What Even Are Comics?

What Even Are Comics?

Assessment

Interactive Video

Arts

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Stephanie Furton

FREE Resource

5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the foundational idea behind NerdSync, and what primary question does this episode aim to answer?

To provide detailed analyses of specific comic book storylines; how to collect rare comics.

To make comic fandom accessible without prerequisites; what is comics.

To review new comic releases; what are the best comic artists.

To debate comic book movie adaptations; what is the future of comics.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the two main approaches people take when trying to define comics?

Historical vs. Modern

Comprehensive vs. Fastidious

Artistic vs. Commercial

Narrative vs. Visual

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following definitions of comics is attributed to Will Eisner?

A series of cartoon drawings that tell a story or part of a story.

Images will be multiple and correlated in some fashion.

Sequential Art.

A serially published, episodic, open-ended dramatic narrative.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to Kunzle's definition, why would ancient paintings, carvings, and tapestries not be considered comics?

They are not topical.

They do not convey a moral story.

They cannot be mass-produced.

They are not sequential art.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the fundamental element that all discussed definitions of comics seem to agree upon?

They must convey a moral message.

They must be mass-produced.

They must be a series of images.

They must produce an aesthetic response.

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