At this week’s meeting, the group discussed how short form comic book and One-shots can be used in the classroom, effectively working with classic and contemporary texts normally used in class.
First Patrick Hickey Jr. of the Journalism and English Department gave a presentation on One-Shots and his use of “The Killing Joke” in English 24 and 30.
Tara Thompson (English) then discussed Will Eisner’s “A Contract With God” and Gene McQuillan (English) ended the meeting with a talk on Marjane Satrapi’s “Chicken with Plums” and Joe Sacco’s “Wars End.”
Attached below are both Professor Thompson’s and Prof. Hickey’s presentations if you missed the event and care to see what was discussed.
Hickey-One Shots
Once upon a time, Patrick Hickey Jr. was a student at Kingsborough and over the next ten years, went on to become the Editor-In-Chief of both Kingsborough's student newspaper, Scepter and Brooklyn College's Kingsman. After college, Hickey freelanced for publications such as the New York Daily News, the New York Times, The Syracuse Post-Standard and Complex Magazine. He has also held editorial and senior writer positions at local newspapers and publications the likes of Bay Currents, New York Sports Day and NBC's Integrated Media division. Currently, Hickey is a Full-Time Lecturer of English and Journalism at Kingsborough, as well as the Editor-In-Chief and Founder of ReviewFix.com and a National Video Games writer at Examiner.com. He has also taught Multimedia Journalism at Brooklyn College, instructed at John Jay College and represents Kingsborough on the City University of New York Journalism Discipline Council. 
