In a 10-page (double-spaced) paper, discuss the work of a single artist working after 1966 who revised established traditions of comic book art and narrative.

TERM PAPER OPTION #3: In a 10-page (double-spaced) paper, discuss the work of a single artist working after 1966 who revised established traditions of comic book art and narrative. Drawing on evidence from AT LEAST two (2) different issues, you will examine how the work of that artist (and their collaborators) revised either the genre of SUPERHEROES, HORROR, HUMOR, FUNNY ANIMALS, WAR, ROMANCE, or CRIME COMICS.

In this paper, you can use your chosen artist to discuss ONE or MORE of the following ideas:

– How their art MAINTAINS or UPSETS the standards for its given genre.

– How the narratives and/or themes in their work MAINTAINS or UPSETS the standards for its given genre.

– How their work RESPONDS to INSTITUTIONAL PRESSURES and changes in the business of comic books.

– How your chosen artist responds to ideas and problems of social context and history in their work.

NOTE: Your paper must have a clear argument and use clear textual evidence from the chosen text to support the thesis. Please also underline or highlight your main thesis statement before submitting.

YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORODUCE IMAGES FROM THEIR COMIC AND INCLUDE THEM IN THEIR PAPER AS ILLUSTRATIONS.

Additionally, you must include at least a brief biographical note on your chosen artist — use Lambiek’s Comiclopedia and the Grand Comics Database — as well as their publisher(s).

In your paper, you are free to use any previously not-assigned issues you’d like, drawing from the libraries available through Comicbookplus, DC Infinite, Marvel Unlimited, or the Warren Publishing Archive (https://archive.org/details/warrenpublishing (Links to an external site.)).

Regardless of your choice of topic, you must also include a link / URL to where your chosen comic book can be found at the end of the paper.

Papers will be graded on the quality of their argument, their use of evidence, their logic and structure of the writing, and their correspondence with all other instructions listed above.

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