Teens (17+)

In this course we will be exploring the boundaries of sequential art.

Creating original stories for comic strips, comic books, graphic novels, and any other form of graphic narratives you can dream up. Students are encouraged to bring all variety of drawing styles, from stick figures to Daumier and beyond.

Emphasis in this course is on the way we communicate with sequential image narratives, not on how to draw cartoon characters. We will be exploring the grammar, iconography, symbolism, and the pictograms used by the masters of the comic medium and we will move through the entire process of sequential art story telling from inception to print.

Create unique prints using oil-based water-soluble inks and a portable etching press. Organic materials and found objects such as eggshells, leaves, feathers, meshes, and bubble wrap introduce texture and compositional surprises to your piece.