Monday, March 23, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Learn tips and tricks from professional comic artists that will help you when designing the layout of your comic!
About this Event
Ages 8 and Up
$10
The way creators arrange the words and images on a page can be just as important as the artwork or the story. Does a comic’s layout add intrigue? Does the positioning of the text make a comic hard to follow? What tricks do the professionals use to help with their layout and lettering? Learn all of this and more from professional comic artists in this how-to workshop!
Educational Takeaways
- Students will analyze comic text and layouts and think critically about how construction impacts comprehension and intrigue.
- Students will think critically about how storytelling through combined images and text differs from storytelling through prose.
- Students will think creatively about how they can adjust their own layout and text.
- Students will develop graphic literacy skills.
- Students will expand their methods of self-expression.
Did you know? Most of PCC’s workshops are ages 8+, meaning that interested kids, teens, and adults are welcome! PCC’s teachers use a mix of whole-group, small-group, and individual instruction to reach attendees specific needs and create a uniquely intergenerational learning experience.