Greetings Cartoonists! Welcome to week 3 of COCA’s online learning. I hope you’re well and able to take some time to continue to flex your creative muscles. Below is an activity for creating a multi-paneled story. There are a lot of helpful prompts to get your story-telling juices flowing. I would love to see what you have made! Adapted from Jessica Abel and Matt Madden’s, Drawing Words and Writing Pictures The Multi-Panel Comic Strip This unit explains the basics of the daily comic strip. Once you’re into multi-panel storytelling, there’s no turning back: you’re a cartoonist! Questions to ask yourself 1. What are some of the differences between single-panel comics and comic strips? 2. What are some of the comic strips you've run across? What was their function (humor, political commentary, other functions, multiple function)? 3. What can comic strips do that single-panel comics can't do (if anything)? Supplies you will need several pads of 3"x3" white or light-colored Post-it notes several sheets of office paper pencil eraser pen You might also want to bring Activities The wrong planet "The Wrong Planet" is about editing and pacing. It's not common for you to develop a story with each panel on a separate piece of paper, but that's what you're doing here, with the advantage that you can more easily change your mind about how you tell the story. Process: Choose one of the five stages of the plot of "The Wrong Planet" to draw yourself, and do that first, before looking at the examples provided by “The Wrong Planet” creator, Scott DuBar. Then, click below to find examples of each of the five stages of the story. out the stages you didn't draw yourself, then cut them apart to make sets of panels to manipulate along with your own. An astronaut launches his rocket... lands on the moon... and plants a flag. He returns home to much fanfare... but then realizes he has gone to the wrong planet. This will be your first attempt at a full story, albeit a short one. Take the time to really concentrate on these main points: Clarity Story structure Reading order Rhythm Writing .