comics

Jane Porter’s Comics Course – Week 2

I totally recommend this course – it’s so much fun, and thought-provoking. Who would’ve thought you could make up a comic round this week’s theme “Getting Dressed”?! The panes show me as a small kid trying on hand-me-down clothes my Nana used to send. They were all ghastly and too big – Nana got themContinue reading “Jane Porter’s Comics Course – Week 2”

Viviane Schwarz – Create a Character Video

I love author-illustrator Viviane Schwarz’s work. She’s brilliant at inventing crazy, engaging characters and in this video from the British Library website, she shows you one way of doing this! It’s a wonderfully accessible technique and great for anyone trying to create characters for their book, comic or animation. Have a go! 🙂

Make Your Own Comic Workshop

Fresh up on my Free Downloads page, a Make Your Own Comic Workshop! Click on picture below to download, and send me the results please! I would love to see your work, and I will post it here on my website! 🙂

Make Your Own – Rocket Comic Book!

Make Your Own Rocket Comic Book! This latest downloadable make is now up on my DIY page It’s a simple creative make for kids 7 and up, using basic, inexpensive materials. Click to go to the DIY page and click on the Rocket Comic Book heading to download. This fun make can be usedContinue reading “Make Your Own – Rocket Comic Book!”

Rocket Comics At Teignmouth Library!

What a brilliant, creative workshop! Thanks to Cathy and Caroline for helping out and to the children and their families for coming and getiing into the activity so enthusiastically,. And the result was some rather lovely, unique rocket comics 🙂

Bishopsteignton Primary School Comics Club – New Term!

I’ve got fourteen keen-as-mustard comic artists this term, and they are already coming up with some wonderful ideas, including a graphic novel and a very exciting joint project featuring a story told from three different points of view. This is a degree of sophistication I came across in works of authors and filmmakers only whenContinue reading “Bishopsteignton Primary School Comics Club – New Term!”