Portland-State-University 2022-2023 Bulletin

Eng 497 Comics History

Study of comics art as a medium of visual narrative and its evolution through the history of the American comics industry. Topics include the diversity of comics and their storytelling power by investigating the distinctive qualities of seminal texts, their origins and precedents, their relationships to particular cultural moments, and their potential as inspiration and influence on later comics art.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Eng 300 and Wr 301. (Wr 301 may be taken concurrently.)
  • Up one level
  • 400