*ART217*
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This website captures *ART 217,* the Spring 2025 cohort from the Comics Art & Literature course at PCC SE in Portland, Oregon ✏️
*ART217* had a wonderful and engaging time at the BwPcon (Books with Pictures Convention) on June 7th in Portland, Oregon! BIG THANKS to PCC HARTS (Humanities & Arts Initiative) for sponsoring our table 😊
A smattering of "what's a comic?" comics and interior pages.
*Feel free to right-click an image to open a larger version in a new tab 😊
Adapted Fables utilizing McCloud's Transitions!
A selection of "Architecture Comics" that discuss the characteristics of the International Style in relation to the work of Eileen Gray to inform our reading of Eileen Gray: A House Under the Sun by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes and Zosia Dzierżawska-Bojanowska.
The following are examples of visual annotations and "signature style" reflection comics on the life and work of Eileen Gray to conclude our reading of Eileen Gray: A House Under the Sun by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes and Zosia Dzierżawska-Bojanowska.
Thanks to the creators, Nick Sousanis, and Scott McCloud for the inspiration 🎉
As we reach MIDTERMS and begin our reading of Days of Sand by Aimée de Jongh, the ART217 cohort is exploring documenting their own life in the comix medium! Here is a selection of the "diary" or "slice-of-life" comics:
In learning about the Dust Bowl of the 1920s-1930s, ART217 created "Dust Bowl" comics that provides contextual information to coincide with our reading of Days of Sand by Aimée de Jongh.
Wrapping up the Spring Term, we learned about the life and work of Yayoi Kusama in the context of "Graphic Medicine." To inform our work, we watched the documentary Kusama - Infinity , read Kusama: The Graphic Novel by Elisa Macellari, and selected chapters of the Graphic Medicine Manifesto.
Final Projects!
Final Projects!
The term concluded by the class creating their own "graphic adaptations" in the mini-comic form! Students selected an artist/historic figure/artwork of their choosing and developed an 8-page narrative ok in the mini/quarter-fold comic format. Click through the following selections to see more!
Instructor: Jay Olinger
Instructor: Jay Olinger
Jay is the instructor for ART 217: Comics Art & Literature. They teach at Comics Studies & Art History at Portland Community College, ans in the Comics Studies Program at Portland State University. See Jay's PCC Staff Page here and their PSU Staff page here.
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