1st Short Writing - 45 points

The 1st Short Writing Prompt requires you to review a comic book from the January or February assigned reading list. You may also compare the two you read.

Objective: After reading your selected comic books or graphic novel, write a 1-2 page review that informs the reader about the comic book.

• What's the story about, who wrote it, what else did they write?
• Who did the art, and how did it help with the story's tone, feeling?
• What about the story did you like, what worked?
• What didn't work, and why?
• Would you recommend this to somebody else, why or why not?
• For you personally, what did you identify with in the story, be it a character or characters, spoken words, actions? Talk about something from the comic that touched you in a personal way.
• Read How to Review Comics to get a clear idea of what makes a good review vs a bad review. 
• To get a broader understanding of the principles that go into a good review, read the NY Film Academy's take on writing film reviews.
• For another side of reviews, learn about how Emily Nussbaum tackles TV reviews, digging into elements of gender, sex, sexism, violence, culture, and politics, among other important issues and influences. NPR, at the above link, has an excerpt from her very wonderful book!

1-page minimum, 2-page maximum.

Due Wednesday Feb. 12 at 11:00 a.m.

 

Goals:

• reflect on a comic book or graphic novel, and write a review
• teach the reader about the creators, and about the message and story they're sharing
• teach the reader about the art, and the styles or style, as you see it, working or not working
• inform the reader about the comic book or graphic novel, and help them decide if it's a good choice to read it or not a good choice

Format:

• your first and last name in paper's header
• Times or Times New Roman font, 12 point
• double-spaced
• 1-page minimum, 2-page maximum
• title/subject: X-Men Paper-1 Review
• submit before Feb. 12 for up to +5 added to this paper
• do not send Apple iWork Pages attachments
• email as an attachment to the instructor: PDF or Word DOCX
• when sharing from Google Docs, attach the writing to the email
  1.  From a document, click File > Email as attachment.
  2. Under Attach as, choose the format (Word, PDF, etc.).
  3. Enter the instructor's email address, subject, and message.
  4. Also send a copy to yourself, so you can see how it's sent, and make sure it's sent properly.
  5. Click Send.

Evaluation

Worth 45 points:

• 15 points: craft of writing, spelling, grammar
• 20 points: addressing the required content, educating the reader about the creators (artist and writer), informing them about the story, communicating clearly and appropriately about the art and story
• 5 points: appropriateness of content, how personal and thought provoking ideas get shared with readers
• 5 points: presentation, professionalism, following directions