To bring a COMICS WORKSHOP residency, author visit, or series to your local school or library:
NOW BOOKING: Summer 2021 Reading Programs
For libraries, camps, & community groups
“Join NH cartoonist Marek Bennett’s COMICS WORKSHOP on a quest to create wild new comics that ONLY YOU can draw…”
Comics in World History & Cultures:
A whirlwind look at comics around the world and throughout human history, exploring how different cultures employ visual narratives…
Grants available via NH Humanities >>
COMICS WORKSHOP HOW-TO VIDEOS
Cartooning & comics-creation demos!
This work is PATRON-POWERED!
LoonToons!
An ongoing HOW-TO-DRAW series about the amazing lives of Loons…
- Draw your own lake ecosystems…
- Create new loon families…
- Learn about threats to loon survival…
- Tell original loon stories!
Make Your Own MICRO-LIBRARY!
Make millions of micro-mini-books & build a library box to keep ’em in!
FOR TEACHERS:
RECENT POSTS from COMICS WORKSHOP:
Quarter-Fold Mini-Comic: 8-Page Master
Here’s a step-by-step demo for building an 8-page Quarter-Fold mini-comic “master copy.” You can then photocopy the “master” to self-publish your own mini-comic! JUMP TO: Reduction | Folding | Numbering | Taping Up | VIDEO VERSION >> MATERIALS: 8 pages of artwork (P*I.E. full size on standard-size copier paper)blank paperpencilscissorsmasking tape(photocopier / scanner or some …
Poetry Comics Camp
We’re setting up a 5-day Comics Camp for April Vacation week, 26-30 April! Watch this post for details…
Comics Project: Comics Timeline
Combining research & imagination to build common knowledge about an era…
Comics Project #3: Comics Investigation
Using the mini-comics book form as a way to question, research, and respond to new topics…
Comics Project #2: Primary Source Perspective
Combining texts with visuals to create informed original interpretations of the historical record!
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!
Comics Project #1: Graphic Novel Adaptation
Drawing our reading experiences in collaborative comics format…
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!
Monday Monsters Live: Ukulele Robot Vs. Monster Tuba!
Patrons’ choice session… (You asked for it!)
Drawing the Law: Rebellion or Insurrection (18 U.S. Code § 2383)
I drew this 2-page comic as a way to better understand the details of the law…
Monday Monsters Live: Accordion Double-Header!
Two very different monsters honkin’ away on two very different accordions…
Drawing the Law: Seditious Conspiracy (18 U.S. Code § 2384)
I drew this 2-page comic as a way to better understand the details of the law…
“Micro-Library” Comics Camp
In this live-draw series, we’ll create lots of tiny books & build a library to store ’em!
Chickadee Cupboards (Mini)
Drawn @ library workshops (& by the birdfeeder) in early winter.
Coloring Freeman Colby’s “Wilderness”
Drawing a FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 3 battle scene from May, 1864!
LoonToon HOW-TO #2: Lake Habitat
Combine these simple pieces to build larger parts of your loonscape!
Greta’s Gallery: Comics Camp 2020 / Weeks 1-2
Check out these GRRRReat comics drawn by COMICS CAMPers!
How to Draw Eyeballs
Artwork from the mini-comic, “How to Draw Your Very Own EYEBALL ARMY!!” …
Comics Workshop Tutorial: “Alligator P*I.E.”
Especially for students, families, & hosts of my online programs…
Germ Theory: “What Is the Brick?” (Krazy Chat / 12 May 1920)
Featuring special guest MK Czerwiec (a.k.a. Comic Nurse)!
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