CIVIC U. – Unit – Through Your Eyes: How to Make a Graphic Novel – Civic Nebraska

Through Your Eyes:
Graphic Novel Storytelling

From Civic Nebraska Circles Coordinator Maranda Loughlin, here’s a multimedia guide to understanding, creating, and sharing a graphic novel picture journal based on your life and experiences. Updated regularly with new themes, ideas, and frames!

Resources and Links (11)

1. Introduction to graphic novels and picture-journaling
2.A how-to lesson on picture-journaling your life (PDF)
3. Voice: Its Many Descriptions
4. What Does Your Life Taste Like? (PDF)
5. Stopping & Listening (PDF)
6. Share your story with The Durham Museum
7. Mailing your voice: A Different Vote (PDF)
8. Learning About Your Senators (PDF)
9. Writing Ourselves Into Poetry
10: Owning It: A Guide to Identifying and Speaking Emotions (PDF)
11. NEW: Art as Activism: Listening and Creating (PDF)

Downloadable Panel Frames (.PDFs)

1. Original frames
2. Letter frames
3. Pink frames
4. Banner frames
5. Letter frames
6. Square frames
7. NEW: World frames

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