The Comic Arts Workshop
Now offering a 30-day Free Trial on the information and support you need to make comics and graphic novels.
About the Workshop
A community of creators learning and working together through classes, co-working sessions, critiques/feedback and support. Members will have access to all educational content, publishing opportunities and special events.
We have live lessons weekly but the lessons are also recorded so you can proceed at your own pace and replay the lesson as often as you need to. Each lesson comes with an assignment which you do and can share for feedback at any of online meetings. There is no schedule you need to keep up with. Just a sequence of lessons/videos you can take whenever you want.
The lesson topics are below:
THE IDEA
Idea generation
Story structures
Characters
The Outline
WRITING
The script
Dialogue
Show don’t tell
Pacing
STORY
Intrigue/Suspense
Fore shadowing
Cutaways/Metaphors
Names, names, names
COLLABORATING
Finding a partner
Money
Contracts
Tips
ART
Character design
Art styles
Sketchlines & inking
Digital vs traditional
LAYOUT
Thumbnails & blocking
Camera positions
Character directions
Leading the eye
COLOR
Flat vs modeled
Using as focus L
ocal vs theme
Digital vs traditional
THE COVER
Logo title
Cover design
Back matter
Getting attention
PRODUCTION
Lettering
Page order
Book format
Printing
DISTRIBUTION
Online
Comic Cons
Comic Shops
Kickstarter
THE BUSINESS
Online
Self Publishing
Anthologies
Publishers
LEGAL
Copyrights
Partnerships
Contracts
Ownership
MARKETING
Networking
Blog/newsletter
Social Media
Press/Awards
POSITIONING
Your message
Motivation
The three mandatories
Career Tips
ATTITUDE
Gratitude
Responsibility
Focus
Track record
AND MORE...
Co-working sessions
Special events
Exclusive opportunities
Camaraderie
Ramon Gil
Artist, Writer, Teacher. Ramon teaches art and design at SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology. He is the organizer of Diversity Comic Con. His credits include Black Stories Matter, The Whiz Kids from DARPA, The Hard Code, Truer Than Trousedale, Senturies, The Scifies Anthologies and most recently, Everybody Has a Hero - a middle school graphic novel from Benchmark Education.
Course Pricing
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$39 USD
per monthA growing and supportive group of aspiring comic and graphic novel creators working and learning together.
Join us - Support and feedback from pros and other aspiring creators
- Weekly bite-sized lessons and exercises
- Access to all pro interviews, blog articles and other content
- Regular virtual bullpen (co-working) sessions
- Exclusive invites to special events and opportunities
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$350 USD
per yearSave $118 by paying for the whole year in advance.
Save Now - Support and feedback from pros and other aspiring creators
- Weekly bite-sized lessons and exercises
- Access to all pro interviews, blog articles and other content
- Regular virtual bullpen (co-working) sessions
- Exclusive invites to special events and opportunities