$150.00 – $300.00
This class will kickstart your creativity and put you on track to create a finished comic.
Whether you’re new to making comics or an experienced illustrator looking to push yourself through an artistic block, this eight-week-long beginner-friendly class will kickstart your creativity and put you on track to create a finished comic you’ll be proud of. We’ll go through the steps of developing a comics idea, writing a script, working through thumbnail drafts, and drawing the final version, with an emphasis on story, structure, and building skills to eliminate road blocks in the cartooning process.
Class dates:
This class runs for eight weeks, from August 12th – September 30, on Tuesdays from 5pm-7pmPST/8pm-10pm EST. This class meets online, via Zoom, and is capped at 25 participants. The class will be recorded and emailed to all participants weekly, if you need to miss a session.
What you need:
• Drawing supplies. You can draw on paper or digitally, whatever you prefer. You’re welcome to use whatever materials you have on hand, whether it’s colored pencils, watercolors, or ink pens.
Age restriction:
This is a class for adults, geared toward people who are age 16+. If you want to enroll someone younger than 16, please email us to tell us about them first!
About the teacher:
Kane Lynch is a cartoonist and educator whose comics and illustrations have appeared in The Nib, Slate, and Psychology Today. Kane’s graphic novel for kids “Reel Life” will be published by Scholastic Graphix in 2025. A graduate of the Center for Cartoon Studies, Kane teaches workshops for artists of all ages, at schools, libraries, and comic cons throughout the country.
Questions about this workshop?
Email Crucial Comix publisher Shay at smirk@crucialcomix.com
To make them affordable, all of our classes and workshops are offered at a sliding scale cost.
Supporter - This payment level pitches in a little extra toward the teacher’s income and helps pay artists to create new comics at Crucial. Thanks for your support!
Standard - This is the basic rate for the class, which covers our costs.
Discount - We want people of all income levels in our classes, so choose this rate if you paying the standard rate is a stretch for you.
We set aside three spots in each class to be offered for free to people who would find it a hardship to pay the discount rate for any reason. These free spots are first-come, first-serve. If you would like to take a class for free, please send us a short email about yourself, what class you would like to take, and why. If a free spot is still available, we’ll send you a discount code to register for free! Email: editors@crucialcomix.com
