Comic making is often thought of as a cartoonist working alone, slaving over pages for hours on end with no connection to the outside world for months at a time while they work on a personal comic book masterpiece. WHO SAID CARTOONING HAS TO BE SUCH A SOLITARY MEDIUM?? I, … Continue reading
The workshop will be about appropriation and tradition as well as collaboration. In a sense when Crumb steals from Bud Fisher or Box borrows a surfer from Pettibon or i start to emulate Pat’s background patterns or draw women based on a look I gleaned from Jackie Ormes ( http://www.jackieormes.com) … Continue reading
Memorial Day Weekend: Saturday and Sunday, May 25 and 26 11:00am – 5:00 pm. Philadelphia comics stars Pat Aulisio and Box Brown with Suspect Device maestro Josh Bayer are coming to SAW for a Memorial Day Workshop full of Raw Power! This class will be 2 days and will feature … Continue reading
Visual Technique and Mastery with Justine Andersen Thursdays April 4-May 9, 6:30-9:00 pm Justine’s plan: Throughout the course of the class I will be taking you (the students) through each of the steps I took to go from start to finish (from composition to symbolism, from pencils and inks to … Continue reading
The legendary and incredibly vibrant and funny Trina Robbins came to Gainesville this weekend, along with Megan Kelso, creator of Queen of the Black, Black, Artichoke Tales, and Watergate Sue for the 2013 comics conference focusing on women in comics. Leela also was an invited guest. Leela and Trina at … Continue reading
Ron Rege has been at SAW teaching his methods of adaptation as well as his forays into magic, the occult and fascinating history of obscure artists with rich systems of thought and image making. The show of the class final work is Friday March 8, 7-10 pm. His own show … Continue reading
John’s been teaching for 3 days here at SAW and the students are doing great work. Come to a Friday show at SAW from 7-9 to look at the work and buy some mini-comics. Facebook event here.
Hi everybody! I’m so excited for our SAW workshop next week! I’ve been getting ready for it this weekend, thinking out what I’d like to share with you and taking notes, and… I’ve kind of decided to pretty much just share all my notes with you now! … Continue reading
We’re excited to welcome you to SAW in the next couple of weeks. We want to share with you John and Ron’s list of materials you may want to bring and/or brush up on. So far, John’s materials list is pretty small: “I think the students should bring whatever they … Continue reading
Serra Victoria Bothwell Fels, who’s lovely Meteorologie show (painting above) was just up at FLA Gallery here in Gainesville stopped by on her way out of town to do some Riso printing. I am always glad to offer the studio space to creative, adventurous artists (See Erin Curry’s amazing abstract … Continue reading