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Tag Archives: applied cartooning

HOUSING WE NEED 2025 Forum

Live-drawn w/ the Initiative for Housing Policy & Practice @ St. Anselm College…

Posted byMarek12 Dec 202519 Dec 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, sketchbookTags: applied cartooning, cartooning, comics, Comics Workshop, community, housing, live-draw, manchester, New Hampshire, sketch, sketchbook, st. anselm collegeLeave a comment on HOUSING WE NEED 2025 Forum

Artist Statement (in Comics Format)

A brief account of my methods & purpose.

Posted byMarek01 Jan 202504 Nov 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics WorkshopTags: applied cartooning, art, artist, cartooning, comics, Comics Workshop, education, ink, mini-comicsLeave a comment on Artist Statement (in Comics Format)

NH State COMICStitution 📖 Bill of Rights / Articles #1-12

The official “Live Free And Draw” adaptation of the original 1784 text…

Posted byMarek06 Jan 202203 Jul 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, comics, Comics Workshop, Mini-Comics, mini-comicsTags: applied cartooning, citizens, civics, constitution, education, government, law, New Hampshire, nh, nhcivics, rights, state governmentLeave a comment on NH State COMICStitution 📖 Bill of Rights / Articles #1-12

Teaching Artist TOP TEN Tips!

Each time I do a residency, I remind myself of these useful tips…

Posted byMarek30 Oct 201511 May 2023Posted incomics, Comics Workshop, Mini-ComicsTags: applied cartooning, artist, education, mini-comics, placemaking, teachingLeave a comment on Teaching Artist TOP TEN Tips!

“Teaching Artist” Mini 📝💭

Here’s a mini-comic I drew in preparation for a recent panel discussion (“Getting Gigs & Making Work”) at Plymouth State University…

Posted byMarek07 Mar 201522 Mar 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, mini-comicsTags: applied cartooning, art, artist, education, mini-comics, placemaking, Plymouth, teaching4 Comments on “Teaching Artist” Mini 📝💭

Happy New Year 2015

Here’s a hopeful card for you from COMICS WORKSHOP…

Posted byMarek01 Jan 201501 Jan 2015Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, IllustrationTags: animals, apocalypse, applied cartooning, comics, drawing2 Comments on Happy New Year 2015

How to Draw Up a Lesson Plan

Mini-comic drawn to accompany a CCS Applied Cartooning seminar on teaching comics:

Posted byMarek04 Nov 201404 Nov 2014Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, mini-comicsTags: adaptation, applied cartooning, artist, assessment, ccs, lesson plans, mini-comics, objective, sequence, standards, teaching9 Comments on How to Draw Up a Lesson Plan

The Applied Cartooning Manifesto (CCS / 2014)

Drawn with James Sturm ~ Summer 2014

Posted byMarek25 Sep 201430 Jun 2023Posted inAC Resources, Applied Cartooning, comics, Comics Workshop, Feature, Mini-Comics, mini-comics, ShopTags: applied cartooning, art, art education, careers, ccs, Center for Cartoon Studies, cheese, james sturm, manifesto, mice1 Comment on The Applied Cartooning Manifesto (CCS / 2014)

What if … ?

“The need to make art may not stem solely from the need to express who you are, but from a need to complete a relationship with something outside yourself.” — David Bayles & Ted Orland

Posted byMarek28 Aug 2014Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics WorkshopTags: applied cartooning, Art & Fear, David Bayles, Ted OrlandLeave a comment on What if … ?

Drawing QB 4: Just Start

How about some space armor, laser guns, and big explosions?!

Posted byMarek22 May 201414 Sep 2020Posted incomics, Drawing Quasar BlastersTags: applied cartooning, cartooning, comic stripsLeave a comment on Drawing QB 4: Just Start

Drawing QB 3: Name Game

Drafting a list of possible names for a new strip…

Posted byMarek03 May 201414 Sep 2020Posted incomics, Drawing Quasar BlastersTags: applied cartooning, cartooning, comic strips, quasarLeave a comment on Drawing QB 3: Name Game

Drawing QB 2: Why not?

Because SOMEBODY has to do it…

Posted byMarek02 May 201414 Sep 2020Posted incomics, Drawing Quasar BlastersTags: applied cartooning, cartooning, comic stripsLeave a comment on Drawing QB 2: Why not?

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