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Category Archives: video

How to Draw Freeman Colby #1: Stick Figure Soldier

History cartooning tips from VOL. 2!

Posted byMarek03 Apr 201914 Sep 2023Posted infreeman colby, how to, How to Draw Freeman Colby, videoTags: Civil War, freeman colby, history, library of congress, New Hampshire, New Hampshire historical society, primary sources, stick figures, videoLeave a comment on How to Draw Freeman Colby #1: Stick Figure Soldier

Nurse Sarah Low / “Hospital Cat” (1863)

POSTER: Nurse Low writes in her log book while the hospital cat hunts hospital rats.

Posted byMarek05 Mar 201912 Feb 2026Posted infreeman colby, How to Draw Freeman Colby, videoTags: Civil War, freeman colby, inking, videoLeave a comment on Nurse Sarah Low / “Hospital Cat” (1863)

“Boomer Johnson” (Pig Version) / Henry Herbert Knibbs

Drawn for the 35th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering at Elko, Nevada.

Posted byMarek29 Jan 2019Posted invideoTags: cooking, cowboy, food, Henry Herbert Knibbs, Nevada, poetryLeave a comment on “Boomer Johnson” (Pig Version) / Henry Herbert Knibbs

Drawing Freeman Colby Vol. 2: New Year’s Day, 1863

Guarding the Potomac w/ Freeman Colby & Jonas Bacon.

Posted byMarek01 Jan 201930 Dec 2021Posted infreeman colby, How to Draw Freeman Colby, videoTags: Civil War, freeman colby, inking, video2 Comments on Drawing Freeman Colby Vol. 2: New Year’s Day, 1863

“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!”

Build a World: Troll Hunting

Josephine scours the forest in search of particularly perilous prey…

Posted byMarek30 Jun 2017Posted inBuild a World, Comics Workshop, videoTags: banjo, drawing, fantasy, hunting, rabbit, troll1 Comment on Build a World: Troll Hunting

Build a World: Witch’s Cottage

A branchy tour of the witch’s front yard, gardens, &c.:

Posted byMarek01 Dec 201602 Dec 2016Posted inBuild a World, Comics Workshop, Feature, videoTags: boat, cottage, drawing, fantasy, landscape, tree, ukulele, witchLeave a comment on Build a World: Witch’s Cottage

Build a World: Orchard Wall

A stump-hut near the top of the old Giant’s Wall:

Posted byMarek23 Nov 2016Posted inBuild a World, Comics Workshop, Feature, videoTags: drawing, dulcimer, fantasy, landscape, volcano, wall2 Comments on Build a World: Orchard Wall

Build a World: Cave Ruins

A quick landscape around the ruins of an ancient jungle cave site:

Posted byMarek14 Nov 201614 Nov 2016Posted inBuild a World, Comics Workshop, Feature, videoTags: drawing, fantasy, landscape, mountains, ruinsLeave a comment on Build a World: Cave Ruins

Build Your Own 8-Page “Quarterfold” Mini (Video)

When you’ve drawn your story, and you’re ready to self-publish it…

Posted byMarek28 Oct 201620 Feb 2023Posted inComics Workshop, Feature, how to, mini-comics, videoTags: comics, craft, mini-comics, photocopy, quarterfold1 Comment on Build Your Own 8-Page “Quarterfold” Mini (Video)

2×2=5 Talkin’ Blues (Video)

Finally, a video version of our earlier all-comics proof … But could it be true? (Can you spot the error?)

Posted byMarek05 Apr 201413 Oct 2025Posted incomics, Feature, math, videoTags: Abraham Lincoln, algebra, Lewis Carroll, math, music, paradox, video, woody guthrie2 Comments on 2×2=5 Talkin’ Blues (Video)

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