Discovery-based Comics Ed Programs by Marek Bennett, M.Ed.
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COMICS WORKSHOP Graphic Novels:

• The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Vol. 2 - 1863: The continuing saga of a Yankee school teacher in the Union Army.
• “Drawing Freeman” / Historical New Hampshire (Vol. 71 No. 1) - Full color cover article on drawing Stick Figure Civil War comics.
• The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby (Vol. 1) - 1862: A NEW HAMPSHIRE TEACHER GOES TO WAR
• SLOVAKIA: Fall in the Heart of Europe - A graphic novel adventure of one rabbit’s quest for family among the roots and ruins of the Old World!
• NICARAGUA Comics Travel Journal - (5.5"x8.5" ~ 204 pages ~ b&w w/ color cover) ~ Graphic novel account of 2009 Comics Delegation to northern Nicaragua
• Breakfast At Mimi’s - Breakfast at Mimi's collects the first three years of "Mimi's Doughnuts" weekly comic strips. {WINNER of a 2008 XERIC AWARD!}
• HOUR 72! - Graphic novel collection of Marek's first three 24 Hour Comics: "DOG BLESS AMERICA" + "CUPPY & THE GANG..." + "THE MAKING OF..."

MORE COMICS WORKSHOP STUFF:

• Freeman Colby: From Primary Sources to Comics - Gallery of sources & the comics they inspired!
• Blob Doodle: “Sing Spring!” - Daily quick-draw blob doodle exercise...
• Bicknell’s Thrush: “Exploring A Wicked Conservation Problem” (Visual Notes) - Live-drawn during a conference @ PSU...
• THANK YOU Summer 2017 Program Hosts & Artists! - A monstrous THANK YOU to all our Summer Reading Program hosts...
• Build a World: Troll Hunting - Josephine scours the forest in search of particularly perilous prey...
• Build a World: Witch’s Cottage - A branchy tour of the witch's front yard, gardens, &c.:
• Build a World: Orchard Wall - A stump-hut near the top of the old Giant's Wall:
• Build a World: Cave Ruins - A quick landscape around the ruins of an ancient jungle cave site:
• Build Your Own 8-Page Mini (Video) - When you've drawn your story, and you're ready to self-publish it...
• Comics Terms - Definitions for artists & educators...
• Bobby Draws: A Journey - How can disabled artists draw comics if, for example, they can't use their hands, move their bodies, or even describe their story ideas? Some of my students taught me how ...
• Comics Page Templates - Some template pages to print & draw!
• Dia de los Muertos 2015 @ VT Folklife Center - Drawn during the annual Story Circle...
• Teaching Artist TOP TEN Tips! - Each time I do a residency, I remind myself of these useful 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...
• Common Core + Comics: How Doodling a Dead Dog Ballot Selfie Taught Me Everything I Need to Know About Writing - Here's a look at how the COMMON CORE Anchor Standards factor into a recent comics feature:
• “Healing from Trauma” - A powerful quote from Jonathan Shay's ACHILLES IN VIETNAM:
• Happy New Year 2015 - Here's a hopeful card for you from COMICS WORKSHOP...
• Museum Courtyard: Above & Below - It looks like we’ve learned our lesson from the last time we played on a three-dimensional staircase ...
• Bakhtin: “Deepest Communion” - Drawn from a quote in the introduction to D. Soyini Madison's "Critical Ethnography"...
• Build Your Own 8-page Mini - So you've drawn your 8-page comic (including covers & inside pages)... Now let's PUBLISH it!
• Watch Your Step - Three-point perspective staircase distortion, drawn at Currier Art Museum ...
• How to Draw Up a Lesson Plan - Mini-comic drawn to accompany a CCS Applied Cartooning seminar on teaching comics:
• Walking Meditation with Beverly Naidus - Drawn at a workshop at Plymouth State University's Karl Drerup Gallery.
• “Applied Cartooning Manifesto” from CCS - Drawn with James Sturm ~ Summer 2014
• Resource: “Preventive Maintenance Monthly” @ VCU - "Will Eisner was already famous for his work on The Spirit when he was drafted for duty during World War II. While in the service, Eisner put his artistic talents to work in army publications, creating a character named Joe Dope ..."
• Resource: “Government Comics” @ Digital Comics Museum - This collection focuses on comics produced by the US government...
• Resource: “Government Comics” @ UNL - "About this collection: The Government Comics Collection consists of comic books, posters, and comics-related reports and documents, produced by various world governments and agencies..."
• What if … ? - "The need to make art may not stem solely from the need to express who you are, but from a need to complete a relationship with something outside yourself." -- David Bayles & Ted Orland
• Multiple Intelligences & Comics Education - Here's a repost of the MI article from the 2011 NECAC anthology:
• How to Create Comics - PRINTABLES: Full-size PDF (8 pages) >> | Single Sheet >> PRINTABLES:  PDF (8 pages) >>  GIF (1 page) >>
• What We Do (in a COMICS WORKSHOP) -
• Why Comics? - Why indeed? Presenting a few key reasons for teaching (and learning) with comics...