COSMIC BOOK:

• THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA BY ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA AND ROBERT HACK

HERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS TO GUIDE YOUR THOUGHTS. YOU CAN RESPOND TO ONE OR MORE OF THESE, BUT THEY ARE MEANT TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPRESSION OF YOUR OWN IDEAS, NOT LIMIT THEM:

• • What role does memory play in TCAS? How is memory represented formally? How does the comic transition between memory and the present moment?
  • What roles do different time periods play in the narrative? How are they represented formally? How does the comic transition between the past and the present moment?
  • What imagery does the comic use to perpetuate or disrupt typical ideas or assumptions about witchcraft, gender, race, power, belief, oppression, etc.?
  • How does the comic critique current social issues or dynamics?
  • What is the relationship between image and text?
  • What do you make of Hack’s style? How does it make you feel?

In at least 350 words (not including any quotations from the text), analyze 1 significant, interesting page or double-page spread from The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (this is cosmic book, not the film!!!). Be sure to read other posts before composing your own so you are contributing something new to the conversation. Primarily your goals are to:

1) Briefly offer some context of the page(s) and explain what interested you about them / why you chose them specifically.

2) Choose 1 formal element (relay, layout, transitions, closure, lettering, color, etc.), and analyze how it is employed in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

3) Discuss how this formal element is contributing to the narrative (ex. Why do you think the author/artist chose to utilize this particular element? What is the effect? Why do you find this element interesting or worthy of attention?). Think about not only what is happening in the story but how it is being depicted, paying special attention to the formal element you’ve chosen to focus on.

For tips on composing an analysis of visual texts, be sure to check out A Short Guide to Visual Rhetoric .pdf (see attached file)

4) Conclude your post with a question for the class that asks something about the comic that you want others’ opinion about. This question is meant to prompt more analysis of TCAS.

5) Include photo of the page(s) you’re looking as direct evidence (embed or attach file).