These simple visual tools & marks will help primary source texts COME TO LIFE on your comics page!
Category Archives: freeman colby
Coloring Winslow Homer’s “Wilderness”
Drawing poster artwork from VOL. 3, based on a painting by Winslow Homer…
“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 (Fall 2019)
32 pages of diary comics = a behind-the-scenes look @ Rabbit’s footwork & research for Freeman Colby Vol. 3!
Freeman Colby: From Primary Sources to Comics
Gallery of sources & the comics they inspired!
Freeman Colby Vol. 2 Poster Gallery
Sample full-color art from the 1863 adventures of Freeman Colby & Co. …
“Freeman Colby’s Illustrated” #2 (1863)
Available SPRING 2019 with all pre-orders of FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 2 via http://www.MarekBennett.com …
How to Draw Freeman Colby #1: Stick Figure Soldier
History cartooning tips from VOL. 2!
Nurse Sarah Low / “Hospital Cat” (1863)
POSTER: Nurse Low writes in her log book while the hospital cat hunts hospital rats.
The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Vol. 2 (1863)
1863: The continuing saga of a Yankee school teacher in the Union Army. ⭐ FINALIST: “Best Graphic Novel” (Nat’l Cartoonists Society / 2019) ⭐ FINALIST: Excellence in Graphic Lit. (Pop Culture Classroom / 2020)
