We made up some new characters during today’s manga workshop with the Manchester City Library’s teen anime club:

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June’s Diamond Bookshelf for teachers and librarians features a profile of our Henniker-San Ramón Comics Exchange.  (The Diamond Bookshelf print edition #3 contains a two-page spread about the program; you can get your copy at trade shows and conventions around the country this summer!)

Also, here’s the Comics Exchange in context, alongside the many exciting education programs of our San Ramón-based partner, CESESMA.

GraniteCon 2009 brought a number of strange encounters; below, a rare behind-the-table sighting of Greg Moutafis and Chewbacca together (sort of), and Manchester op-ed cartoonist Peter Noonan does his best to ignore the droid-play behind him:

Visitors to our Comics Workshop table assembled their own instructional mini-comics, and collaborated on our annual GraniteCon Comics Jam.  These two young artists recruited a biker scout to model for them!

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Here are some photos from the April Comics Workshop residency at Bennington, NH’s Pierce School (made possible by a grant from the Children’s Literacy Foundation):

Gee, I have a funny expression on my face in this photo… but I’m not angry! I’m happy to show my comics to these first graders, and talk about how I create and draw out my characters, settings, and stories:

Here, I’m sharing the latest

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Students in CESESMA’s “Promotores” program drew these comics during a February class of the Henniker-San Ramón Comics Exchange in Yúcul (click on each comic for a full-size image):
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Here are some sample pages from our Comics Exchange class in La Garita, San Ramón, Nicaragua.  Students drew comics to give a sense of what life is like in their community (click on the image for full-size view):

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Even in the absence of desks and a roof, these students were ready to draw comics about their community, including lots of stories about an old gold mine, typical foods, and snakes!

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This workshop took place at the El Plomo school, where students were studying traditional Nicaraguan fables and folktales.

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We visited the Ruben Dario school in the village of Siares, San Ramón, Nicaragua to work with a group of art students during the school’s morning session.  These students study art through a program facilitated by our hosting organization, CESESMA.

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Our next Henniker-San Ramón Comics Exchange class involved the enthusiastic students of La Garita, San Ramón.

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