October 25, 2019
Discuss pages 30-43 in Chapter 2 of Comic Book Nation
In class
Discuss pages 30-43 in Chapter 2 of Comic Book Nation.
Homework / preparation
For Monday, please read pages 43-55 in Comic Book Nation, finishing the chapter.
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October 25, 2019
Discuss pages 30-43 in Chapter 2 of Comic Book Nation.
For Monday, please read pages 43-55 in Comic Book Nation, finishing the chapter.
October 28, 2019
Discuss pages 43-55 in Comic Book Nation.
For tomorrow, please read pages 56-67 in Chapter 3 of Comic Book Nation, stopping right before the final paragraph of 67.
October 29, 2019
Discuss pages 56-67 in Chapter 3 of Comic Book Nation.
For tomorrow, please read pages 67-75 in Chapter 3 of Comic Book Nation, stopping right before “Exploring the Underworld.”
October 30, 2019
Discuss pages 67-75 in Chapter 3 of Comic Book Nation.
For Friday, please read pages 75-85 in Chapter 3 of Comic Book Nation, finishing the chapter.
November 1, 2019
Discuss pages 75-85 in Chapter 3 of Comic Book Nation.
For Monday, please read pages 86-98 in Comic Book Nation, stopping right before “Censoring Comic Books.”
November 4, 2019
Discuss pages 86-98 in Comic Book Nation.
For tomorrow, please read pages 98-108 in Comic Book Nation, finishing the chapter.
November 5, 2019
Discuss pages 98-108 in Comic Book Nation.
For Tuesday, please read Seducing the Innocent: Fredric Wertham and the Falsifications that Helped Condemn Comics, by Prof. Carol Tilley.
November 6, 2019
Catch up day.
No additional homework.
November 8, 2019
No class.
No additional homework specified.
November 11, 2019
No class.
No additional homework specified.
November 12, 2019
Discuss Carol Tilley’s “Seducing the Innocent: Fredric Wertham and the Falsifications that Helped Condemn Comics.”
For next Tuesday, please read pages 1-79, or Part 1, of The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore.