Purdue Sequential Art Narratives
A Reading, Discussion and Pedagogy CollectiveOur Cancer Year at Purdue for the Cancer, Culture, and Community Series
Hello!
This fall Joyce Brabner, co-author of Our Cancer Year, and Frank Stack, the book’s illustrator, will visit Purdue University to discuss the book and share their experiences. The Oncological Sciences Center in Discovery Park in partnership with the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University are organizing several events in addition to Brabner and Stack’s visit on November 4 as part of the Cancer, Culture, and Community Series. The Purdue Sequential Art Narratives Collective offers this page as a repository of teaching materials and events.
Schedule of Associated Events
General Resources for Teaching Comics
Teaching Our Cancer Year
The schedule of associated events is as follows:
“Our Cancer Year” and the Sequential Art Narrative
“a semester of exploration”
September 2-4
Graphic Engagement: The Politics of Comics & Animation Conference
September 2
Animation screening
8:30 p.m. “Sita Sings the Blues” animated feature Lafayette Theater
October 20
Art Teacher Professional Day hosted by Purdue Galleries (This year, a sneak peek at “Our Cancer Year” and a Living Graphic Novel workshop) TBD
October 23
2:00 p.m. Comic Book Creation, Jeffrey Brown Tippecanoe County Library
August 30
Prints by William Hogarth (The Harlot’s Progress, The Rake’s Progress, and Marriage a la Mode) Ringel Gallery, Purdue Memorial Union
October 25 – December 5
“Our Cancer Year” Exhibit Stewart Center Gallery
October 25 – November 5
Exhibition of work by Art & Design and Computer Graphics Technology students in response to “Our Cancer Year” East Gallery, Pao Hall
Thursday, October 28
7:30 p.m. American Splendor Movie (based on Pekar & Barbner’s Our Cancer Year) Fowler Hall, Stewart Center
Thursday, November 4
Visual Arts/Design Master Class TBD
4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Creating Hope Opening Reception – “Lafayette – Our Cancer Year” Purdue Memorial Union, Room 118 VPA Exhibition Open Reception Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall
7:30 p.m.
Major Presentation and Book Signing Fowler Hall, Stewart Center
9:00 p.m.
Book signing and Reception Stewart Center Gallery
Friday, November 5
10:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. Discussions with the Artists, Hicks Undergraduate Library
General Resources for Teaching Comics
Comic Book Audience Analysis Assignment: Stop Looking, Start Seeing developed by Katherine Tanski
Comic Book Visual Analysis In-Class Activity developed by Katherine Tanski
Film Adaptation of Comics Paper Assignment developed by Katherine Tanski
About comics… (working draft) a powerpoint for introducing comics by S.C. Gooch
An Incomplete Comics Bibliography by S.C. Gooch
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is a comic saying? by Nancee Reeves
