The Badge Archive

Activity Description: Scouts create quick sketches and combine them into comic strips using color-coded prompts.

• Fulfills Step 1 of GSUSA Cadette Comic Artist badge requirements.

Info Needed: Explore how comics are created and understood by looking closely at characters, emotions, and storytelling techniques used in comic strips.

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Items Needed:

• Pens or pencils
• Printout of Comic Cards, pre-cut and mixed up, but kept to the same color families
  OR Sticky notes

Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 25 min):

1. Give each scout a pen or pencil and either a set of Comic Cards or about 21 sticky notes. (5 min)
2. Draw quick sketches based on the Comic Cards or called-out image prompts. (10 min)
   • Spend no more than one minute per sketch
   • Start with all “Red” images
   • Then draw all “Yellow” images
   • Finish with all “Green” images
   • (Optional) Use sticky notes if Comic Cards are not available
3. Review all sketches and combine one red, one yellow, and one green into a three-panel comic strip. (5 min)
   • Scouts may follow the original order or rearrange based on their imagination
4. Share completed comic strips with the group. (5 min)
   • (Optional) Invite scouts to explain their creative choices or favorite panels