Non-Fiction Comics

 

Panel from Joe Sacco's Footnotes in Gaza

This week we are considering the issues and ethics of representation especially in relationship to non-fiction comics, when real people and real historic events, whether personal or public, individual or community, must be represented as honestly and accurately as possible while still retaining the aspects of style and visual narrative to be good comics.

The featured reading for this week is March the story of the civil rights movement in the United States as told through the life of John Lewis. There is also an entire range of non-fiction, long form comics from which to choose alternative readings or extra credit for this week linked on this week's activity page. I have also linked several nonfiction animated features to the Activity Page as well. You can earn a point for everyone you watch and write about in your blog.

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