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Tag Archives: primary sources

Responsibility 🌍

To sources, readers, & our wider communities…

Posted byMarek24 Oct 202505 Nov 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, comics, Comics Workshop, Drawing Community, ethnographyTags: comics, Comics Workshop, community, education, ethnography, history, immigration, migration, primary sources, readersLeave a comment on Responsibility 🌍

“Is It FICTION or NON-FICTION?” (2025)

Short answer: IT’S NON-FICTION. // Real answer: IT’S COMPLICATED!

Posted byMarek23 Oct 202514 Nov 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, comics, Comics Workshop, freeman colby, How to Draw Freeman ColbyTags: comics, Comics Workshop, diary, education, freeman colby, history, how to, Non-fiction, primary sourcesLeave a comment on “Is It FICTION or NON-FICTION?” (2025)

“QUOTE COMICS”Β πŸ“–πŸ’¬ 8p. Template

Build a non-fiction mini from a few primary source quotes!

Posted byMarek19 Jun 202519 Jun 2025Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Camp 2025, Comics Workshop, how to, mini-comics, templateTags: 1-sheet, biography, Comics Workshop, education, history, how to, mini-comics, Non-fiction, one-sheet, primary sources, quote, templateLeave a comment on “QUOTE COMICS”Β πŸ“–πŸ’¬ 8p. Template

Freeman Colby Vol. 3: 1864 Poster Art & Source Book

🎨See the full-color original poster art, alongside the period visual sources that inspired it!

Posted byMarek22 Oct 202431 Jan 2025Posted inBooks, Comics Workshop, projectTags: alfred waud, art, book, Civil War, Comics Workshop, freeman colby, kickstarter, poster, primary sources, winslow homerLeave a comment on Freeman Colby Vol. 3: 1864 Poster Art & Source Book

Primary Sources of Freeman Colby Vol. 4

Samples of the many primary sources I’m using to draw Summer 1864 in FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 4…

Posted byMarek03 Jan 202425 Nov 2025Posted infreeman colby, Vol. 4Tags: Civil War, freeman colby, harriet jacobs, history, New Hampshire historical society, primary sources, sarah low, susie king taylor, work in progressLeave a comment on Primary Sources of Freeman Colby Vol. 4

History: Roots & Branches

A demo page drawn at a recent EL VIAJE / VERMONT READS event…

Posted byMarek31 Jan 202309 May 2023Posted inApplied Cartooning, comics, Comics WorkshopTags: comics, Comics Workshop, education, el viaje, El Viaje Mas Caro, forest, history, library, placemaking, primary sources, process, rabbit, roots, template, the most costly journey, treeLeave a comment on History: Roots & Branches

Freeman Colby Vol. 3 Poster Gallery

Sample poster art & sources from the 1864 adventures of Freeman Colby & Co. …

Posted byMarek07 Dec 202204 Aug 2025Posted inComics Workshop, freeman colby, How to Draw Freeman ColbyTags: 1864, Civil War, color, colored pencil, crayon, freeman colby, history, posters, primary sources2 Comments on Freeman Colby Vol. 3 Poster Gallery

Vol. 3 Sample Pages & Sources: “We Start in 20 Minutes for the Front”

What if the primary source text doesn’t say…?

Posted byMarek13 Oct 202221 Jan 2023Posted inComics Workshop, freeman colbyTags: alexandria, alfred waud, army, Civil War, freeman colby, general grant, letter, march, primary sources, resourceLeave a comment on Vol. 3 Sample Pages & Sources: “We Start in 20 Minutes for the Front”

Primary Sources of Freeman Colby Vol. 3

Samples of the many sources I’m using to draw FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 3

Posted byMarek05 Sep 202216 Sep 2024Posted infreeman colbyTags: Civil War, freeman colby, harriet jacobs, history, New Hampshire historical society, primary sources, sarah low, susie king taylor, work in progressLeave a comment on Primary Sources of Freeman Colby Vol. 3

Freeman Colby: From Primary Sources to Comics

Gallery of sources & the comics they inspired!

Posted byMarek17 Oct 201905 Jan 2022Posted inComics Workshop, freeman colbyTags: Civil War, fannie dawson, freeman colby, freeman colby series, history, primary sources, sarah low, Walt Whitman3 Comments on Freeman Colby: From Primary Sources to Comics

Freeman Colby Vol. 2 Poster Gallery

Sample full-color art from the 1863 adventures of Freeman Colby & Co. …

Posted byMarek01 Jun 201904 Aug 2025Posted inComics Workshop, freeman colbyTags: 1863, abraham tuckson, Civil War, color, crayon, fannie dawson, freeman colby, history, jonas bacon, posters, primary sources, sarah lowLeave a comment on Freeman Colby Vol. 2 Poster Gallery

“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 May 201929 Aug 2022Posted 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 homer1 Comment on “Freeman Colby’s Illustrated” #2 (1863)

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