Discovery-based Comics Ed Programs by Marek Bennett, M.Ed.
Comics Camp 2020 is ONLINE!
Drawing + storytelling + creative projects —
Keep your IMAGINATION roaring all summer long!
Join now, participate when you want, pay what you can…
Through a partnership with Kimball-Jenkins, you can now select “Comics Camp” as one of your KJ camp options! (Ages 6-16).
Pay what you can per month = gets you the password to the COMICS CAMP Clubhouse + email updates & invites (+ books by mail + tee shirts, &c. …)
COMICS WORKSHOP REMOTE VIDEO VISITS!
Live-draw with Marek via Skype / Google Hangouts / Zoom …
“IMAGINE YOUR STORY”
Summer Reading Programs
“Comics in World History & Cultures”
NH Humanities “Humanities To Go” Program
COMICS WORKSHOP Minis:
COMICS WORKSHOP Videos
RECENT POSTS from COMICS WORKSHOP:
Loontoons #2: 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)!
Comics Workshop Tools Overview
Especially for students, families, & hosts of my online programs…
“This Is (Not) a (China) Egg” (Krazy Chat / 6 May 1920)
Immigration, Fake News, & White-Mouse-on-Black-Cat Violence in Coconino County, 1920
Woody Guthrie’s “Tom Joad” #1
Adapting the first 6 verses of Woody Guthrie’s song, based on John Steinbeck’s 1939 novel…
“Lovely, Dark, & Deep” (Gospel of Krazy Book ’20 Ch.4:29)
A close, quick reading of secrets hidden in a 100-year-old strip!
Woogums #2: Procrastination Poster
Drawing alien gladiator champions helps me get ideas.
#4: Hiking w/ Monsters
We’re celebrating Earth Day with some monstrously cartoony WORLD-BUILDING!
1 Monster Invites Another
How one monster grows into a quarter-thousand (& counting)…!
“Sarah Low: Civil War Volunteer” (8p Comics Report)
How to create a quick 8-page mini “comics report” drawn from primary sources!
Let’s Draw MONSTERS! (LEVELS 6-8)
LEVEL 6 Eyes, Seven-Staffs, Gruesome Grimaces, … plus P.I.E.!
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!
Cartooning Basics #2: Faces & Body Language
Sometimes it helps to act out an idea, and FEEL the picture in your body…
Diary Comic: "When I Feel…"
This simple 4-panel format helps me turn an EMOTION into a STORY…
Cartooning Basics #1: Shapes & Faces
Anybody can draw cartoons… Follow along at home, & you’ll be surprised at the results!
“Set Up a Blank (1-Sheet) Mini-Comic”
8 blank pages, ready to draw on! No stapler required.
“Corona Vs. Clown” (Monster Fight!)
= A full-color monster-fighting rally song & crayon demo! WHO WILL WIN?!?!
Sharjah Sketchbook
The daily adventures of a cartoon rabbit teaching comics in the Persian Gulf!
“Woogums Goes for a Walk” (1-Sheet / 8 Page)
A desktop quick-draw, from blank paper to finished 8-page mini-comic…
1-Sheet / 8 page Mini-Comic (Folding)
A super-quick demo of folding a blank booklet from a single sheet of paper.
Residency @ Crotched Mountain School
This residency was a great reminder that the ART we make is also a record of PERSONAL CONNECTIONS in our community…
“Jingle Bells” Quick-Draw Monster Sleigh Ride
Here’s a little mid-winter musical mayhem for the New Year….
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: Special print edition available to Patreon members: SAMPLE PAGES:
Freeman Colby: From Primary Sources to Comics
Gallery of sources & the comics they inspired!
The St. Albans Raid #1
Detailing a little-known outburst of domestic terrorism in a small New England town far from the front lines of the Civil War…
“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)
COLOR POSTER ART: Nurse Low writes in her hospital log book while the local cat hunts rats.
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