a pleasure. The work informs, entertains and stimulates the mind in some way. There is no gainsaying which works will affect which beholders howsoever it does, yet the expecta­tion of pleasure from a work of comics makes behold­ers seek it. Making the comic is also a pleasure, even if the process can be long-winded, winding and dif­ficult. The maker wants to give others the same plea­sure they drew from beholding comics, but in their way, making their vision of Batman, Lieutenant Blue­berry or, their own story worlds. What this research seeks to explain are many …

The Transformation Of R.A. Kosasih's Mahabharata Wayang Comics Design: Comparison Of The 1955 Version With The 1975 Version, Iwan Gunawan

International Review of Humanities Studies

Mahabharata was an epic Hindu story that has been adapted to comics for so many times, by many comic artists. R.A. Kosasih, was one that was known for his mastery in creatingWayang Comics, and Mahabharata was his best creation. He created two versions of Mahabharata comics. The first was in 1955, published by Melodi and the second in 1975, by Maranatha. The storylines were basically the same, but there were differences not only in formats or spelling system, but in the visual narratives. The pictures in Maranatha version were designed in a more up dated style in comics. In the …

"Here In The Western World": A Comparison Between Japanese Manga In America And American Comics, Daniel Feathers

English Student Work

This project, “Here in the Western World: A Comparison between Japanese Manga in America and American comics”, examines the structural and compositional differences between Japanese Manga and American comics. Specifically, it focuses on the ways in which the two similar mediums split from each other in the early 60’s to become two distinct “genres” in the comic book world. The project examines the effects of the “localization” of Japanese manga to fit more “western” sensibilities regarding both art and content on the integrity of the work. Methodologically, it draws from a range of comic-book scholarship including Scott McCloud’s “Understanding Comics.” …

Cathy G. Johnson, Cathy G. Johnson

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Cathy G. Johnson is a printmaker, book-maker, illustrator and arts educator. Her silkscreen work is produced at the feminist art collective studio Dirt Palace in Providence, and deals with the themes of rebellion and opulence. She has been making art books and zines for over a decade, which contain comics, poetry, journals and drawings. She makes local community prints for clients such as Southside Community Land Trust and Gather Glass, and teaches art classes throughout New England. Cathy is also an author and illustrator, her published graphic novels include JEREMIAH (One Percent Press, 2015), GORGEOUS (Koyama Press, 2016) and THE …

Akadori Studios | Aya Rothwell, Aya Rothwell

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

My name is Aya (they/them or xe/xir). I'm involved in science communication, natural resource management, and independent comics. I have a Master of Science in Environmental Science and Management (Conservation Biology) from the University of Rhode Island. I have worked for various government and non profit organizations in the U.S. and internationally. I've lived in Atlanta, Boston, Rhode Island and in Japan. My work has included representing the U.S. in Japan; banding birds; capturing and identifying bees and insects; writing reports; drawing cartoons for labs and science journals; and managing social media for science resource centers. I self publish books …

Betsey Swardlick, Betsey Swardlick

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Betsey Swardlick is a Providence cartoonist making short & medium wild fiction comics. Big feelings, wiggly lines, explosive combination of text and image! www.bsward.com shop: Radiator Comics

Curtis Parvin, Curtis Parvin, Drew Kelly

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Curtis Parvin and Drew Kelly ran Splash Page Comics (2016 -2020), their New England-based independent comic book company. As business partners, they published their award-winning creator-owned series, “The Legend of Beard Fist,” with Curtis supplying the scripts and Drew the visuals.

Julia Illana, Julia Illana

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

I’m a Providence-area illustrator and comic artist! I’m a recent Brown grad and I currently work as a TA in the art department at Brown and as a teaching artist at CityArts. juliaillana.com

Casey Roonan, Casey Roonan

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Casey Roonan is a Providence-based art educator and cartoonist who males risograph print illustration zines and comics. caseyroonan.com

The Providence (Sunday) Wipeout / Comics Consortium, Walker Mettling

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

The Providence (Sunday) Wipeout has been an experimental comics anthology since 2016, always a different size with a variety of printing techniques! It overlaps with the Providence Comics Consortium, the kid-centric micro-publishing comics project that celebrates its 10th anniversary this year (2020)! walkermettling.tumblr.com, wipeoutwipeoutwipeout instagram

Game Over Books, Game Over Books

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Game Over Books is a small publisher run collaboratively by a group of nerdy artists. Our goal is to amplify diverse voices in writing and bring high-quality publications to all people. We are working to accomplish this by focusing on emerging writers and giving guidance and support as they continue to grow their craft. www.gameoverbooks.com

Iris Xie, Iris Xie

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

I am an illustrator with emphasis on a thorough design process. I was raised in an Asian-American family and have a background in the disabled community. I have done work for Artists for Humanity, the Guild for Human Services, and Dana Farber Cancer Institute to name a few. irisxie.com

Birdenvy, Karen Knighton, Skip Wrightson

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Karen Knighton & Skip Wrightson are both animators and make handmade, hand-bound mini-comics. Some comics are limited editions printed at home layered with vellum, some are GOCCO, some are RISO. www.birdenvy.com

Czap Books, K Czap

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

Czap Books is a Providence-based micropress publisher dedicated to celebrating the poetic, personal, and weird in a rich ecosystem of comics and zines. They champion cross-pollination of genre and influences, a mission embodied by the Ley Lines series that explores the relationship between comics and other artforms. charmgardens.com

