Discover how to create a strong, compelling storyline, how to create characters, illustrate body language and facial expression, and how to match words and pictures.
Working in small groups to enable each student to receive individual attention, we’ll cover basic drawing and storytelling techniques, and will reference a broad range of comic book styles. There will be a demo of all materials and an expanded list available in the first day of class.
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After maintaining a studio art-making practice in NYC for almost twenty years, Nicholas has devoted himself to comic-book making and teaching the visual language of comics. Working in every facet of art making, from Art Direction for brands like Marc Jacobs, Timex, Levi’s, and Warner Bros., to working in artist’s studios such as Takashi Murakami and Federico Solmi, Nicholas brings all he has learned to the format of visual storytelling in teaching comics. Nicholas published 12 comics in 2022 on a monthly basis, has been teaching in NYC for ten years, and is very excited to share ...
After maintaining a studio art-making practice in NYC for almost twenty years, Nicholas has devoted himself to comic-book making and teaching the visual language of comics. Working in every facet of art making, from Art Direction for brands like Marc Jacobs, Timex, Levi’s, and Warner Bros., to working in artist’s studios such as Takashi Murakami and Federico Solmi, Nicholas brings all he has learned to the format of visual storytelling in teaching comics. Nicholas published 12 comics in 2022 on a monthly basis, has been teaching in NYC for ten years, and is very excited to share that experience with 92NY.
Comics & the Graphic Novel
Developing Children’s Books
Josh Bayer lives in Harlem and has worked as a Graphic Novelist, Fine Artist and Illustrator for twenty years. Josh is the editor of the anthology Suspect Device, and the author of Raw Power, RM, Black Star, Theth and its sequel, Theth Tomorrow Forever, an Ignatz award Nominee for Outstanding Graphic Novel of 2020. Additionally, he is the editor and writer of the All Time Comics imprint from Floating World Comics and Fantagraphics. His style is characterize ...
Josh Bayer lives in Harlem and has worked as a Graphic Novelist, Fine Artist and Illustrator for twenty years. Josh is the editor of the anthology Suspect Device, and the author of Raw Power, RM, Black Star, Theth and its sequel, Theth Tomorrow Forever, an Ignatz award Nominee for Outstanding Graphic Novel of 2020. Additionally, he is the editor and writer of the All Time Comics imprint from Floating World Comics and Fantagraphics. His style is characterized by a genre fusion tying together different historical cartooning styles with a devout punk rock anti-narrative. His comics work was reprinted in the Best American Comics series in 2014 and 2017, selected from work across the country by editors Ben Katchor and Jonathan Letham. Bayer also has an extensive career producing conceptual art for a variety of TV and film productions for clients including MTV, HBO and Amnesty International. Josh earned an MFA in Illustration and Cartooning in 2009 and has been teaching professionally since 2007 at schools all over New York. In 2021 he was nominated for a Distinguished Teaching Award by a panel of his peers at Parsons University.
Cartooning and Illustration for Beginners
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