Comic Book Final Project - Due Date: Friday, May 8

Project Description:

Produce a 6-page comic book utilizing a combination of the programs we have studied this semester, including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

The comic book should have a uniform style and tell a complete and comprehensible story. Action and dialogue is to be presented clearly and dramatically, and show both imagination and skill at utilizing the individual “tools” of each program (ie: lasso, clone-stamp, text tool, resizing, pen tool, etc.).

Recommendations, each page follow logically from the last, but show variety. For example, the top page should be a cover page, or splash page, interior pages should show ingenuity in panel layout from the traditional 9-panel page to more dynamic, Will-Eisner –or-Neal-Adams style layouts. Photographs may be imported into the pages, and drawings may be made “from scratch” by Illustrator.

The projects most deserving of A grades show care and time put into them, and do not look rushed, sloppy, or unimaginative. Only those that “go the extra mile” and that at least appear to be a labor of love will stand out enough to earn top marks. Those that are fewer pages will be penalized severely and will risk failure, especially if the pages that are completed seem hastily assembled, and the project is submitted late.

Final projects should be converted to a .PDF and burned onto a CD so they are ready to submit as part of your resume to prospective employers. The comic books themselves should be printed up using a color printer. Finally, save the original InDesign folder into the T: drive drop box allocated for it. REMEMBER: each time you save the document, be sure to include intact links to all of your elements (such as fonts and .jpgs) and remember to save the item as a “package” whenever you do to preserve print quality and keep it publishable.

Due Date: Friday, May 8