Comics are usually associated with superheroes and funny animals, but they can also be non-fiction stories about your life! This presentation shows several examples of how artists have approached autobiography. (James Kochalka, Tym Godek and John Porcellino)

2. Journal Comics
can be about a
moment in your
day.
From James Kochala’s
webcomic, American Elf

3. And they don’t
have to be
funny.
From James Kochala’s
webcomic, American Elf

4. Or you can do a
more poetic,
impressionistic
story about how
you feel.
From Tym Godek’s website, A
Yellow Light

6. SOURCES:
Title Slide Image:
http://ekirstein.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/dear-diary/
American Elf:
http://www.americanelf.com/comics/americanelf.php?view
=single&ID=41940 and
http://www.americanelf.com/comics/americanelf.php?view
=single&ID=41922
Tym Godek:
http://www.ayellowlight.blogspot.com/2008/11/mostly-
banal-steam.html
King Cat # 72 By John Porcellino copyright 2011