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Tag Archives: comics

Common Core + Comics: Election Edition!

Here’s a look at how the COMMON CORE Anchor Standards factor into a recent comics feature:

Posted byMarek17 Feb 201508 Mar 2023Posted inApplied Cartooning, comics, Comics Workshop, FeatureTags: civics, comics, Common Core, education, election, standards, writingLeave a comment on Common Core + Comics: Election Edition!

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

La Chispa Comics

Our students at La Chispa library (Matagalpa) try their hands at autobio comics:

Posted byMarek28 Jan 201411 Apr 2021Posted inNicaragua, student artwork, Translate this!Tags: comics, la chispa, library, matagalpa, Nicaragua, Planting Hope, student artworkLeave a comment on La Chispa Comics

La Hermandad: How We Produce Coffee

Here, my students would like to give you a basic overview of the various stages of coffee production on their semi-organic plantation …

Posted byMarek16 Jan 201411 Apr 2021Posted incoffee camps, environment, food, Nicaragua, student artwork, Translate this!, workTags: coffee, comics, harvest, La Hermandad, Nicaragua, planting, student artwork, work1 Comment on La Hermandad: How We Produce Coffee

Series of Pictures?

Sometimes it’s a fine line in the comics classroom…

Posted byMarek16 Jan 201416 Jan 2014Posted incoffee camps, NicaraguaTags: comics, Nicaragua, ocalca, teachingLeave a comment on Series of Pictures?

Artists of La Chispa

Some of the young artists we worked with during a recent visit to La Chispa library in Matagalpa:

Posted byMarek15 Jan 201412 Jan 2014Posted incomics exchange, Nicaragua, student artworkTags: comics, la chispa, library, matagalpa, Nicaragua1 Comment on Artists of La Chispa

Ocalca: Comics for Translation

More comics for translation… and to facilitate the process, I’ve transcribed some of the handwriting:

Posted byMarek12 Jan 201411 Apr 2021Posted inNicaragua, student artwork, Translate this!Tags: comics, Nicaragua, ocalcaLeave a comment on Ocalca: Comics for Translation

Ocalca Coffee Camp Visit

Fotos from a recent Coffee Camp at Ocalca village:

Posted byMarek12 Jan 201412 Jan 2014Posted incoffee camps, comics exchange, delegation, NicaraguaTags: camp, coffee, comics, dance, ocalca, Planting Hope, san ramonLeave a comment on Ocalca Coffee Camp Visit

La Hermandad: Comics for Translation

Here are some unfinished pages of student artwork, available now for translation:

Posted byMarek10 Jan 201411 Apr 2021Posted inNicaragua, student artwork, Translate this!Tags: coffee, comics, La Hermandad, NicaraguaLeave a comment on La Hermandad: Comics for Translation

Comics Workshop at La Hermandad

More fotos from our recent work with Coffee Camp students in rural San Ramón:

Posted byMarek09 Jan 201411 Jan 2014Posted incoffee camps, comics exchange, NicaraguaTags: camps, coffee, comics, La Hermandad, Planting Hope1 Comment on Comics Workshop at La Hermandad

Comics Workshop in Nicaragua

Here’s a peek into a rural Comics Workshop at La Reyna / San Ramon:

Posted byMarek30 Dec 201323 Jun 2024Posted incomics exchange, delegation, NicaraguaTags: comics, La Reyna, Nicaragua, san ramon, school, teaching, workshop1 Comment on Comics Workshop in Nicaragua

“Soccer with our school mates” (La Reyna, San Ramon)

Drawn during a workshop on “the Rights of Children” in San Ramon, Nicaragua (2010)…   Translated by Kaycee Coonan

Posted byMarek23 Oct 2013Posted incomics exchange, Nicaragua, sports, student artworkTags: comics, san ramon, sports1 Comment on “Soccer with our school mates” (La Reyna, San Ramon)

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