Price range: $20.00 through $40.00
Have an idea for a graphic novel? Get help on pitching it in this workshop on March 26th, 2026.
About the workshop:
Are you trying to pitch a graphic novel but aren’t sure how to break in? This workshop will help you get started!
In this two-hour workshop, artist Al Benbow will go over the key components of how to pitch a graphic novel, including writing a successful graphic novel pitch, querying agents, and submitting to publishing house open calls. Al is the author of the upcoming graphic memoir, UNBINDING, which will be published with Oni Press in 2027.
In the last half of the workshop, participants will write longlines and short summaries for their book and discuss them with the group. Bring an idea for a book you want to pitch!
Date:
This two-hour workshop will be Thursday March 26th at 4-6pm PST / 7-9pm EST. The workshop will be recorded and shared with everyone who registers.
About the teacher:
Al Benbow is a graphic designer, illustrator, and comic artist. Their work, which usually centers around their identity as a nonbinary butch lesbian, has won multiple awards, and their comic “A Dyke Like Me” appeared in Issue 004 of Transmuted. Born and raised in the Midwest, they now live in Massachusetts with their partner, their cat, and their four-year-old goldfish.
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
