Recipient of the 2021 Governor’s Arts Award for ART EDUCATION
Thanks to all the schools & libraries & patrons who’ve hosted COMICS WORKSHOP along the way…
Bring COMICS WORKSHOP to your school or library:
More COMICS WORKSHOP News:
FALL 2021: New sketchbook pages, mini-comics, & more @ the Patreon >>
NOVEMBER 2021: Join us for a special series of online COMICS WORKSHOPS hosted by NH public libraries.
Lead Paint Alert!
A series of videos & comics about the dangers of lead paint in our homes.
Comics in World History & Cultures:
A whirlwind look at comics around the world and throughout human history, exploring how different cultures employ visual narratives…
Available as a public presentation via NH Humanities’ “Humanities To Go” Catalog >>
This work is PATRON-POWERED!
Turner Family Stories: From Enslavement in Virginia to Freedom in Vermont
Stories from the life and family lore of master storyteller Daisy Turner!
The Most Costly Journey: Stories of Migrant Farmworkers in Vermont, Drawn by New England Cartoonists
“This rich and inspiring project is doing the work of oral history, narrative medicine, ethnography, and graphic medicine…” – M.K. Czerwiec (GraphicMedicine.org)
The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby
Ongoing epic historical series, drawn from primary source eyewitness accounts!
VIDEOS!
FOR TEACHERS:
MINI-COMICS:
RECENT POSTS from COMICS WORKSHOP:
Let’s Get #LeadFree: FIX IT!
Simple steps to minimize lead risks… Plus how to FIX your home’s lead problem!
Lead Paint Alert! (Mini-Comic)
How to identify & manage household lead contamination from lead-based paints. / (12 pages)
“Let’s Talk About Lead…”
“Let’s talk about LEAD… / And I don’t mean just chemistry / I mean the shockingly toxic stuff / Found all ’round our communities…”
Quarter-Fold Mini-Comic: 8-Page Master
A step-by-step demo for building an 8-page Quarter-Fold mini-comic “master copy.”
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!
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