Feel like everything’s too expensive right now? Us too!

Too busy to set aside a full week for a workshop? We get it! That’s why we rethought our online programs last year, with one goal in mind: making comics education more accessible, both in terms of time and cost.

COMICS 101 is an online winter workshop that’s half the price of our summer workshops, and only meets once a week (6-9pm ET on Thursdays) for seven weeks! Taught by Eisner-award winning cartoonist and renowned comics instructor Ivan Brunetti, COMICS 101 will cover the basics of cartooning using exercises and assignments from Brunetti’s groundbreaking workbook Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice.

This online, synchronous class has space for 24* students, twice the number of seats in our in-person summer workshops. While there will not quite be the same level of one-on-one interaction, the instructor (and T.A.) will provide feedback on a few student assignments each week, making sure that over the seven weeks, all students receive comments on their work.

Our hope is that COMICS 101 will be a more affordable, accessible way for folks to start learning about cartooning, so they can get to work making their comics!

Scholarships

Two seats will be awarded as merit scholarships, designed to support the professional development of cartoonists living in the United States of America. Applicants of historically marginalized communities are strongly encouraged to apply. Visit the scholarships page above for more information and to apply.