In late July, we gathered in-person in swampy Gainesville, FL, for a full week of COMICS-MAKING FUN at SAW!

Our next Pro-Call is with Yasmeen Abedifard and you're invited! We bring in comic professionals from all walks of life to guest speak (virtually) at SAW. These guest speakers give SAW students/members some insight from their personal experiences throughout their comics career and welcome questions at the end of each session.

We are so proud of our SAW community members who have been nominated for the illustrious IGNATZ AWARDS! Congratulations to Emily Zilber, Leela Corman, and Josh Bayer!

Request your ballot here and vote for them now! Online only!

This past weekend Karlo Antunes and Meg Lentz (that's me!) traveled to Chicago to run the SAW table at CAKE!

Submit your comic for a live reading at the SAW Studio! Submissions due: October 1

Event is on November 15!

As we say goodbye to Emma, we welcome Carly. Emma left huge shoes to fill, and Carly will do her best as the new SAW Assistant Director.

The SAW Accountability group is a one-a-week meeting place for Gainesville locals to bring whatever long term, short term, or anywhere-in-between project. When Tuesday evenings starting October 1 from 7PM to 9PM continuing on until November 12.

This class is for teens aged 11-18 that are interested in starting, continuing and/or maintaining their practice in comics. When Saturday mornings starting October 5 from 10AM to 12PM (continuing for 7 weeks until November 16, 2024)

Gainesville locals! Making art can sometimes be an isolating trade, why not share what you're working on with us? Drop by the SAW studio for Draw Jam every friday Saturday of the month! :-)

In this weeklong workshop, participants will learn how to make a comic from beginning to end. This course includes in-depth overviews of plot, character, setting, lettering, panel design, inking, and digital editing.

dive into some internal arts with immortal chicken and manifest characters from your inner self! discover your most authentic comic stories! Sept 5 at 6pm ET / 3 pm PT

Andrew Coltrin is a writer, comics artist, and disabilities advocate when not at the day job as a paraeducator for a large urban school district.

For decades Andrew thought he was just weird, anxious and unexplainably broken until the DSM finally had an update that caught up with lived experience. Andrew was diagnosed as autistic at the age of 37, and informally diagnosed with ADHD by his brother in 2023 (“your DHD is Advanced”).

Andrew’s previous works include the glossary zine A is for Autistic, and the zine Ability: Emerging from the Social Constraints on Neurodivergence and Disability. Andrew has also led staff trainings about neurodiversity and has spoken on panels at the Interdisciplinary Autism Research Festival (2021) and the Tucson Zine Fest (2023).

Thanks for listening!