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Author Archives: Marek

Bakhtin: “Deepest Communion”

Drawn from a quote in the introduction to D. Soyini Madison’s “Critical Ethnography”…

Posted byMarek02 Dec 201402 Apr 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, comics, Comics Workshop, ethnography, FeatureTags: community, consciousness, D. Soyini Madison, ethnography, Mikhail Bakhtin, quote, socialization, the otherLeave a comment on Bakhtin: “Deepest Communion”

Escher’s “Approaches to Infinity” Part 2: Music & Eternity

“to approach eternity by means of sounds”…?

Posted byMarek20 Nov 201430 Mar 2023Posted incomics, mathTags: Escher, infinity, math, music, radio, science1 Comment on Escher’s “Approaches to Infinity” Part 2: Music & Eternity

Build Your Own 8-page Mini

So you’ve drawn your 8-page comic (including covers & inside pages)… Now let’s PUBLISH it!

Posted byMarek17 Nov 201424 Nov 2024Posted inApplied Cartooning, comics, Comics Workshop, Feature, Mini-Comics, mini-comicsTags: cut, diy, fold, mini-comics, photocopy, publish, scissors, staple1 Comment on Build Your Own 8-page Mini

Watch Your Step

Three-point perspective staircase distortion, drawn at Currier Art Museum …

Posted byMarek07 Nov 201418 Feb 2025Posted inComics Workshop, Illustration, math, perspectiveTags: 3 point, 3D, currier, Escher, perspective, stairs, teaching1 Comment on Watch Your Step

How to Draw Up a Lesson Plan

Mini-comic drawn to accompany a CCS Applied Cartooning seminar on teaching comics:

Posted byMarek04 Nov 201404 Nov 2014Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, mini-comicsTags: adaptation, applied cartooning, artist, assessment, ccs, lesson plans, mini-comics, objective, sequence, standards, teaching9 Comments on How to Draw Up a Lesson Plan

Escher Exhibit

Journal comic inspired by a recent visit to the Currier Museum’s mind-bending exposition…

Posted byMarek01 Nov 201430 Nov 2016Posted incomics, mathTags: currier, Escher, museum, tessellation, triangle3 Comments on Escher Exhibit

Walking Meditation with Beverly Naidus

Drawn at a workshop at Plymouth State University’s Karl Drerup Gallery.

Posted byMarek08 Oct 201430 Nov 2016Posted incomics, Comics WorkshopTags: Beverly Naidus, meditation, mindfulness, Plymouth, walkingLeave a comment on Walking Meditation with Beverly Naidus

Staircase Encounter

(Drawn for “M.C. Escher: Reality and Illusion” at The Currier Museum.)

Posted byMarek29 Sep 2014Posted inmathTags: Escher, opposites, symmetryLeave a comment on Staircase Encounter

The Applied Cartooning Manifesto (CCS / 2014)

Drawn with James Sturm ~ Summer 2014

Posted byMarek25 Sep 201430 Jun 2023Posted inAC Resources, Applied Cartooning, comics, Comics Workshop, Feature, Mini-Comics, mini-comics, ShopTags: applied cartooning, art, art education, careers, ccs, Center for Cartoon Studies, cheese, james sturm, manifesto, mice1 Comment on The Applied Cartooning Manifesto (CCS / 2014)

What if … ?

“The need to make art may not stem solely from the need to express who you are, but from a need to complete a relationship with something outside yourself.” — David Bayles & Ted Orland

Posted byMarek28 Aug 2014Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics WorkshopTags: applied cartooning, Art & Fear, David Bayles, Ted OrlandLeave a comment on What if … ?

Drawing QB 4: Just Start

How about some space armor, laser guns, and big explosions?!

Posted byMarek22 May 201414 Sep 2020Posted incomics, Drawing Quasar BlastersTags: applied cartooning, cartooning, comic stripsLeave a comment on Drawing QB 4: Just Start

Drawing QB 3: Name Game

Drafting a list of possible names for a new strip…

Posted byMarek03 May 201414 Sep 2020Posted incomics, Drawing Quasar BlastersTags: applied cartooning, cartooning, comic strips, quasarLeave a comment on Drawing QB 3: Name Game

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