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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!
Drawing the Law: Rebellion or Insurrection (18 U.S. Code § 2383)
I drew this 2-page comic as a way to better understand the details of the law…
Drawing the Law: Seditious Conspiracy (18 U.S. Code § 2384)
I drew this 2-page comic as a way to better understand the details of the law…
D.C.+Virginia Sketchbook (October 2019)
32 pages of diary comics, drawn while exploring Civil War historical sites & battlefields… A behind-the-scenes look at Rabbit’s footwork & research for Freeman Colby Vol. 3 (1864)! ORDERING INFO: Special print edition available to Patreon members: Join the Patreon → Download printable PDF → SAMPLE PAGES:
Freeman Colby: From Primary Sources to Comics
Gallery of sources & the comics they inspired!
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…
“Freeman Colby’s Illustrated” #2 (1863)
Available SPRING 2019 with all pre-orders of FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 2 via http://www.MarekBennett.com …
How to Draw Freeman Colby #1: Stick Figure Soldier
History cartooning tips from VOL. 2!
The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Vol. 2
1863: The continuing saga of a Yankee school teacher in the Union Army.
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 …
1 Day in the Life of the Granite State
“650 million years in just 24 hours!”