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Freeman Colby Vol. 3 Poster Gallery

Sample poster art & sources from the 1864 adventures of Freeman Colby & Co. …

07 Dec 202208 Dec 2022

The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Vol. 3 (1864) [COMING JANUARY 2023]

1864: Further adventures of a Yankee school teacher in the heart of the Civil War!

30 Nov 202208 Dec 2022

Lincoln’s SPECIAL MESSAGE to Congress (4 July, 1861)

A warning about Democracy, from a wartime president.

03 Nov 202204 Nov 2022

Freeman Colby @ the National Book Festival / Washington DC

Interviews w/ “Great Reads from Great Places” Authors @ Library of Congress…

25 Oct 202204 Dec 2022

“Space TAKEN” (Poetry Comics Demo)

Sci-Fi comics retrospection, after Robert Frost.

17 Oct 202217 Oct 2022

VOL. 3 COVER ART: Wilderness Wildfire (5 May 1864)

Drawn from a battlefield sketch by Alfred Waud.

16 Oct 202227 Nov 2022

Vol. 3 Sample Pages & Sources: “We Start in 20 Minutes for the Front”

What if the primary source text doesn’t say…?

13 Oct 202230 Nov 2022

1st AMENDMENT MINI: Tinker V. Des Moines (1969)

Can a public school PROHIBIT armbands (a.k.a. symbolic speech)?

12 Oct 202216 Oct 2022

Sky Full of Monsters (WONDERS / Oct. 2022)

This mini started off as MONSTER MAYHEM, & ended up as GARDEN DIARY.

08 Oct 202212 Oct 2022

“Sleeping on Their Arms” / Winslow Homer @ The Wilderness

Drawn from a 2p spread in Harper’s (28 May 1864)

06 Oct 202212 Oct 2022

1st AMENDMENT MINI: West Virginia V. Barnette (1943)

Can a public school COMPEL students to salute the flag?

30 Sep 202211 Oct 2022

How a Civil War Battle-Sketch Gets Published (MINI)

From frontline sketchbook to front porch reading…

28 Sep 202205 Oct 2022

D.I.Y. US Constitution / Preamble (8p TEMPLATE)

What are the GOALS of the US government? And what do they look like when YOU cartoon ’em in comics form?

17 Sep 202203 Oct 2022

Primary Sources of Freeman Colby Vol. 3

Samples of the many sources I’m using to draw FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 3

05 Sep 202217 Oct 2022

Comics Camp 2022 SKETCHBOOK SUMMER (Archive)

Thanks to patrons & hosts for a sketchbook-a-riffic season!

03 Sep 202206 Dec 2022

4th AMENDMENT MINI: Safford V. Redding (2009)

Can a public school COMPEL students to salute the flag?

26 Aug 202203 Oct 2022

Civil War Cartoonist Mini: “Artists to the Front!”

Eyewitness artists on the battlefield…

19 Aug 202220 Aug 2022

Show ‘N’ Tell Intro (1p Template)

D.I.Y. template / Created in collaboration with James Sturm of CCS.

11 Aug 202216 Aug 2022

Penobscot Sketchbooks (Summer 2022)

Drawn on the islands / Maine, USA

01 Aug 202214 Sep 2022

Bird Book (8p Template)

Here’s a D.I.Y. template for your next non-fiction bird bio mini!

30 Jul 202202 Aug 2022

Summer Dreams #6 Quick-Draw Video!

Inking an 8-page mini from our 2022 COMICS CAMP adventures!

29 Jul 202210 Oct 2022

How to Create a (Historical Adventure) Graphic Novel

Super-quick tour of our sources & methods for Freeman Colby Vol. 3!

28 Jul 2022

How to COMICS JAM

= Fun STORY GENERATOR for 2+ players!

15 Jul 202212 Aug 2022

Summer Dreams #6 (Comics Camp Mini)

Because surprises DO happen at library summer reading programs!

14 Jul 202214 Jul 2022