Gene Yang visiting DVC March 7, 7 pm

Local graphic novelist and teacher Gene Yang is visiting DVC
the evening of Wednesday, March 7, at 7 pm,
in the Community Conference Room, to talk and answer questions about
his award-winning graphic novel _American Born Chinese_.

Gene will be signing copies of his books beginning at 6:30. The books will be on sale there, or can be purchased
in advance at the DVC Book Center.



The event, sponsored by the DVC English Division, will be open to the public as well as all college employees and students.

To read more about Gene and his work, follow the link to Humble Comics.

Kazu Kibuishi

I don't know why I have so much trouble making connections. I was reading about Kibuishi's Copper, which sounded so great that I thought I should take a look. And it looks wonderful enough for me to overlook my disappointments in the writing. I can LOOK, you know? And it turns out Kibuishi is the guy who did Daisy Kutter, the early panels of which we looked at in class on our very first day.

Daisy Kutter was named one of the American Library Association's top ten Young Adult titles for 2006 and will be one of the recommended optional readings for Graphic Novels as Kids Books later in this term.

_Fun Home_ assignment, due Tuesday February 6

Here's the homework assignment I gave on Thursday:

Read Bechdel's _Fun Home_.

As you read, or better, as you re-read (college reading is more successful when you're reading a piece twice, the first time to get acquainted with the work, the second to look at particular things that inform the piece as a whole), keep notes in this manner:

On the left side of the paper (this SHOULD be typed, by the way, note the image or panel that you wish to comment on, and on the right, corresponding side of the paper, make your comments on how you see that image or panel, what about it is of interest to you, what it tells you about what's going on in the story (or stories).

Your commentary should include some reference to the things you observed in Bechdel's work, distributed in class Thursday, in her ongoing strip _Dykes to Watch Out For_ (there's a link to _Dykes_ from the Bechdel link I put up here on Granovel in December).

Your commentary should also include some reference to the many elements of story-telling we identified on the board (and there are more!) Thursday.