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Whitefield FALL FESTIVAL 🍂 Community Day

Live-Sketching a town-wide celebration, 6 months after our first event...

Posted byMarek04 Oct 202520 Mar 2026Posted inComics Workshop, community conversations, Drawing Community, sketchbookTags: art, Comics Workshop, community, library, New Hampshire, nh humanities, poetry, sketch, sketchbook, watercolor, white mountains, whitefield1 Comment on Whitefield FALL FESTIVAL 🍂 Community Day

Diary Comics: “What if we draw blank boxes?”

A simple way to open up the diary page to new ideas & wider stories...

Posted byMarek27 Sep 202510 Nov 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, how to, sketchbook demoTags: comics, Comics Workshop, diary, diary comics, draw, drawing, education, hike, how to, katahdin, maine, nature, story, writing2 Comments on Diary Comics: “What if we draw blank boxes?”

Maine Sketchbook 🍂 (Fall 2025)

Trailside sketches from an unofficial artist residency in the Maine woods...

Posted byMarek25 Sep 202519 Feb 2026Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, sketchbookTags: art, Comics Workshop, creativity, doodle, drawing, environment, forest, hike, katahdin, maine, panorama, penobscot, sketchbook, sketching, travelLeave a comment on Maine Sketchbook 🍂 (Fall 2025)

HOW TO PLAY: “Name That Art!” Game🎨💬

Fun "Get Ideas" game for the museum (or elsewhere!)...

Posted byMarek13 Sep 202517 Sep 2025Posted incomics, Comics Workshop, get ideas, how toTags: art, Comics Workshop, creativity, education, get started, how to, ideas, learning, museum, school, teaching, technology, writingLeave a comment on HOW TO PLAY: “Name That Art!” Game🎨💬

NH Sketchbook: INTRODUCTION

A quick note from the new book... "Gathering, listening, honoring, learning from each other... These are ancient practices of human community."

Posted byMarek12 Sep 202529 Mar 2026Posted inComics Workshop, community conversationsTags: comics, Comics Workshop, community, diary, introduction, New Hampshire, nh humanities, preview, sketch, sketchbookLeave a comment on NH Sketchbook: INTRODUCTION

HOW TO: Plan a Classroom COMICS PROJECT! 📖💭

5 basic design considerations for teachers...

Posted byMarek02 Sep 202516 Feb 2026Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, how to, projectTags: Comics Workshop, curriculum, education, how to, lesson, lesson plans, project, school, teachingLeave a comment on HOW TO: Plan a Classroom COMICS PROJECT! 📖💭

Thinking of Self-Publishing?

Here are some PROs and CONs to consider...

Posted byMarek31 Jul 202531 Jul 2025Posted incomics, Comics Camp 2025, Comics WorkshopTags: comics, Comics Workshop, diary, how to, publishing, self publishingLeave a comment on Thinking of Self-Publishing?

How to Draw Your Very Own BIRDS!

Every bird you doodle has something important to tell you...

Posted byMarek11 Jul 202522 Jul 2025Posted incomics, Comics Camp 2025, Comics Workshop, get ideas, how to, Mini-Comics, mini-comicsTags: 1-sheet, birds, comics, comics camp, Comics Workshop, doodle, mini-comics, one-sheetLeave a comment on How to Draw Your Very Own BIRDS!

#SaveTheNHSCA Sketchbook

Selected sketches & diary comics from the fight to save the NHSCA (spring, 2025)....

Posted byMarek27 Jun 202501 Feb 2026Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, sketchbookTags: arts, civics, Comics Workshop, diary, government, money, nh, nhsca, sketch, sketchbook, state government, wondersLeave a comment on #SaveTheNHSCA Sketchbook

Summer Dreams #44 🦏 The Rhino Issue

Drawn @ our 2025 kick-off workshop...

Posted byMarek24 Jun 202507 Jul 2025Posted incomics, Comics Camp 2025, comics jam, Comics Workshop, Mini-Comics, mini-comics, summer dreamsTags: 1-sheet, comics, comics camp, comics jam, Comics Workshop, ice cream, mini-comics, one-sheet, rhino, skateboard, summer, summerdreams, zooLeave a comment on Summer Dreams #44 🦏 The Rhino Issue

Mad King Pig’s 3-Cup Monte!

There he goes again, trying to distract us -- Keep your eye on those cups!

Posted byMarek23 Jun 202511 Mar 2026Posted inBig Picture Doodles, Comics WorkshopTags: big picture, Comics Workshop, doodle, government, king, king george, magic, monsters, pig, politics, sketchbookLeave a comment on Mad King Pig’s 3-Cup Monte!

The Art of Breathing💨

A HOW-TO manual & reminder, for life and art...

Posted byMarek22 Jun 202526 Jun 2025Posted incomics, Comics Camp 2025, Comics Workshop, mini-comicsTags: 1-sheet, air, art, breath, comics, Comics Workshop, creativity, how to, mini-comics, processLeave a comment on The Art of Breathing💨

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