
NOTES FROM SAW
Here’s the place to check out everything that’s been going on at SAW including what we're learning, reading and drawing.
SAW Friday Night Comics Workshop - Drawing Health with Georgia Webber
SAW Friday Night Comics Workshop - Drawing Health with Georgia Webber. Join us February 11th, 2022 at 7PM EST for this FREE workshop!
I Don't Know How to Celebrate My Achievements
Do you ever have trouble celebrating your milestones? Your achievements? No matter how “small” they may seem? See what SAW Instructor and friend, Jess Ruliffson, shared about her thoughts about these feelings.
POLYOMINO IN THE YEAR-LONG PROGRAM
Our online Year-Long Intensive Program students recently tried their hands at POLYOMINOES. “What the heck is a polyomino?” Check out our blog to find out!
Join us in SAW FLOW + PUBLISH MEMBERSHIP GROUP
Come join us in our most affordable, online ongoing-community SAW FLOW + PUBLISH MEMBERSHIP GROUP (comes with a two-week free trial) to join in on MONTHLY PRO-CALLS!
SAW Friday Night Comics Workshop - Drawing Diary Comics with Ellen O'Grady
SAW Friday Night Comics Workshop - Drawing Diary Comics with Ellen O'Grady. Friday January 28th, 2022 @ 7PM EST
What If I Choose The Wrong Story To Tell?
Cartoonist and SAW instructor, Jess Ruliffson, posted a quote from a book she recommends centering on process.
"It's okay if you weren't brave enough or ready to write what you really needed to write. You will be next time." - Kristen Radke. (Quote from Before and After The Book Deal by Courtney Maum, a great book I recommend).
Cartoonist Identity Crisis
A personal comic by SAW member and Alumni, Kevin Curley, regarding process, growth, and identity as a cartoonist.
SAW Friday Night Comics Workshop - Recovering Memory through Comics with Jett Allen!
SAW Friday Night Comics Workshop - Recovering Memory through Comics with Jett Allen!
SAW Friday Night Comics Workshop: Drawing Clothes with Teresa Wong!
SAW Friday Night Comics Workshop - Drawing Clothes with Teresa Wong! Join us this Friday for a FREE Comics Workshop with Teresa Wong. Wong is author of the graphic memoir Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression. Her comics have appeared in The Rumpus and Event. She is the 2021–22 Canadian Writer-in-Residence at the University of Calgary. Don't forget to share your work after the workshop below in the comments, as a post using the "Friday Night Comics" topic, on social media using #fridaynightcomics #sawcomics @comicsworkshop, or all of the above!
Review - Vagina Love: An Owners Manual by Lili Sohn
We review Lili Sohn’s translated Vagina Love: An Owners Manual, yours to read in English through Street Noise Books in February 2022.
Friday Night Workshop: Drawing Dancing with JS Wu!
Join us for our next Friday Night Comics Workshop: Drawing Dancing with JS Wu! About the Event:
Friday January 7th, 2022 @ 7PM EST
End of Year Executive Directors Statement
Tom has put together some of his reflections on the year that was and shared them across our many networks. Please read for yourself, and accept these good wishes for the end of 2021 and the new year to come! Happy comics making to you all!
Punching Through and Recognition
A great post from Tom Hart on the conversation about art, and towards posterity.
Towards recognition.
PRO-CALL with Casey Nowak!
TWO FOR ONE! We have TWO PRO-CALLS this month! Gain access to this call and future MONTHLY PRO-CALLS by joining a SAW membership or course (i.e. Comics Flow + Publish, Graphic Memoir, Alumni Group, etc.). Explore our ONLINE COURSES link in our bio!
Friday Night Workshop: A Comics Letter to the Past with Natalie Norris
Friday Night Workshop: A Comics Letter to the Past with Natalie Norris! Friday, December 17th @ 7PM EST
SAW Friday Night Comics: Haiku Comics with David Lasky
Excerpt of the podcast episode goes here. You can choose to limit this excerpt to a certain word-count for consistency of look/size in the summary blocks on the PODCASTS page.