A Medium in Transition

Facilitator: Scott McCloud
Title: Cartoonist & Author
Session #: 401
Session Title: A Medium in Transition

Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Time: 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Room: Franciscan I 

Description

American comics are changing fast. Bolstered by the literary ambitions of the "graphic novel" movement, a flood of international influences and the growing importance of new technologies, the comics landscape shifts regularly in surprising and increasingly unpredictable directions. Author and comics artist Scott McCloud puts all these trends into perspective in a fast-moving visual presentation.