Course Info

ILL 320: Making Comics

This course introduces students to the components of graphic narrative, including superhero and alternative comics, comic strips, manga, and graphic novels. Students will learn fundamental materials and techniques, including penciling and inking, digital painting and coloring, and publishing, and create their own graphic narratives. The course will also provide an overview of the history of comics and graphic storytelling, and their relation and importance to the art of animation.

ART 106, ILL 200, or DES 111 is a prerequisite for this course.

Spring 2023-2024

Section: 601
Class number: 36019
Meeting time: TuTh 1:30PM - 3:00PM
Location: 14EAS 00501 at Loop Campus
CLOSED

Winter 2023-2024

Section: 501
Class number: 23075
Meeting time: TuTh 1:30PM - 3:00PM
Location: CDM 00530 at Loop Campus

Fall 2023-2024

Section: 401
Class number: 13318
Meeting time: TuTh 1:30PM - 3:00PM
Location: 14EAS 00501 at Loop Campus

Spring 2022-2023

Section: 601
Class number: 40159
Meeting time: TuTh 1:30PM - 3:00PM
Location: 14EAS 00501 at Loop Campus

Winter 2022-2023

Section: 501
Class number: 29061
Meeting time: TuTh 1:30PM - 3:00PM
Location: 14EAS 00501 at Loop Campus

Fall 2022-2023

Section: 401
Class number: 19009
Meeting time: TuTh 1:30PM - 3:00PM
Location: 14EAS 00501 at Loop Campus

Spring 2021-2022

Section: 601
Class number: 37608
Meeting time: TuTh 1:30PM - 3:00PM
Location: 14EAS 00501 at Loop Campus
CLOSED

Winter 2021-2022

Section: 501
Class number: 28769
Meeting time: TuTh 10:10AM - 11:40AM
Location: 14EAS 00501 at Loop Campus
CLOSED

Fall 2021-2022

Section: 401
Class number: 7263
Meeting time: TuTh 11:50AM - 1:20PM
Location: 14EAS 00501 at Loop Campus

Spring 2020-2021

Section: 601
Class number: 30885
Meeting time: TuTh 11:50AM - 1:20PM
Location: Online: Sync

Winter 2020-2021

Section: 501
Class number: 28769
Meeting time: TuTh 11:50AM - 1:20PM
Location: Online: Sync
CLOSED

Spring 2019-2020

Section: 601
Class number: 37004
Meeting time: TuTh 1:30PM - 3:00PM
Location: REMOT E0000
Instructor: Bianca DeBardelaben