Below please find our guidelines for your abstract/introduction to your comic book project and your YouTube Showcase.

Note: These are both due along with your final comic book scans December 4 (Friday of Week 10).

One Paragraph Abstract/Introduction Guidelines

1. Length = One paragraph (five to seven sentences).
2. Need to address the following questions:
   1. What your comic book is about?
   2. What you hope a reader will take away from it?
   3. In what ways did ENG 280 and ART 101 inform your comic book design and storytelling?  Cite an example from both classes.
   4. (Optional) Any other bits of information you want to highlight?

This is just a short text introduction that we will post to the top of your individual comic book portfolio page, which will be posted on this course site.  Remember that you will have much more to say about your comic book in your YouTube Showcase (guidelines below), so again this is your “abstract” to get people interested in reading your comic and learning more about it in your YouTube Showcase.

More about writing academic abstracts (note you are not writing a full research abstract since that is not what we did with this project but use these as your basic model, and use these for possible future academic assignments):

Writing an Abstract for Your Research Paper (University of Wisconsin Writing Center)

Writing Report Abstracts (Purdue Online Writing Lab)

My Visual Story YouTube Showcase 2020 Guidelines

Video Content:

-A short section of you introducing yourself

-Explain why you chose this FIG

-Explain your theme and why you chose it

-Guide us through your comic: You don’t have to show us the entire comic, just some key moments. Explain why you chose to utilize certain elements (color, panels, characters, etc.)

-Close off with a message of your choice (how you hope your comic impacts other people, why this message is important, etc.)

Video Guidelines:

-Video must be less than 10 minutes long

-Make sure to record your video in a well lit area with minimal noise and distractions. You don’t need to have a professional camera, you can use your phone. You can also have a friend record.

-If your comic is digital: You will still have to record yourself with your introduction, why you chose this FIG, and explaining your theme, but you can screen record your digital comic and record a voice-over

-If your comic is a physical copy: It is recommended that you place your comic on a flat surface with good lighting when it is time to showcase it

-You don’t have to record all of the content in one sitting- I can edit the video(s) to chop out unwanted content or you can do that yourself

-The sooner you send me your video, the sooner I can give feedback if needed