Learn the full process of how to create compelling, professional comics. The goal of our course is to empower students to tell their own stories in a unique form that requires them to identify and express the key points in a narrative. This art of storyboarding is a skill that serves students in everything from writing to presentations, from graphic novels to film. This flexible class does not require students to have previous drawing experience; we simply require eagerness to learn and the willingness to create.

The medium of sequential art is apparently simple, but students learn to recognize its nuances in addressing questions including: what techniques to do artists use to tell stories through the combination of word and picture, and how are they different from other storytelling methods? What role have comic books from the United States played in world culture? Why are Japanese comics, or Manga, becoming so popular? How is sequential art world-wide transcending old barriers to express resonant political, artistic and intellectual messages?

Using legendary artist Will Eisner’s treatises on the topic, as well as works from creators who draw from diverse genres, genders, ethnicities and nationalities, Comics and Storyboarding steeps students in the immense power of visual storytelling.

It was fun but I also learned new things at the same time.
A good mix of free time and classes.
Morgan P., New Paltz, NY