High-school students use their cellphones to take photos from various angles and create their own hand-drawn comic books.

We start by discussing where we see satire and parody in pop culture. Students naturally wind up talking about “Weird Al” Yankovic or SNL (Saturday Night Live) Weekend Update—things that clearly parody society. I introduce them to artists who use parody in their art, which leads us to examine the art of Garbage Pail Kids (GPK) artist John Pound. After examining a variety of images by the GPK artists, students brainstorm ideas for their own parody art cards.