Bring COMICS WORKSHOP to your school or library:
FOR CREATORS:
Comics Workshop Handbook ✍ 2024 Edition!
Basic comics-making materials PLUS top-secret tips, teacher guides, creative activities, & more…
1-Sheet Mini-Comics (Format)
Turn a single sheet of paper into an 8-page book.
Quarter-Fold Mini-Comics (Format)
Flexible format for mini-comics of 8-40 pages…
FOR TEACHERS:
Multiple Intelligences & Comics Education
Why I teach comics.
Curriculum Connections
Sample projects from Marek’s work in various fields of study… ✍
Comics Project Outlines
Focused mini-projects to kickstart comics creation in your classroom…
The New Hampshire GOVERNOR’S ARTS AWARD
“Cartoonist Marek Bennett is a teaching artist who serves as an inspiring model for students, educators and other artists. His work is brilliant, playful, relevant and infused with compassion and deep understanding of the world as it is, was and might be…”
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS & PROGRAMS:
Bring these COMICS WORKSHOP programs to your school, library, or community center! / SET UP A PROGRAM >>
“Comics in World History & Cultures” with Marek Bennett
A dynamic discussion & comics history reading program (Available to NH hosts…
“Drawing Community” with Marek Bennett
NEW! Creating Comics from Shared Stories. (Available to NH hosts via NHH-HTG)
“Drawing Freeman Colby” Presentations w/ Cartoonist Marek Bennett
A behind-the-scenes look at creating of the award-winning graphic novels!
“The Most Costly Journey” Comics Workshop with Marek Bennett
A closer look at the art & stories of the VT READS…
Constitution Comics
Comics materials based on the US Constitution & constitutional law… (In collaboration…
COMICS CAMP ⭐ SUMMER 2024
Grab your sketchbook & draw along anytime, all vacation long!
PROJECTS GALORE:
RECENT POSTS:
How to Create a (Historical Adventure) Graphic Novel
Super-quick tour of our sources & methods for Freeman Colby Vol. 3!
How to Draw FREEMAN COLBY
Here’s how I create my FREEMAN COLBY graphic novels, from panels to pages to poster art & more!
The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby (Graphic Novel Series)
A graphic novel epic of the American Civil War… Drawn from actual diaries, letters, sketchbooks, & more!
NOW DRAWING✍ Freeman Colby Vol. 4
The next book in the series is under way…
El viaje más caro / The Most Costly Journey
Stories of Migrant Farmworkers in Vermont, Drawn by New England Cartoonists. // “Every North American should read this book.” ~ Alison Bechdel
COMPOST Comics
The aerobic adventures of your pal Corey, in your local compost pile…
The Anaerobic Adventures of Ploppy the Cow-Pie
An unlikely hero on a quest to unlock a hidden superpower…
Mini-Comics
⭐Hand-made, self-published comics for schools, libraries, & friends…⭐
Templates
= blank guides for your next comics project!
Doodles
Just start drawing ~ No thinking, no planning ~ Surprise yourself!
Sketchbooks
While working on my graphic novels, I also draw in several sketchbooks of diary comics, doodles, travel notes, & random ideas…
The Applied Cartooning Manifesto (CCS / 2014)
Drawn with James Sturm ~ Summer 2014
NH State COMICStitution (Bill of Rights: Articles #1-12)
The official “Live Free And Draw” adaptation of the original 1784 text…
Pre-Socratic Philosophers
Math! Science! Life! The Universe! Everything! Nothing! And MORE!! Presenting the Ancient Greek philosophers in their own amazing words (translated into English)!
Weeks Act Comics
Comics & music celebrating the origins of our National Forests!
WMNF Junior Forest Ranger Activity Book
PRINTABLES & BONUS PAGES: Watch this space for high-resolution printables & special features… PAGE & PROCESS GALLERY: RELATED RESOURCES:
MathematiComics!
Math-related doodles & minis…
Poetry Comics
Cartooning projects based on poems & song lyrics…
Krazy Chats
Join co-hosts Marek Bennett & Kurt Shaffert as we explore the panels & panoramas of Herriman’s classic comics…
Lead Paint Alert!
Videos & comics exploring the dangers of lead paint poisoning, and what YOU can do to prevent it! A partnership between COMICS WORKSHOP &…
LoonToons
A HOW-TO-DRAW series about the amazing lives of Loons… LoonToon Booklets: Info & life history of the common loon, gavia immer. How to draw…
TOXIC COSMETICS
All about the dangers of toxic ingredients in cosmetics & personal care products… TOXIC PRODUCTS Intro: For an APP & searchable DATABASE of thousands…
QUASAR BLASTERS
“QUASAR BLASTERS” is the daily comic strip I drew for the Brown Daily Herald (Providence, RI / 1994-1997). It was the first serious long-term comics project I ever completed, and I learned…
LIVE FREE AND DRAW: “Comics history from the Granite State”
= My long-running webcomic about the history of New Hampshire…
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