Due November 30, 2012
Now that you've finished reading Candide and are
familiar with satire and the techniques used to create it, you now have the
chance to be a modern satirist, like Voltaire, using humor to criticize human
vice and folly in order to effect change. You have an open opportunity to
make fun of society in order to change it!
The world is yours to mock!
Any and all of the taboo subjects are available
for your mocking. I challenge you to create a Satirical Comic Book that clearly
and effectively mocks some aspect of your world.
Your Satirical Comic Book must include clear and properly
executed examples of:
- Allusion
- Situational and/or dramatic irony
- Verbal Irony in the form of sarcasm
- Understatement and/or exaggeration (Litotes and/or Hyperbole)
- Pun or oxymoron
- Humorous metaphor or simile
- Parody
- Caricature and/or Burlesque
Remember, the point of satire is to call the readers
attention to some problem in order to change it; therefore, it should also do
the following:
- It should clearly mock something—society in general, school, government, teachers, parents, etc.
- It should be long enough to effectively mock the thing in question.
- It should use original photos, drawings, or other art to demonstrate creativity and originality.
- It can use a program such as Comic Life, ToonDo, Xtranormal, or any other computer program you like. Or you can do an "old school" comic if you prefer (strip or book).
It must be submitted by November 30, 2012 at 4:30pm CST in
one of the following manners:
- A link to the work online via email sent to pmcghee@dallasisd.org (be certain to verify that I have received it by the assigned date and time)
- A thumb-drive/memory stick/DVD/portable data-saving device containing a copy of the project
- A full-color, frame by frame printout of the comic in hard-copy format
- An old-school “funny book”
