Illustrating the Past: History as graphic non-fiction

In this course, students will create graphic history. We will read several graphic histories and then proceed through a set of assignments combining research and graphic art to compile the material for the final project. At the end of the class, students will produce a full-page scene for a new graphic history either on a topic of their choosing or on the course topic. The course topic will be the microhistorical "Murder of Uly Mornach", a tale of greed, honor, violence, and urban history in Basel circa 1500.