Master Rubric Patrick Yurick

How To Make a Comic Book MOOC @hightechhigh.org

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Criteria Poor Satisfactory Good Excellent

STORY IDEA The story is a vital part of the creation A poor story will be lacking in The comic story is original but The comic story is original and The comic story is original and
process. Learners in the How To Make A Comic structure, closure, intrigue, and lacks in closure, intrigue and provides closure, but lacks in provides closure, is intriguing
Book MOOC will need to create a story that will fill originality. cohesive structure. intrigue & cohesive structure. and is structurally cohesive.
four 5.5 inch x 8.5 inch comic book pages.
COMIC SCRIPT The comic script is specifically helpful The comic script lacks a linear The comic script provides a The comic script provides a The comic script provides a
before doing any artwork for the comic because it order, delineation of visual and linear order, but lacks in a linear order and is easy to read linear order and is easy to read,
allows you to arrange the building blocks of the story word elements, and is difficult delineation of visual and word but lacks in a delineation of clearly delineates visual and
in a linear order. to read. elements, and is difficult to visual and word elements. word elements, story provides
read. closure, and story is easy to
understand.
THUMBNAILS Thumbnails are small sketches of your Thumbnails are not clear, Thumbnails show a visual plan Thumbnails show a visual plan Thumbnails show a visual plan
comic done very quickly. Completing your thumbnails scattered, and do not show a for assembling the final comic for assembling the final comic for assembling the final comic
can allow you to work out image ideas within your visual plan for assembling the but are not clear, and are but are not as clear as they and are crystal clear.
comic before doing serious detail work. final comic. scattered. could be.
PENCILS Doing pencil sketches on your full sized Pencils are drawn quickly, dark, Pencils are drawn slowly & Pencils are drawn slowly & Pencils are drawn slowly &
pages allows you to work in a medium that is erasable and are unrefined. They are not methodically but are dark, and methodically and are are light, methodically and are are light
and fixable before doing the final ink lines that will ready for inking. are unrefined. They are not but still need to be cleaned up and clean. They are ready for
appear on your comic page. ready for inking. in places. inking.
LETTERS Letters are a vital part of comic books Letters are drawn freehand, Letters are measured out but Letters are measured out and Letters are measured out and
because they allow you to communicate with your art illegible, and are drawn too are still illegible, but are drawn are illegible, but are drawn too are legible and are drawn lightly
using words. darkly. too darkly. darkly. - ready to be inked.
INKS If completed effectively, Inks allow your comic Inks (letters and art) are Inks (letters and art) have Inks (letters and art) have Inks (letters and art) have
to be reproduced on mass without the need for completed quickly, without varying line weights but are varying line weights but are varying line weights but are
colors. Inks cover both letters and pencils on your varying line weights rendering completed too quickly making completed with attention, but completed within attention and
final comic page. the comic completely the comic slightly unreadable. they could use some revisions are complete and ready for
unreadable. before considered completely print.
ready for print.

FINAL COMIC PRESENTATION This is your final comic! Comic is unassembled and Comic is assembled but is not Comic is assembled and is Comic is assembled and is
At the end of this process you will have multiple unready for printing multiple ready for printing multiple ready for printing multiple ready for printing multiple
copies to sell to an eager public audience of copies of. copies of due to technical copies of - but could use some copies of on mass!
consumers. errors in the creation process. minor revisions before being
printed on mass.