Illustration of people gathered around a table. Two have voice bubbles with "Character Design!" and "World Building?!"

Introduction to Comics and Visual Narrative: Character Design and World Building

NC1013-01

Start Date

09/02

Time

6:30pm–9:30pm

Format

Remote

End Date

10/14

Meeting Day

Wednesdays

Credits

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This online course features the following types of interaction:

  • Live meetings
  • Live critiques

This course focuses on the production of short and long-form comics, with a focus on the development and design of characters and the worlds that are drawn and written for them. Continued research into the history of storytelling in multiple comic genres will be folded into the course.

This online class uses the ZOOM platform.

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Choose the Workshop button to register and pay for only the class or choose the Workshop and Enroll in Certificate button to register and pay for the class and also enroll in the certificate program.

Laura Meilman

Laura Meilman is a cartoonist and painter based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She holds a B.A. in Painting from Earlham College and an MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies. She strives to bring humor and heart to her memoir comics which often focus on relationships, nonmonogamy, and finding oneself. She has several memoir projects in … Read more