Here’s how I create my Freeman Colby Series of graphic novels, from panels to pages to poster art & more!
How to Draw Freeman Colby:
How to Draw Colby & Co. Enlisting (1862):
How to Draw Sarah Low:
Drawing a page from Vol. 2:
Drawing a full-color Freeman Colby poster:
Inking & coloring an 11″x17″ scene from the Battle of the Wilderness (1864):
MORE HOW-TO POSTS:
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!
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!
Coloring Freeman Colby’s “Wilderness”
Drawing a FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 3 battle scene from May, 1864!
“Sarah Low: Civil War Volunteer” (8p Comics Report)
How to create a quick 8-page mini “comics report” drawn from primary sources!
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!
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.
New Year’s Day, 1863 (Freeman Colby Vol. 2 / Page 1)
Guarding the Potomac w/ Freeman Colby & Jonas Bacon.
