Comic Life

WICshop handout September 2008

Comic Life: Make a Comic Book Today!
Description: Explore Comic Life's ability to quickly create a comic book or graphic novel. Bring in images, screen shots from movies, scanned drawings and other graphics. Add effects and push the boundaries of comic book design. Print, or make a web version with ease.

Available online at http://wic.library.upenn.edu/multimedia/tutorials/comiclife.html

Questions? Email wic1@pobox.upenn.edu or stop by the Weigle Information Commons

1. What is Comic Life?
• Free 30-day download available from Plasq.com - Comic Life provides easy ways to make a comic book, a slideshow, annotated photos or a video
• Workshop Handout - Follow this script to make a simple comic page with your face and custom lettering
• Comic Life is available on all the PCs and Macs in the Weigle Information Commons, including the Vitale Digital Media Lab
2. Web Resources
• The Comic Book Periodic Table from University of Kentucky
• Plasq's Gallery of Comic Life creations
• Popular culture - Comic Book Resources
• Librarian's Guide to Comic Books from State University of New York at Buffalo
• Refractory B post by Louise Krasniewicz about Arnold Schwarzenegger
3. Online Tutorials
• How to use Comic Life in the Classroom: This tutorial includes hands-on instructions for beginners and discussion of common assignment types.
• Class projects for Middle School - an Essential Teacher article with student samples
4. Student Examples from the Anthropology and Cinema class taught in Spring 2008 by Louise Krasniewicz
   • High Above Earth by Adam Potter
   • A Not So Normal Day in a Swamp by Lisa Barnett
   • Cinematic Living by Rachel Bower
   • A League of Ocean's Own by Anthony Aruffo
   • Speaking in Metaphors by Susan Lee
   • Toy Story 2030 by Michael Marg