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Category Archives: Comics Workshop

VOL. 3 COVER ART: Wilderness Wildfire (5 May 1864)

Drawn from a battlefield sketch by Alfred Waud.

Posted byMarek16 Oct 202220 Dec 2022Posted inComics Workshop, freeman colby, How to Draw Freeman Colby, videoTags: alfred waud, battle, Civil War, color, Comics Workshop, freeman colby, history, ink, pencil, quick-draw, video, virginia, wildernessLeave a comment on VOL. 3 COVER ART: Wilderness Wildfire (5 May 1864)

Vol. 3 Sample Pages & Sources: “We Start in 20 Minutes for the Front”

What if the primary source text doesn’t say…?

Posted byMarek13 Oct 202221 Jan 2023Posted inComics Workshop, freeman colbyTags: alexandria, alfred waud, army, Civil War, freeman colby, general grant, letter, march, primary sources, resourceLeave a comment on Vol. 3 Sample Pages & Sources: “We Start in 20 Minutes for the Front”

1st AMENDMENT MINI: Tinker V. Des Moines (1969)

Can a public school PROHIBIT armbands (a.k.a. symbolic speech)?

Posted byMarek12 Oct 202216 Oct 2022Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, mini-comicsTags: 1st amendment, bill of rights, civics, Comics Workshop, constitution, free speech, government, history, iowa, law, mini-comic, mini-comics, protest, supreme court, warLeave a comment on 1st AMENDMENT MINI: Tinker V. Des Moines (1969)

Sky Full of Monsters (WONDERS / Oct. 2022)

This mini started off as MONSTER MAYHEM, & ended up as GARDEN DIARY.

Posted byMarek08 Oct 202212 Oct 2022Posted incomics, Mini-Comics, mini-comics, wondersTags: biology, comics, Comics Workshop, diary, diary comics, gardens, mini-comics, science, spider, wondersLeave a comment on Sky Full of Monsters (WONDERS / Oct. 2022)

“Sleeping on Their Arms” / Winslow Homer @ The Wilderness

Drawn from a 2p spread in Harper’s (28 May 1864)

Posted byMarek06 Oct 202212 Oct 2022Posted inComics Workshop, freeman colby, how to, How to Draw Freeman Colby, videoTags: camp, Civil War, Comics Workshop, freeman colby, history, jonas bacon, quick-draw, stick figure, video, virginia, wilderness, winslow homerLeave a comment on “Sleeping on Their Arms” / Winslow Homer @ The Wilderness

1st AMENDMENT MINI: West Virginia V. Barnette (1943)

Can a public school COMPEL students to salute the flag?

Posted byMarek30 Sep 202211 Oct 2022Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, mini-comicsTags: 1st amendment, bill of rights, civics, Comics Workshop, constitution, free speech, government, law, mini-comic, mini-comics, supreme courtLeave a comment on 1st AMENDMENT MINI: West Virginia V. Barnette (1943)

How a Civil War Battle-Sketch Gets Published (MINI)

From frontline sketchbook to front porch reading…

Posted byMarek28 Sep 202205 Oct 2022Posted inComics Workshop, freeman colby, Freeman Colby's Illustrated Magazine, mini-comicsTags: alfred waud, artist, Civil War, Comics Workshop, freeman colby, Harper's Weekly, journalism, magazine, mini-comic, mini-comics, newspaper, printing, publishing, Thomas Nast2 Comments on How a Civil War Battle-Sketch Gets Published (MINI)

D.I.Y. US Constitution / Preamble (8p TEMPLATE)

What are the original GOALS of the US government? And what do they look like when YOU cartoon ’em?

Posted byMarek17 Sep 202209 Jan 2023Posted inComics Workshop, mini-comics, templateTags: 1-sheet, civics, constitution, diy, education, government, history, how to, law, mini-comics, one-sheet, template, United StatesLeave a comment on D.I.Y. US Constitution / Preamble (8p TEMPLATE)

Comics Camp 2022 SKETCHBOOK SUMMER (Archive)

Thanks to patrons & hosts for a sketchbook-a-riffic season!

Posted byMarek03 Sep 202206 Dec 2022Posted inComics Camp 2022, Comics WorkshopTags: cartooning, comics camp, Comics Workshop, sketchbook, summer, summer reading programLeave a comment on Comics Camp 2022 SKETCHBOOK SUMMER (Archive)

4th AMENDMENT MINI: Safford V. Redding (2009)

Can a public school COMPEL students to salute the flag?

Posted byMarek26 Aug 202203 Oct 2022Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, mini-comicsTags: 4th amendment, bill of rights, civics, Comics Workshop, constitution, free speech, government, law, mini-comic, mini-comics, privacy, snail, supreme courtLeave a comment on 4th AMENDMENT MINI: Safford V. Redding (2009)

Civil War Cartoonist Mini: “Artists to the Front!”

Eyewitness artists on the battlefield…

Posted byMarek19 Aug 202223 Dec 2022Posted inComics Camp 2022, Comics Workshop, freeman colby, mini-comicsTags: alfred waud, artist, cartoonist, Civil War, Comics Workshop, edwin forbes, freeman colby, history, History Alive, how to, jonas bacon, mini-comics, newspaper, stick figure, Thomas Nast, winslow homer1 Comment on Civil War Cartoonist Mini: “Artists to the Front!”

Show ‘N’ Tell Intro (1p Template)

D.I.Y. template / Created in collaboration with James Sturm of CCS.

Posted byMarek11 Aug 202216 Aug 2022Posted inComics Camp 2022, Comics Workshop, templateTags: 1 page, civics, comics camp, Comics Workshop, how to, introduction, mini-comics, one-sheet, social, team, templateLeave a comment on Show ‘N’ Tell Intro (1p Template)

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