Welcome to Art of the Comic Book!
Art of the what?
Art of the Comic Book is a college-level studio workshop for making comics with traditional ink-on-paper media. Exercises are based on real-world assignments. Fundamental comic book media techniques include storytelling, character design, working with scripts, hand lettering, inking with brushes and dip pens, figure drawing, sketchbook practice and group critiques.
Class activities
Small sample of what goes on in this class:
Discovering different creative process
There's no one right way to create a great comic book story.
Mastering traditional media
Studio resources include tutorials, media demo videos, and recommended reading.
Getting your story ready for the masses
Scanning, formatting, and corrections for print and web.
Latest
- Most recent class
- I taught for the Liberal Arts department of MassArt this Spring 2022.
- See course schedule
- Helpful tutorials
- Ames Lettering Guide
- Scale original art to printed pages
- Perspective in comics