Join award-winning cartoonist Marek Bennett for a behind-the-scenes look at comics & graphic novels drawn from historical primary sources.
- Why (& how) do artists draw stories from historical materials?
- What happens when we create new comics from primary sources?
- How do comics weave sources together, to deepen our understanding of the past & present?
This talk demonstrates basic techniques of historical cartooning, & explores the roles of research & imagination in the creative process. It may even inspire you to create your own historical comics from local history!
For more about Marek’s work, see: www.MarekBennett.com
About the presenter
NH-based cartoonist, musician, and educator Marek Bennett leads discovery-based Comics Workshops for all ages throughout New England and the world beyond! His comics work includes the graphic novel series, The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, as well as drawing, translating, & editing for The Most Costly Journey (2021) with the bilingual El Viaje Project. His crowd-funded cartoon travel memoirs include Sharjah Sketchbook (2020) and SLOVAKIA: Fall in the Heart of Europe (2013).
Marek is the recipient of the 2021 New Hampshire Governor’s Arts Award for Art Education.
