Comic Book and Graphic Novel (SA2U)

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From Saga to small press, make your comic.

Students combine their drawing and storytelling skills to create fun and interesting characters for comic books and graphic novels. They learn to storyboard, pencil and ink as they design pages that engage the reader, propel the story and bring characters to life. The focus is composition, expression and lettering. Full-color characters taken from sketches to line art become ready to star in cartoons, animations, graphic novels or an original comic book complete with characters, dialogue and action.

Location:

Peninsula Elementary School

Dates:

January 11 - March 7, 2:50 - 4:20 PM, Monday

Instructors:

Matthew Ocasio Reid Psaltis

Matthew Ocasio holds degrees in psychology and Western American history, and is a self-published editor of numerous collaborative comic anthologies as well as the Portland State Vangaurd. As a professional comics writer, he teaches workshops on "writing for illustration" to comic conventions nationwide, and taught comics at The American School in Switzerland.

Reid Psaltis, BFA, is a illustrator and comics artist from the Pacific Northwest. He graduated from the Scientific Illustration program at California State University Monterey Bay, has worked at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and other institutions. He specializes in animals, particularly ones that are extinct.

For grades:

3-5

Tuition: