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Hospital Cat 2: Drawing Panels & Pages from Primary Sources

All those F.A.S.T. visual markups will really help us see the various parts of the story… So let’s draw!

Hospital Cat 1: Finding F.A.S.T. in a Primary Source Text

These simple visual tools & marks will help primary source texts COME TO LIFE on your comics page!

Coloring Freeman Colby’s “Wilderness”

Drawing a FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 3 battle scene from May, 1864!

“Sarah Low: Civil War Volunteer” (8p Comics Report)

How to create a quick 8-page mini “comics report” drawn from primary sources!

How to Draw Freeman Colby #3: Nurse Sarah Low

Draw along as Marek builds a splash page of nurse Sarah Low!

How to Draw Freeman Colby #2: Enlisting (August 1862)

Draw along as the boys enlist in the 39th Mass. Volunteers!

D.C.+Virginia Sketchbook (October 2019)

32 pages of diary comics, drawn while exploring Civil War historical sites & battlefields… A behind-the-scenes look at Rabbit’s footwork & research for Freeman Colby Vol. 3 (1864)! ORDERING INFO: A special print edition mailed out to Patreon members in Fall 2019. Join the Patreon → Download printable PDF → SAMPLE PAGES: