Z604/Z672 Comic Books and Their Readers

Digital and Empirical Methods for Studying Readership and Fandom
Spring 2024

12:40 - 15:15 Wednesday, Sycamore Hall (SY) 103

Instructor: Associate Professor John A. Walsh, jawalsh@indiana.edu.
Office Hours: Schedule at https://fantastical.app/jawalsh-r1Wz/office-hours.

Associate Instructor: Alex Wingate, alewinga@iu.edu
Office Hours: Thursdays, 1:30pm-2:45pm, and by appointment (click Zoom link in Alex’s profile)

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Fan activity and reflection

For this assignment, you will participate in a fan activity, for example by:

• submitting one or more (substantive) letters / emails to a comic book publication
• attending a comic book convention:
  • Indiana Comic Convention
  • Great Lakes Comic Convention
  • Lexington Comic and Toy Convention
  • Quad Con
  • Fan Expo Cleveland
  • FantastiCon
  • more at https://comic-cons.xyz and http://www.conventionscene.com/schedules/comicbookconventions/
• engaging in (substantive) online conversation with one or more comic book creators or fans, on Twitter, Facebook, or other social media or online forum.

For the assignment, you must submit documentation of your activity. For example, include a copy of the submitted letter(s)/email(s), screenshots of the online discussion, photographs of you at the event, a photo or scan of your attendance badge from a convention, etc.)

In addition to documenting your activity, you will submit a short essay (about 500 words) describing your experience.

Submit your assignment materials as a PDF or Word document in Canvas.