#discoverytask8

This project was interesting, as it required more than just drawing the scene out. For this I decided to go to the movies with my friends Jake and Matt. I used pictures inside and outside a movie theater as backgrounds to make it clear where my friends and I are at. I used pieces of a Fandango gift card pack to show who is paying for the tickets. I cut out a piece of an old IHOP receipt to make the point of what place I wanted to eat easier to understand. Only now do I realize how the characterization of myself in the comic book seems to have an ego, despite I try to lower my ego in real life. To make sure I had the angle I wanted in the printed pictures, I taped down the images to make sure they didn’t fly off the page of the sketchbook. This was an interesting experience for me.

This collage comic is largely inspired by Lynda Barry’s style of comics. I used a repetition of the background with the words “never again.” and wrote the 17 victims names in memoriam.  I incorporated news headlines, screen caps of speeches, my own personal memories at Douglas and a logo for the March for Our Lives event to cultivate this current event. I sketched characters to represent four outspoken students who are striving for a change. I then used speech bubbles to quote the four individuals. Above all else, I think this collage comic came together to represent this moment in time. 

I used this for my map, using the “marauders map” in the series as inspiration. Ex: using the footprints to show a path.