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Category Archives: Applied Cartooning

HOUSING WE NEED 2025 Forum

Live-drawn w/ the Initiative for Housing Policy & Practice @ St. Anselm College…

Posted byMarek12 Dec 202519 Dec 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, sketchbookTags: applied cartooning, cartooning, comics, Comics Workshop, community, housing, live-draw, manchester, New Hampshire, sketch, sketchbook, st. anselm collegeLeave a comment on HOUSING WE NEED 2025 Forum

The SEVEN YEARS WAR 🌎 North America (1756-1763)

THE CHALLENGE: Can we show the entire war, one year per page?

Posted byMarek19 Nov 202519 Nov 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, comics, Comics Workshop, mini-comicsTags: 1-sheet, britain, colonial, comics, Comics Workshop, france, history, indian, land, mini-comics, native american, seven years war, United States2 Comments on The SEVEN YEARS WAR 🌎 North America (1756-1763)

Responsibility 🌍

To sources, readers, & our wider communities…

Posted byMarek24 Oct 202505 Nov 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, comics, Comics Workshop, Drawing Community, ethnographyTags: comics, Comics Workshop, community, education, ethnography, history, immigration, migration, primary sources, readersLeave a comment on Responsibility 🌍

“Is It FICTION or NON-FICTION?” (2025)

Short answer: IT’S NON-FICTION. // Real answer: IT’S COMPLICATED!

Posted byMarek23 Oct 202514 Nov 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, comics, Comics Workshop, freeman colby, How to Draw Freeman ColbyTags: comics, Comics Workshop, diary, education, freeman colby, history, how to, Non-fiction, primary sourcesLeave a comment on “Is It FICTION or NON-FICTION?” (2025)

Diary Comics: “What if we draw blank boxes?”

A simple way to open up the diary page to new ideas & wider stories…

Posted byMarek27 Sep 202510 Nov 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, how to, sketchbook demoTags: comics, Comics Workshop, diary, diary comics, draw, drawing, education, hike, how to, katahdin, maine, nature, story, writing2 Comments on Diary Comics: “What if we draw blank boxes?”

Maine Sketchbook 🍂 (Fall 2025)

Trailside sketches from an unofficial artist residency in the Maine woods…

Posted byMarek25 Sep 202522 Jan 2026Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, sketchbookTags: art, Comics Workshop, creativity, doodle, drawing, environment, forest, hike, katahdin, maine, panorama, penobscot, sketchbook, sketching, travelLeave a comment on Maine Sketchbook 🍂 (Fall 2025)

HOW TO: Plan a Classroom COMICS PROJECT! 📖💭

5 basic design considerations for teachers…

Posted byMarek02 Sep 202511 Nov 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, how to, projectTags: Comics Workshop, curriculum, education, how to, lesson, lesson plans, project, school, teachingLeave a comment on HOW TO: Plan a Classroom COMICS PROJECT! 📖💭

“Save the NHSCA” Sketchbook

Selected sketches & diary comics from the fight to save the NHSCA (spring, 2025)….

Posted byMarek27 Jun 202507 Jul 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, sketchbookTags: arts, civics, Comics Workshop, diary, government, money, nh, nhsca, sketch, sketchbook, state government, wondersLeave a comment on “Save the NHSCA” Sketchbook

“QUOTE COMICS” 📖💬 8p. Template

Build a non-fiction mini from a few primary source quotes!

Posted byMarek19 Jun 202519 Jun 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Camp 2025, Comics Workshop, how to, mini-comics, templateTags: 1-sheet, biography, Comics Workshop, education, history, how to, mini-comics, Non-fiction, one-sheet, primary sources, quote, templateLeave a comment on “QUOTE COMICS” 📖💬 8p. Template

Portsmouth Sketchbook

Talking community in NH’s oldest city…

Posted byMarek15 May 202525 Nov 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, community conversations, Drawing Community, sketchbookTags: Comics Workshop, community, New Hampshire, nh, nh humanities, nhh, ocean, portsmouth, sketchbook, sketching2 Comments on Portsmouth Sketchbook

Squam Lake Sketchbook

Discussing community at the water’s edge…

Posted byMarek10 May 202514 May 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, community conversations, Drawing Community, sketchbookTags: americorps, Comics Workshop, community, environment, lake, New Hampshire, nh, nh humanities, nhh, sketchbook, sketching, squam lake, squam lakes association, water, white mountainsLeave a comment on Squam Lake Sketchbook

North Conway Sketchbook

Circling up @ the Gibson Center…

Posted byMarek07 May 202512 May 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, community conversations, Drawing Community, sketchbookTags: Comics Workshop, community, gibson center, New Hampshire, nh, nh humanities, nhh, north conway, senior, sketchbook, sketching, train, white mountains, world war iiLeave a comment on North Conway Sketchbook

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