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Category Archives: Comics Workshop

Dia de los Muertos 2015 @ VT Folklife Center

Drawn during the annual Story Circle…

Posted byMarek02 Nov 201530 Nov 2016Posted inApplied Cartooning, comics, Comics Workshop, ethnography, FeatureTags: altar, celebration, death, Dia de los Muertos, Mexico, Vermont, Vermont Folklife CenterLeave a comment on Dia de los Muertos 2015 @ VT Folklife Center

Teaching Artist TOP TEN Tips!

Each time I do a residency, I remind myself of these useful tips…

Posted byMarek30 Oct 201511 May 2023Posted incomics, Comics Workshop, Mini-ComicsTags: applied cartooning, artist, education, mini-comics, placemaking, teachingLeave a comment on Teaching Artist TOP TEN Tips!

“Teaching Artist” Mini 📝💭

Here’s a mini-comic I drew in preparation for a recent panel discussion (“Getting Gigs & Making Work”) at Plymouth State University…

Posted byMarek07 Mar 201522 Mar 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, mini-comicsTags: applied cartooning, art, artist, education, mini-comics, placemaking, Plymouth, teaching4 Comments on “Teaching Artist” Mini 📝💭

Common Core + Comics: Election Edition!

Here’s a look at how the COMMON CORE Anchor Standards factor into a recent comics feature:

Posted byMarek17 Feb 201508 Mar 2023Posted inApplied Cartooning, comics, Comics Workshop, FeatureTags: civics, comics, Common Core, education, election, standards, writingLeave a comment on Common Core + Comics: Election Edition!

“Healing from Trauma”

A powerful quote from Jonathan Shay’s ACHILLES IN VIETNAM:

Posted byMarek05 Jan 201530 Jul 2024Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, FeatureTags: community, healing, Jonathan Shay, quote, therapy, trauma, veterans3 Comments on “Healing from Trauma”

Happy New Year 2015

Here’s a hopeful card for you from COMICS WORKSHOP…

Posted byMarek01 Jan 201501 Jan 2015Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, IllustrationTags: animals, apocalypse, applied cartooning, comics, drawing2 Comments on Happy New Year 2015

Museum Courtyard: Above & Below

It looks like we’ve learned our lesson from the last time we played on a three-dimensional staircase …

Posted byMarek08 Dec 201418 Feb 2025Posted inComics Workshop, Illustration, math, perspectiveTags: 3 point, 3D, carp, cat, currier, Escher, math, mouse, perspective, science, stairs, teaching2 Comments on Museum Courtyard: Above & Below

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”

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

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

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