Registration is rolling until June 26 at 11:59PM EST. No application is required (except for financial aid— Applications for financial aid are due June 21 at 5PM EST).

$400 w/financial aid available to residents of Greater Philadelphia (Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties)

8 week class: Mondays 6-8PM EST 7/3, 7/10, 7/17, 7/24, 7/31, 8/7, 8/14, 8/21 (w/ optional make up date of 8/28)

This class will be hosted in person at The Head and the Hand Bookstore (2230 Frankford Ave Philadelphia, PA 19125) Students may be asked to bring a laptop or tablet to use on specific class days, and will be notified in advance by the instructor.

In this class we will create and workshop new comics. Much of the class time will be spent working from prompts and sharing feedback on each others' work. We will create comics based on students’ day to day lives, and also use tools such as automatic writing, bibliomancy, and other intuitive arts to prompt new ideas. We will use speed in both writing and drawing to generate work and develop confidence in students’ ability to create narrative comics. We will read and discuss comics from a diverse group of artists with varied styles. In the latter half of the workshop, we will take some time to discuss some self-publishing tools, and use work generated in class to create a final zine. 

The main aim of the course will be to grow as storytellers, rather than to improve drawing technique. Great comics can be made at any drawing level; that being said, ideally students who take this class will be comfortable with (and enjoy!) drawing. Students don’t need to have experience making comics, but those who do have some experience and want to grow their practice will also benefit from the course.

Hannah Kaplan is an Artist/writer/cartoonist living in west Philadelphia. She has an MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies. She has been creating and self-publishing comics for over 12 years.