ENGL 493 (The Graphic Novel)

Welcome to the class wiki for ENGL 493, a course dedicated to the critical study of the graphic novel, taught by Professor Mark Sample of George Mason University. The primary function of this wiki is to collaborate on and share class notes. You'll find the other online components of the class (guidelines, calendar, assignments, and so on) on the Class Blog. 

Before collaborating on the class notes, be sure you've read and understood the Class Notes assignment. Remember that the notes for Tuesday’s class are due by Thursday morning, and Thursday’s notes are due by Saturday night.

Group 5

Tuesday, September 8: Frank Miller, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

Thursday, September 10: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

Group 1

Tuesday, September 15: Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, Watchmen, chapters 1-3

Thursday, September 17: Watchmen, chapters 4-6

Group 2

Tuesday, September 22: Fall for the Book Guest Speaker: Adam Besenyodi

Thursday, September 24: Watchmen, chapters 7-12

Group 3

Tuesday, September 29: Art Spiegelman, Maus,Part 1, pages 1-94

Thursday, October 1: Maus, Part 1, pages 95-159

Group 4

Tuesday, October 6: Maus, Part 2, pages 1-100

Thursday, October 8: Maus, Part 2, pages 101-136

No Notes This Week

Tuesday, October 13

Thursday, October 15

Group 5

Tuesday, October 20: Jimmy Corrigan

Thursday, October 22: Jimmy Corrigan

Group 1

Tuesday, October 27: Gene Luen Yang, American Born Chinese

Thursday, October 29: American Born Chinese

Group 2

Tuesday, November 3: Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis, pages 1-93

Thursday, November 5: Persepolis, pages 93-188

Group 3

Tuesday, November 10: Persepolis, pages 189-275

Thursday, November 12: Persepolis, pages 276-341

Group 4

Tuesday, November 17: Wildred Santiago, In My Darkest Hour

Thursday, November 19: Junji Ito, Uzumaki

Random Assignment group

Thursday, December 3: Alison Bechdel Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic chapters 4 & 5

Tuesday December 8th: Finishing Fun Home

Thursday, December 10: Future of Comics Discussion