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Exercises
Visual Storytelling
As Easy as Changing the Film
(9 - College)
Basic Storytelling... Lights, Camera, Action!
(9 - College)
Closure Exercise
(9 - College)
Definition of Comics
(6 - College)
Design vs. Drawing
(7 - College)
Editing
(7 - College)
Images Playing off Words
(8 - College)
Show Time Passing
(6 - College)
The Wrong Planet: Timing, Closure, and Editing
(6 - College)

Technique Exercises
Describing the Complex World
(8 - College)
Expressive Lettering and Balloons
(5 - College)
Intro to Inking
(6 - College)
Intro to Lettering
(5 - College)

Communication & Theme
Autobiography: Do and Don't
(9 - College)
Comic Strip:Character/Place/Situation
(8 - College)
Comics and Poetry
(7 - College)
Iconographic Language in Comics
(6 - College)
Scenes as Building Blocks
(8 - College)
Silent Gag Cartoon Exercise
(8 - College)
The Irony of Humor
(8 - College)
Think Before You Ink
(7 - College)

Characters & Caricatures
20 Questions for Characters
(7 - College)
Cartoon Characters Doodled from Memory
(5 - College)
Character Exploration Initial Writing Exercise
(7 - College)
Form and Chaos
(10 - College)
Intro to Caricature
(9 - College)
Lesson Plans 
Little Orphan Annie: Leapin' Through the Depression Teaching Literary Devices with Comics
Sample Scripts 
Sample Script: Grendel: Devil Child #1 Sample Script: Pistolwhip Presents: January
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