Ryan Alves, Ryan Alves

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

I have been endeavoring to push myself to make more comics, more often, using diverse media. I’ve been self publishing for about 4 years. livinginmethan.weebly.com

Risd Graphic Design | Ramon Tejada, Ramon Tejada

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

RISD Graphic Design offers BFA and MFA programs that push on the boundaries of the discipline, where students learn to communicate ideas visually, frame points of view and messages, build community, and embrace a fluid, networked culture. risd.gd

Risd Graphic Design | Erica Silver, Erica Silver

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

RISD Graphic Design offers BFA and MFA programs that push on the boundaries of the discipline, where students learn to communicate ideas visually, frame points of view and messages, build community, and embrace a fluid, networked culture. risd.gd

Risd Graphic Design | Utkan Dora Öncül, Uktan Dora Öncül

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

RISD Graphic Design offers BFA and MFA programs that push on the boundaries of the discipline, where students learn to communicate ideas visually, frame points of view and messages, build community, and embrace a fluid, networked culture. risd.gd

Erik Gould, Erik Gould

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

I am a photographer and a bookmaker. I am interested in the ways that groups of images can work together and how those groups join with text, with sound and with pages, both physical and digital, held within the container of a book. The unique encounter of a reader with a book is where I wish the work to meet an audience. – Erik Gould, Senior Photographer, RISD Museum erikgouldprojects.com

Yiqun Zhou, Yiqun Zhou

UNBOUND 2020 Archive (Virtual)

I've been working on a 32 pages comic about humor for over a year now (2020). It’s a story about a super power comedian interviewing another super power comedian. It has very interesting paneling (said by my professor and my classmates) and it’s a nice story.

Animal Heads: Exploring Christian Themed Solutions And Mental Health Through Comics, Mariannette Oyola-Perez

Masters Theses

The second leading cause of death for the ages of 10-24 is suicide, a statistic that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows has steadily risen since 1999. Although it is seldom spoken about in mental health circles, an enmity seems to exist between Christianity and modern psychology in regards to mental illness and how it should be treated; this enmity could be preventing helpful Christian-based principles from being shared with the at-risk population while simultaneously excluding Christians from a conversation they need to be a part of.

Interestingly, further research shows that the at-risk demographic overlaps significantly with …

Comics In The Evolving Media Landscape, Sarah Russell 19

Honor Scholar Theses

No abstract provided.

The Sandman: The Artifice Of Comics And Power Of Dreams, Nathan Teft

Masters Theses

Neil Gaiman’s Vertigo Series The Sandman is an exceptional artistic endeavor. From “Preludes and Nocturnes”(1988) to “The Wake” (1996), Gaiman worked alongside a team of talented artists and graphic designers to produce an indelible work of revisionist mythology. This thesis will attempt to establish the framework by which our modern literary canon has celebrated classical Western myths while relegating graphic or visual forms of literature or outright neglecting comic myths altogether. Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics will frame the discourse for pictographic analysis of Neil Gaiman’s mythological revisionism of Milton’s Paradise Lost in Season of Mists, Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities …

De-Stigmatizing Mental Illness Through Graphic Medicine, Megumi Tsuda

Phase 1

Graphic medicine - or the communication of health-related narratives through images and texts, such as comics - has been increasingly recognized as a powerful educational tool. My project investigates the value of integrating graphic medicine to medical education, specifically to improve mental health literacy and de-stigmatize mental illness. As a medical student, I have encountered several instances where fellow medical students and even doctors casually throw around diagnostic terminology, especially those used to describe mental health disorders, in a colloquial and insensitive manner that seem to indicate that they do not take mental illness seriously, or even ignorant of what …

Afterword: New Reworkings Of Walter Scott From Dundee Comics Creative Space, Christopher Murray

Studies in Scottish Literature

Discusses and illustrates a variety of approaches to the reworking of Scott novels by artists working in the Dundee Comics Creative Space, as developed for a sampler publication published by UniVerse Comics (2017), in connection with the Reworking Walter Scott project

Leila Abdelrazaq Interview, Quest Sawyer

Asian American Art Oral History Project

Artist Bio: Leila Abdelrazaq is a Palestinian author/artist, who was born in Chicago. Her work combines art and activism, addressing topics such as diaspora, refugees, history, memory, and borders. In 2015, she graduated from DePaul University with a BFA in Theatre and BA in Arabic Studies. She is best known for her graphic novel Baddawi (April 2015)- a story about her father’s refugee experience. Her website (https://lalaleila.com) also contains comics and zines, illustrations, and prints she’s created based on self- expression and her love of activism. Leila is also the founder of a blog called Bigmouth Press and Comix, …

Tony Moy Interview, Sarah Song

Asian American Art Oral History Project

Artist Bio:
Tony Moy is a mixed media artist who focuses on watercolor and Gouache living in downtown Chicago. He has published art in books from the X-files, Dungeons and Dragons, Tome I & II, Memory Collectors and among others. In addition, Tony has over 10 years of teaching experience and currently teaches illustration and design at the School of the Art Institute. His inspiration comes from studying traditional and classic watercolorists combined with the modern influences of pop culture comics, anime and fantasy. https://www.tonymoy.art/about-me

Review Of Chris Ware: Conversations, Carly Diab

SANE journal: Sequential Art Narrative in Education

No abstract provided.