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Category Archives: Applied Cartooning

“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 202519 Feb 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 202516 Feb 2026Posted 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! 📖💭

#SaveTheNHSCA Sketchbook

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

Posted byMarek27 Jun 202501 Feb 2026Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, sketchbookTags: arts, civics, Comics Workshop, diary, government, money, nh, nhsca, sketch, sketchbook, state government, wondersLeave a comment on #SaveTheNHSCA 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 202524 Feb 2026Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, community conversations, Drawing Community, sketchbookTags: Comics Workshop, community, New Hampshire, nh, nh humanities, nhh, ocean, portsmouth, sketchbook, sketching3 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

Harrisville Sketchbook

Gathering in the mills to talk about community…

Posted byMarek05 May 202509 May 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, community conversations, Drawing Community, sketchbookTags: "un millon de amigos", Comics Workshop, community, harrisville, library, mill, New Hampshire, nh, nh humanities, nhh, sketchbook, sketchingLeave a comment on Harrisville Sketchbook

Nashua Sketchbook

Come meet the families & neighbors of Arlington Street Community Center!

Posted byMarek02 May 202515 May 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, community conversations, Drawing Community, sketchbookTags: Comics Workshop, community, library, nashua, New Hampshire, nh, nh humanities, nhh, sketchbook, sketchingLeave a comment on Nashua Sketchbook

Hand-Made Comics 📃 (INTRO PAGE)

For COMICS CAMP 2025 ⭐ A quick intro to making COMICS at home (or anywhere else)!

Posted byMarek22 Apr 202523 Apr 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, comics, Comics Camp 2025, Comics Workshop, printablesTags: comics camp, Comics Camp 2025, comics works, Comics Workshop, creative process, education, how to, mini-comics, printable, summer1 Comment on Hand-Made Comics 📃 (INTRO PAGE)

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