Reflections

Assessment: P
I feel that I successful taught and engaged the class in my lesson. I met talk time and went a little over it. My overall presentation took the whole block. I saw a lot of people working on Mini-Comics for my 3rd activity even after I finished my presentation. Many people traded them and even collaborated with friends.

I'm most proud of my comic. I finished the art on Friday but was working on my 2 hour over the weekend so I didn't get the chance to print it til like 2:30am day of. So I'm proud that I got it printed and it looked good.

I think I did good in my Presentations (and will do good for my final product presentation), I'm proud of my creative expression and how it turned out, I'm really proud of my comic and how it turned out as well as my final product but I feel like I didn't work to my potential in regards to individual class and smaller components.

What is most important in creating a successful comic book?
Self-publishing and complete control over final product.

The last month made me really question if I knew what I was talking about and I think the i-search did too, but I feel like it really reinforced my final answer. When I finished my comic, it made me feel like I was successful in my comic. Stress made me question it in a good way.

We should have a 30 minute meet up on Fridays where all the teachers can make announcement to all the seniors at once. Less confusion.

Overall Senior Project: P
I'm proud of what I did this year and far I have improved. I feel like I excelled in some regards but others I fell short in my preparation.

2 HOur presentation

(I will group the desks in groups of 4 but 5 if I need to)
Sponge:
My sponge will be a discussion that will be focused on what they think of when they hear the word comics. It will also lead to what people read and what interests them within the world of comics.
Foundation:
I will talk about where the name comics came from and a brief history about how comics evolved. I won't get too in detail about it but I will talk about the comic code and the history of that, and how that lead to the underground movement in the 70's.
Anwser 1: Clarity
I will talk about reading Understanding Comics By Scott McCloud and how it brought me to this anwser. I will then cover Symbols and Icons, Body language/facial expression and Panel transitions and how they all bring clarity to the reader. Then I'll pair them up to play a quick game of pictionary.
Anwser 2: Research
I will talk about interviewing Stan Sakai and how he really drove home the idea of Research making the story. I will cover referencing photographs, life drawings and historical research and how different artist applied it to their art and story. Then I will (with the help of the class) read the comic Burger for One by Frank Stockton.
Anwser 3: Control
I will talk about my interview with Levon Jihanian and how you showed me the mini-comic Henry and Glen Forever and how it really opened the door that you can make anything. I will cover Self-publishing, design possiblly, and, the networking aspect of it. Then I will give them each a -constructed mini-comic book were they can draw their own comic or picture or writing.
Product:
I will show my mini-Comic that I finished and also talk about the things I went throught to finish it. I will also address the work ethic I gained by working my comic.

Rough 2 Hour

Service learning 2

Literal:

50.5 hours

Levon Jihanian

6263542292

Levon@levonjihanian.com

Interpertive:

He gave me good contacts and should me the process of making comics cheap.

Applied:

He helped prep me for publishing my comics and he showed me new comics that I wouldnmt have consisted success before.