Hi everyone!

We enjoyed Tuesday’s discussion about the power of images and comic books, and thinking about the ways in which comic books use visuals to tell powerful stories and convey important cultural and historical messages.

Gojira (1954)

Please continue to explore these ideas as you work on your comic projects.  Consider creating visuals that go beyond just a simple surface level representation.  Like the original Godzilla (Gojira, 1954) and what might seem simple on the surface can represent something much deeper (WW2 trauma, atomic bombings, and fire bombing death and destruction).  Again this is a class where you as the artists can experiment with this creativity!

Updates for the upcoming week and next week’s class:

1) Reminder we will be having a tour of the UO Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art during our class time next week.  Mazzy will meet up with everyone at the classroom and walk over with you.  When visiting the Museum think about the discussion we had this week, and look at the works of art in the Museum for the ways in which their imagery and visuals carry complex historical and cultural meanings.  Think also about challenge we discussed of losing the original artistic intent when artists put their work out to the public.

2) As part of the Museum visit please review their Visitor Guidelines.

3) Social event meet up at the ASUO Street Faire this Friday at 11:00am.

As always if you have questions please reach out to us!

Best,

Robert and Mazzy