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Tag Archives: Civil War

Coloring Freeman Colby’s “Wilderness”

Drawing a FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 3 battle scene from May, 1864!

Posted byMarek01/09/202006/01/2021Posted inComics Camp 2020, freeman colby, how to, How to Draw Freeman Colby, videoTags: Civil War, color, Comics Workshop, crayon, freeman colby, freeman colby series, how, how to, ink, pencil, poster, virginia, wildernessLeave a comment on Coloring Freeman Colby’s “Wilderness”

“Sarah Low: Civil War Volunteer” (8p Comics Report)

How to create a quick 8-page mini “comics report” drawn from primary sources!

Posted byMarek13/04/202007/09/2020Posted inComics Workshop, freeman colby, How to Draw Freeman Colby, videoTags: 1-sheet, Civil War, comics, Comics Workshop, freeman colby, hospital, how to, makeart, medicine, mini-comics, sarah lowLeave a comment on “Sarah Low: Civil War Volunteer” (8p Comics Report)

How to Draw Freeman Colby #3: Nurse Sarah Low

Draw along as Marek builds a splash page of nurse Sarah Low!

Posted byMarek02/04/202013/04/2020Posted inComics Workshop, freeman colby, How to Draw Freeman Colby, videoTags: cartooning, Civil War, Comics Workshop, freeman colby, homeschool, hospital, how to, makeart, sarah low, splash page, videoLeave a comment on How to Draw Freeman Colby #3: Nurse Sarah Low

How to Draw Freeman Colby #2: Enlisting (August 1862)

Draw along as the boys enlist in the 39th Mass. Volunteers!

Posted byMarek31/03/202013/04/2020Posted inComics Workshop, freeman colby, How to Draw Freeman Colby, videoTags: action, Civil War, Comics Workshop, drawing, face, freeman colby, how to, inking, pencil, process, text, videoLeave a comment on How to Draw Freeman Colby #2: Enlisting (August 1862)

Freeman Colby: From Primary Sources to Comics

Gallery of sources & the comics they inspired!

Posted byMarek17/10/201919/01/2021Posted inComics Workshop, freeman colbyTags: Civil War, fannie dawson, freeman colby, freeman colby series, history, primary sources, sarah low, Walt Whitman1 Comment on Freeman Colby: From Primary Sources to Comics

The St. Albans Raid #1

Detailing a little-known outburst of domestic terrorism in a small New England town far from the front lines of the Civil War…

Posted byMarek20/07/201920/09/2020Posted incomics, Mini-Comics, mini-comics, ShopTags: 1864, Civil War, guerrillas, history, St. Albans, terrorism, Vermont1 Comment on The St. Albans Raid #1

“Freeman Colby’s Illustrated” #2 (1863)

Available SPRING 2019 with all pre-orders of FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 2 via http://www.MarekBennett.com …

Posted byMarek10/05/201910/05/2019Posted infreeman colby, Freeman Colby's Illustrated Magazine, Mini-Comics, mini-comicsTags: alfred waud, Civil War, edwin forbes, freeman colby, history, james fuller queen, newspaper, primary sources, reference, winslow homerLeave a comment on “Freeman Colby’s Illustrated” #2 (1863)

How to Draw Freeman Colby #1: Stick Figure Soldier

History cartooning tips from VOL. 2!

Posted byMarek03/04/201914/04/2020Posted infreeman colby, how to, How to Draw Freeman Colby, videoTags: Civil War, freeman colby, history, library of congress, New Hampshire, New Hampshire historical society, primary sources, stick figures, videoLeave a comment on How to Draw Freeman Colby #1: Stick Figure Soldier

Nurse Sarah Low / “Hospital Cat” (1863)

COLOR POSTER ART: Nurse Low writes in her hospital log book while the local cat hunts rats.

Posted byMarek05/03/201913/04/2020Posted infreeman colby, How to Draw Freeman Colby, videoTags: Civil War, freeman colby, inking, videoLeave a comment on Nurse Sarah Low / “Hospital Cat” (1863)

The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Vol. 2

1863: The continuing saga of a Yankee school teacher in the Union Army.

Posted byMarek01/02/201906/12/2020Posted inBooks, comics, Feature, freeman colby, ShopTags: Civil War, freeman colby, freeman colby series, graphic novel, Henniker, history, New Hampshire2 Comments on The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Vol. 2

Freeman Colby’s Illustrated Civil War Magazine #1 (1861-62)

Announcing an all-new tabloid chock full of primary source images from the making of the graphic novel …

Posted byMarek31/01/201920/05/2019Posted inApplied Cartooning, freeman colby, Freeman Colby's Illustrated Magazine, Mini-ComicsTags: Civil War, freeman colby, history, newspaper, primary sources, referenceLeave a comment on Freeman Colby’s Illustrated Civil War Magazine #1 (1861-62)

New Year’s Day, 1863 (Freeman Colby Vol. 2 / Page 1)

Guarding the Potomac w/ Freeman Colby & Jonas Bacon.

Posted byMarek01/01/201912/01/2021Posted infreeman colby, How to Draw Freeman Colby, videoTags: Civil War, freeman colby, inking, videoLeave a comment on New Year’s Day, 1863 (Freeman Colby Vol. 2 / Page 1)

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