Monthly archives: January 2020


This is presentation/set of talks I’d given several times over the years in different forms. As a series of classes, shortened for talks at comics festivals, and this playlist was created for student patrons on Patreon when I still had one active. It’s designed to encapsulate all the fundamentals of […]

Snakes Ladders & Closure: The Mechanics of Comics Art


the last few years teaching my making comics class at syn studio I’ve noticed that many students find it difficult to start writing stories. Not everyone has this problem, some students come into the class already with a graphic novel in mind, they want to start working on. But that […]

Story Strategy: Adapting from Public Domain.