Katy Korkos aka Rambo Granny, Student
- Workshops are presented for a Pay-What-You-Can Donation or as always in these Covid times, feel free to instead make a donation to an organization helping those in need..
- Suggested Donation - $25 per workshop
- Need-based scholarships are available. Click here to inquire.
Between the Panels workshops are designed to work as a series or as individual lessons. Each workshop focuses on a different aspect of the comics creation process.
Registration is required. Please note, workshop registration is through Eventbrite.
Once
registered, you'll get a weekly invitation to upcoming workshops unless
you tell us to stop. We won't send you anything else. We use Zoom for
workshops, so you'll have to sign up for a free Zoom account here as well.
Between the Panels Fall 2021 Schedule
August 28 - December 11, 2021
All classes work individually or as a series. Workshops highlighted below are linked and currently available for registration. New workshops are made available 4 weeks before the workshop date. Register for all 16 workshops and you'll receive a Certificate of Completion from 7000 BC!
- What Are Comics? (Opening Up Panels, Contents, and the Space Between)
- An introduction to what makes a comic a comic. A panel a panel. And a gutter a truly fascinating place to be.
- How Many Radioactive Squirrels Does it Take to Make a Comic? (Clear Storytelling with Banana-Thieving Squirrels)
- Exploring too much and too little.
- The Shape of Characters to Come (Character Definition and Quick Draw Mug Shots)
- Visualizing a character's stance by their stance, within a wall of ugly (and otherwise) mugs.
Sat., Sept. 18, 2021
- The Down Elevator to Backstory (Design Sheets and Fictional Pasts)
- Speak swiftly and carry a big sketchbook. What floor, please?
Sat., Sept. 25, 2021
- Thumbnailing with Kaiju Claws (Enhancing Story with Tiny Broad Strokes)
- How many ways can you trim your thumbnails and still have them be your thumbnails?
Sat., Oct. 2, 2021
- Picturing Words in Drawings (Text and Image Interacting)
- It's a new type of comic once you let the letters in.
Sat., Oct. 9, 2021
- The Covenant of the Arc (Character Arcs and Story Arcs)
- Weaving the patchwork of pathways through your story.
Sat., Oct. 16, 2021
- Mini Comics! What's the Big idea? (A Grand Story in Eight Tiny Pages)
- An instruction manual for making your way between extremes.
Sat., Oct. 23, 2021
- The Unexpected Three-Panel Comic (Stories are Everywhere)
- Accidentally created a comic? Be re-introduced to the language of comics and the landscape of our brains.
Sat., Oct. 30, 2021`
- A Genre By Any Other Name (Forming Stories and Approaching Form)
- Is it true that the truest tale is truly dull? A mystery, a rom-com, and a memoir walk into a bar.
Sat., Nov. 6, 2021
- Turning Over A New Leaf (The Importance of Page Turns)
- Breathing life into the desire to see the next page.
Sat., Nov. 13, 2021
- You Call That A Comic? (Theme Showing Itself as Format)
- The container that is your book. How can it reveal your ideas?
Sat., Nov. 20, 2021
- Caught Up in the Moment (Time in, Around, and Between Panels)
- Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana — and comics time flies like nothing else.
Sat., Nov. 27, 2021
- The Cantina at the End of Storytelling (One-Upmanshipping with MacGuffins)
- One shoe is all you need to make a fine MacGuffin Jam and serve it up to be forgotten in a never-ending tale.
Sat., Dec. 4, 2021
- Prince Joe Versus the Evil Wizard of Grammaria (How Storytelling Functions in the Brain)
- Exploring the psychological, emotional, and physical effects of a good story, found on the bread aisle.
Sat., Dec. 11, 2021
- The Gestalt of It All (History, Monsters, and Show and Tell)
- Monsters have controlled the evolution of comics. What have we wrought?
7000 BC and Between the Panels workshops are supported by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the New Mexico Humanities Council.
