| SOME OF OUR SHOWS: Comic Culture Extremely Extreme |
| Click here to send inquiries about the classes. I'm always looking for places to host me. Grants love me and I produce great results. |
| I've been teaching Comic Culture; a cartooning class aimed at urban youth using tried and true principles of positive youth development, truth, justice and the human way. It's all about learning to use your art to interpret, challenge, recreate and even change our popular culture. |
| I've taught and developed this class for about 10 years now, teaching at wonderful places like the New York Design Museum, the New York Public Library, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, FREE ARTS, ASPIRA of New York, the Hetrick-Martin Institute and the Harvey Milk School. And you know something? I've learned much more about cartooning, the culture and the world from these kids than I could ever hope to teach them. |
| Please enjoy these proud photos of my students and their work which includes sculpture, Photoshop projects, character design, tee shirt design and good old fashion drawing. |
The classes always
end with a
presentation;
from business
models for their
comic book
universes and
media companies,
displays of their best
work,
Giant Robot designs,
clay maquettes
of their original
character designs,
etc...
They never fail to
impress me with
their creativity and
progression.
Not only do they
learn to use the
fundamental tools of
cartooning to create
comics and
character designs,
but also to see,
interpret and
investigate
all popular culture.
They learn the best
way to change the
world is to change
the culture.
end with a
presentation;
from business
models for their
comic book
universes and
media companies,
displays of their best
work,
Giant Robot designs,
clay maquettes
of their original
character designs,
etc...
They never fail to
impress me with
their creativity and
progression.
Not only do they
learn to use the
fundamental tools of
cartooning to create
comics and
character designs,
but also to see,
interpret and
investigate
all popular culture.
They learn the best
way to change the
world is to change
the culture.
| One of my 2004 classes. I like to begin by bringing in a super-hero or wrestling demon to pose and inspire. Questions and answers always follow as the hero is quizzed on anything from lifestyle to super-tog shopping habits. |
