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Woodside High School Comic Workshops

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In March I had the pleasure of visiting Woodside High School in North London to run a couple of comic making workshops with some very talented students, chatting about my work and finding out who was already reading any comics…woodside-01Soon the participants were developing their own characters thinking about how the look of someone starts to tell that person’s story…woodside-01.1woodside-0.12 woodside-02There were some great drawings and ideas, including depictions of very angry teachers…woodside-03 woodside-04 woodside-05 woodside-06I finished off each workshop suggesting how the characters could feature in their own short comic strip…woodside-07

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Pink unicorns, thumbnails, a church, an amusing misquote and tiny chairs! It’s my kids comic workshops round up!

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It’s been far too long since I’ve posted up some images of amazing work by the kids in the comic workshops I run.

Here’s a selection from my recent workshop adventures…

I’ve done workshops in libraries, schools, museums, festivals, and theatres but I’d previously not had a chance to show the joy of comics in such a beautiful looking space as The Parish of St Clement and St James. This was part of an Into University sessions organised through the good people of the Cartoon Museum. 01-churchThe Into University children were kind enough to make a wonderful card to say thanks.  Gratifying to see them using their comic and cartooning skills.31-card35-cardThe card featured a bear character as originally drawn by amazing comic artist Steve Marchant for a Cartoon Museum worksheet…32-card34-cardI liked the comment at the top of this next bit of the card.  Not sure that’s exactly what I said but it made me smile! 33-cardAnother fun day of workshops took place at Albion Primary School in Rotherhithe.

It can be quite scary anticipating talking to a full school year of kids in an assembly.  Looking at the tiny size of the chairs for those kids helps take the edge off it though…02-albionGreat to see pupils mastering breaking down stories, thumbnailing them and turning them into full comic pages. 03-albion 04-albionAnother workshop organised by the Cartoon Museum found me in St Thomas’s School in Fulham.

The children here took on the challenge of coming up with comic images of community problems and solutions, some real and some fantastical.07-fulham05-fulham 06-fulham 08-fulham11-fulham12-fulham 09-fulham 10-fulhamFinally, here’s some of my on the spot doodles explaining various points to the groups.

These are always fun to do and keep me on my toes…20-doodle 21-doodle 22-doodle