2023 Resources

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My Visual Story Course Documents

• • My Visual Story Fall 2023 Syllabus ( PDF File)
  • My Visual Story Fall 2023 Scoring Achievement Guidelines ( PDF File)
  • My Visual Story Comic Project Guidelines 2023 ( PDF File)
  • My Visual Story Student Inventory ( PDF File)
  • Comic Book Project Checklist ( PDF File)
  • Name Your Achievement My Visual Story Fall 2023 ( PDF File)
  • Abstract/Introduction and YouTube Showcase Guidelines ( PDF File)
  • JSMA (UO Museum of Art) Visiting Guidelines ( PDF File)

Creative and Discussion Journal Pages:

• • My Visual Story Creative Journal One: Sept 26th/Oct 3rd  ( PDF File)
  • My Visual Story Creative Journal Two: Oct 10th/Oct 17th  ( PDF File)
  • My Visual Story Creative Journal Three: Nov 14th  ( PDF File)

My Visual Story Course Presentations

• UO Libraries (10/3/23) ( PDF File)
• The Power of Images: Through History and Across Cultures (10/10/23) ( PDF File)

University of Oregon Resources

• UO First-Year Programs: https://fyp.uoregon.edu/
• UO Comics and Cartoon Studies Minor: https://comics.uoregon.edu/?page_id=2
• UO Accessible Education Center: https://aec.uoregon.edu/
• UO Counseling Services: https://counseling.uoregon.edu/
• UO Tutoring and Academic Learning Ctr: https://tlc.uoregon.edu/
• UO Common Reading: https://fyp.uoregon.edu/common-read
• Art Ducko: https://artduckomagazine.wordpress.com/
• UO “Flight Paths”: https://advising.uoregon.edu/flight-paths
• UO “Get Involved” (events and student organizations): https://getinvolved.uoregon.edu/

UO Museum of Art

• https://jsma.uoregon.edu/
• Previous exhibitions featuring comics and cartoon work:
  • The Art of the News: Comics Journalism September 24, 2021 to January 16, 2022: https://jsma.uoregon.edu/ComicsJournalism
  • Aliens, Monsters, and Madmen: The Art of EC Comics May 14, 2016 to July 10, 2016: https://jsma.uoregon.edu/EC
  • GOOD GRIEF! A Selection from 50 Years of Original Art from Charles M. Schulz’s PEANUTS September 01, 2012 to December 30, 2012: https://jsma.uoregon.edu/PEANUTS

Comic Book and Graphic Novel Resources

• Nice (though not totally complete of course!) list on Goodreads of the best graphic novels: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/210.Best_Graphic_Novels
• Another nice (but not complete) list of “best” graphic novels from NPR News: https://www.npr.org/2017/07/12/533862948/lets-get-graphic-100-favorite-comics-and-graphic-novels
• Graphic novels help teens learn about racism, climate change and social justice – here’s a reading list: https://educatorinnovator.org/graphic-novels-help-teens-learn-about-racism-climate-change-and-social-justice-heres-a-reading-list/

Racism, Racial Injustice, History, Art, and Action

• Comics Against Confederates: Black Lives Matter and the Battle for Graham, North Carolina
• Black Artists Find Ways to Make Their Voices Heard in Portland by Zachary Small
• George Floyd & Anti-Racist Street Art: https://georgefloydstreetart.omeka.net/
• Black Lives Matter | Campus and Community Resources, Information, Messages from the UO Division of Equity and Inclusion
  • Extensive resources, articles, information, and organization links related to Black campus groups, Oregon based organizations and opportunities, news and learning opportunities. https://inclusion.uoregon.edu/black-lives-matter-campus-and-community-resources-information-messages
• Comics As “Bibles” for Civil Rights Struggles (ACLU): https://www.aclu.org/blog/racial-justice/comics-bibles-civil-rights-struggles

Environmental Justice & Environmental Racism in Art and Comics, and History of

• How to explain climate change? With comic books (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists): https://thebulletin.org/2020/04/how-to-explain-climate-change-with-comic-books/
• 4 Thought-Provoking Graphic Novels About the Environment: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2015-1-january-february/green-life/4-thought-provoking-graphic-novels-about-environment
• Emotional Appeal: How Art Can Inspire Action on Climate Change: https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2021/04/20/art-action-climate-change/
• These 10 Artists Are Making Urgent Work about the Environment: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-10-artists-making-urgent-work-environment
• Environmental Protection Agency “Get Involved”: https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice
• What is Environmental Justice?: https://www.energy.gov/lm/services/environmental-justice/what-environmental-justice
• Environmental Protection Agency 2020 Action Agenda: https://www.energy.gov/lm/services/environmental-justice/interagency-activities-and-resources
• History of the Social Movement of Environmental Justice: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/environmental-justice-movement
• Definition and Examples of Environmental Racism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrbeuJRPM0o
• The Sociology of Environmental Racism: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/alamo-sociology/chapter/reading-environmental-racism/
• Ethics and Environmental Racism: https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-environmental-racism-definition-ethics.html

zines Resources

• a zine “timeline” history compiled by Doug Blandy: http://defenseof.voelkermorris.com/zine_time.html
• Great book on the history and culture of zines, Notes from Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture by Stephen Duncombe: https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zines/1447/