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Tag Archives: education

Comics Camp 2021 (Archive)

THANKS patrons & program hosts for a wild & inky SKETCHBOOK SUMMER!

Posted byMarek21 Jun 202107 Mar 2023Posted inComics Camp 2021, Comics Workshop, sketchbookTags: art, comics camp, Comics Workshop, comicscamp2021, education, programs, sketchbook, summer, summer reading programLeave a comment on Comics Camp 2021 (Archive)

Poetry Comics Camp (2021)

How to create cartoons, make mini-comics, scribble story-scrolls, and more… all based on ideas from poems, songs, and other growing things!

Posted byMarek20 Apr 202107 Mar 2023Posted inComics Workshop, how to, poems, videoTags: CLiF, comics camp, Comics Workshop, education, how to, live-draw, poem, poetry1 Comment on Poetry Comics Camp (2021)

Comics Project: Comics Timeline

Combining research & imagination to build common knowledge about an era…

Posted byMarek16 Mar 202102 Jan 2022Posted inComics Workshop, projectTags: Comics Workshop, curriculum, education, history, idea, lesson, research, teaching, unit, world war ii3 Comments on Comics Project: Comics Timeline

Comics Project #3: Comics Investigation

Using the mini-comics book form as a way to question, research, and respond to new topics…

Posted byMarek15 Mar 202122 Apr 2025Posted inComics Workshop, get ideas, projectTags: Comics Workshop, curriculum, education, idea, lesson, research, teaching, unit1 Comment on Comics Project #3: Comics Investigation

Comics Project #2: Primary Source Perspective

Combining texts with visuals to create informed original interpretations of the historical record!

Posted byMarek15 Mar 202103 Apr 2024Posted inComics Workshop, get ideas, projectTags: Comics Workshop, curriculum, education, graphic novel, idea, lesson, teaching, unit2 Comments on Comics Project #2: Primary Source Perspective

Comics Project #1: Graphic Novel Adaptation

Drawing our reading experiences in collaborative comics format…

Posted byMarek05 Mar 202111 Sep 2024Posted inComics Workshop, get ideas, projectTags: Comics Workshop, curriculum, education, graphic novel, idea, lesson, teaching, unit2 Comments on Comics Project #1: Graphic Novel Adaptation

Hospital Cat 1: Finding F.A.S.T. in a Primary Source Text

These simple visual tools & marks will help primary source texts COME TO LIFE on your comics page!

Posted byMarek24 Feb 202124 Mar 2021Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, freeman colby, How to Draw Freeman ColbyTags: Civil War, comics, Comics Workshop, education, freeman colby, history, sarah low5 Comments on Hospital Cat 1: Finding F.A.S.T. in a Primary Source Text

CARTOONIST PROFILE

Basic info about the artist / Drawn in response to questions from a student project…

Posted byMarek04 Mar 202016 Feb 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics WorkshopTags: ask me anything, comics, Comics Workshop, education, q&aLeave a comment on CARTOONIST PROFILE

Sharjah Sketchbook

The daily adventures of a cartoon rabbit teaching comics in the Persian Gulf!

Posted byMarek01 Mar 202023 Dec 2024Posted inBooks, comics, Non-fiction, sketchbook, wondersTags: autobio, cartooning, Comics Workshop, education, graphic novel, islam, sharjah, sharjah international book fair, sibf19, travel, uae, united arab emirates, wonders2 Comments on Sharjah Sketchbook

Residency @ Crotched Mountain School

This residency was a great reminder that the ART we make is also a record of PERSONAL CONNECTIONS in our community…

Posted byMarek15 Jan 202030 Aug 2021Posted inComics WorkshopTags: Crotched Mountain, education, guest, school, special education, student artworkLeave a comment on Residency @ Crotched Mountain School

“Drawing Freeman” / Historical New Hampshire (Vol. 71 No. 1)

Full color cover article on drawing Stick Figure Civil War comics.

Posted byMarek04 Jul 201801 Jul 2023Posted inApplied Cartooning, comics, freeman colby, How to Draw Freeman Colby, Mini-Comics, mini-comics, Non-fiction, ShopTags: education, freeman colby, history, New Hampshire, primary sources1 Comment on “Drawing Freeman” / Historical New Hampshire (Vol. 71 No. 1)

YA QUE TENGO MI LICENCIA / Now That I Have My License

Reflections on driving, by migrant laborers on Vermont dairy farms…

Posted byMarek15 Jul 201715 Jul 2017Posted inApplied Cartooning, comics, ethnography, mini-comicsTags: car, driving, education, El Viaje Mas Caro, family, immigration, law, migrant, VermontLeave a comment on YA QUE TENGO MI LICENCIA / Now That I Have My License

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