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Category Archives: Comics Workshop

Quick-Folding a “1-SHEET” (8-page) Mini-Comic

A super-quick demo of folding a blank booklet from a single sheet of paper.

Posted byMarek24 Jan 202010 Apr 2023Posted inComics Workshop, how to, mini-comics, videoTags: 1sheet, Comics Workshop, mini-comics, self publishing1 Comment on Quick-Folding a “1-SHEET” (8-page) Mini-Comic

Residency @ Crotched Mountain School

This residency was a great reminder that the ART we make is also a record of PERSONAL CONNECTIONS in our community…

Posted byMarek15 Jan 202030 Aug 2021Posted inComics WorkshopTags: Crotched Mountain, education, guest, school, special education, student artworkLeave a comment on Residency @ Crotched Mountain School

Drawing Community / Sharjah, U.A.E.

Rabbit wanders convention halls at Sharjah International Book Fair:

Posted byMarek01 Nov 201929 Apr 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, comics, Drawing CommunityTags: comics, Comics Workshop, community, photos, rabbit, sharjah, sharjah international book fair, sibf19, sketch, sketchbook, sketching, travel2 Comments on Drawing Community / Sharjah, U.A.E.

D.C.+Virginia Sketchbook (Fall 2019)

32 pages of diary comics = a behind-the-scenes look @ Rabbit’s footwork & research for Freeman Colby Vol. 3!

Posted byMarek28 Oct 201906 Jan 2025Posted incomics, freeman colby, Mini-Comics, mini-comics, Shop, sketchbook, wondersTags: dc, diary comics, freeman colby, history, sketchbook, travel, virginia, Walt Whitman, washington1 Comment on D.C.+Virginia Sketchbook (Fall 2019)

Freeman Colby: From Primary Sources to Comics

Gallery of sources & the comics they inspired!

Posted byMarek17 Oct 201905 Jan 2022Posted inComics Workshop, freeman colbyTags: Civil War, fannie dawson, freeman colby, freeman colby series, history, primary sources, sarah low, Walt Whitman3 Comments on Freeman Colby: From Primary Sources to Comics

The St. Albans Raid #1

Detailing a little-known outburst of domestic terrorism in a small New England town far from the front lines of the Civil War…

Posted byMarek20 Jul 201920 Sep 2020Posted incomics, Mini-Comics, mini-comics, ShopTags: 1864, Civil War, guerrillas, history, St. Albans, terrorism, Vermont1 Comment on The St. Albans Raid #1

Freeman Colby Vol. 2 Poster Gallery

Sample full-color art from the 1863 adventures of Freeman Colby & Co. …

Posted byMarek01 Jun 201904 Aug 2025Posted inComics Workshop, freeman colbyTags: 1863, abraham tuckson, Civil War, color, crayon, fannie dawson, freeman colby, history, jonas bacon, posters, primary sources, sarah lowLeave a comment on Freeman Colby Vol. 2 Poster Gallery

“Freeman Colby’s Illustrated” #2 (1863)

Available SPRING 2019 with all pre-orders of FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 2 via http://www.MarekBennett.com …

Posted byMarek10 May 201929 Aug 2022Posted infreeman colby, Freeman Colby's Illustrated Magazine, Mini-Comics, mini-comicsTags: alfred waud, Civil War, edwin forbes, freeman colby, history, james fuller queen, newspaper, primary sources, reference, winslow homer1 Comment on “Freeman Colby’s Illustrated” #2 (1863)

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 …

Posted byMarek31 Jan 201920 May 2019Posted inApplied Cartooning, freeman colby, Freeman Colby's Illustrated Magazine, Mini-ComicsTags: Civil War, freeman colby, history, newspaper, primary sources, referenceLeave a comment on Freeman Colby’s Illustrated Civil War Magazine #1 (1861-62)

1 Day in the Life of the Granite State

“650 million years in just 24 hours!”

Posted byMarek20 Jul 201803 Nov 2023Posted incomics, Mini-Comics, mini-comicsTags: geology, history, michael caduto, mini-comics, New Hampshire, science1 Comment on 1 Day in the Life of the Granite State

“Drawing Freeman” / Historical New Hampshire (Vol. 71 No. 1)

Full color cover article on drawing Stick Figure Civil War comics.

Posted byMarek04 Jul 201801 Jul 2023Posted inApplied Cartooning, comics, freeman colby, How to Draw Freeman Colby, Mini-Comics, mini-comics, Non-fiction, ShopTags: education, freeman colby, history, New Hampshire, primary sources1 Comment on “Drawing Freeman” / Historical New Hampshire (Vol. 71 No. 1)

Blob Doodle: “Sing Spring!”

Daily quick-draw blob doodle exercise…

Posted byMarek21 Mar 201807 Jul 2024Posted inComics Workshop, get ideas, how to, videoTags: blobs, Comics Workshop, creativity, doodle, get started, how to, ideas, music, spring, video1 Comment on Blob Doodle: “Sing Spring!”

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