Designed for students interested in the art of storytelling through graphic novels, the focus of this course will be for each student to create a mini-comic. Every phase of production will be explored extensively: composing a story, developing a pace through layout and composition, learning the fundamental tools of sequential illustration and then unifying the entire structure into a self-published piece. A historical perspective of the medium will be included. In addition, a group publication will be produced at the end of the course.