Week 1: Introductions
Your instructors:
On comic avatars with Lynda Barry
Our class “textbook”
“Science Comics” by Nick Sousainis
The Potential of Comics in Science Communication
Week 2: Understanding Comics
Week 3: Comics for Patient Education
“Empathy 101” by Josh Neufeld
“Vaccinated at the Ball” by guest speaker Josh Neufeld
“A Tale of Two Pandemics” by Josh Neufeld
“Are Comic Books Appropriate Health Education Formats to Offer Older Adult Patients?”
“The Side Eye: Viruses v. Everyone.”
Visual analysis of comics pages
Booster Shot Media – guest speaker Alex Thomas
Alex’s slide deck is here.
Week 4: Comics for Research
Comics-based research: The Affordances of Comics for Research Across Disciplines.
on Body Maps and using body maps as research
Our “Student Guide to Childhood Home Remedies” zine
Week 5
Science Comics’ Super Powers– guest speaker Matteo Farinella
Week 6: Comics for Advocacy
Guest speaker Whit Taylor
Week 7
Guest speaker Nathan Gray
The Sad Case of Waiting Room Willie
Week 8: Comics for Combatting Misinformation
Guest speaker Josh Neufeld
Week 9: Bringing it all together
Kid Gloves by Lucy Knisley
Week 10: Wrap up
How to fold a single-page zine
BONUS!
Slides on Zines and a closing exercise we didn’t get to share in our last class can be found here.
and Comics for self-care: The 4-Panel Emergency Comic
CLASS FOLLOW UP – email anything you’d like to share here to comic nurse at mac dot com!
Want your final project on this archive page? Email me!