Sample full-color art from the 1863 adventures of Freeman Colby & Co. …
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“Freeman Colby’s Illustrated” #2 (1863)
Available SPRING 2019 with all pre-orders of FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 2 via http://www.MarekBennett.com …
How to Draw Freeman Colby #1: Stick Figure Soldier
History cartooning tips from VOL. 2!
Nurse Sarah Low / “Hospital Cat” (1863)
POSTER: Nurse Low writes in her log book while the hospital cat hunts hospital rats.
The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Vol. 2 (1863)
1863: The continuing saga of a Yankee school teacher in the Union Army. ⭐ FINALIST: “Best Graphic Novel” (Nat’l Cartoonists Society / 2019) ⭐ FINALIST: Excellence in Graphic Lit. (Pop Culture Classroom / 2020)
Freeman Colby’s Illustrated Civil War Magazine #1 (1861-62)
Announcing an all-new tabloid chock full of primary source images from the making of the graphic novel …
“Boomer Johnson” (Pig Version) / Henry Herbert Knibbs
Drawn for the 35th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering at Elko, Nevada.
Drawing Freeman Colby Vol. 2: New Year’s Day, 1863
Guarding the Potomac w/ Freeman Colby & Jonas Bacon.
Wonders #2.5: This Lethal Light of Mine” (August 2018)
The True Romance & Horror of Fireflies.
1 Day in the Life of the Granite State
“650 million years in just 24 hours!”
“Drawing Freeman” / Historical New Hampshire (Vol. 71 No. 1)
Full color cover article on drawing Stick Figure Civil War comics.
Wonders #2 (June 2018)
32 pages / b&w / Daily doodles about ants, music, fireflies, gardens, skateboards, summer storms, bike crashes, a road trip to the VT Non-Fiction Comics Fest, & more!
