Dispatches from Comics Class
By students + instructors in the UBC Creative Writing Program
The one course that helped me self publish my comic
The one course that helped me self publish my comic
Hey there. I’m Evan. A year ago I registered for CRWR 208 at UBC and now I’m a self published comic creator….
UBC students featured in Grab Back Comics
UBC students featured in Grab Back Comics
I’m so proud to see powerful comics by two CRWR 408 students in the Grab Back Comics anthology: Kiko Galpin and Tess LeBlanc. The anthology…
FEAR NOT
FEAR NOT
This is a comic I did for a comic writing course. It was the final assignment, and while I’m not entirely happy with the end result (what…
How I Learned I CAN Draw (and that probably everyone else can too)
How I Learned I CAN Draw (and that probably everyone else can too)
It was a dark and stormy night. I sat in the corner of the room sipping on a Manhattan, the wreck of a maraschino cherry resting on the…
Autobiographical Comic
Autobiographical Comic
I was in CRWR 308 at UBC, and this is the final comic I produced for our autobiographical assignment. Both pages detail different hobbies…
4-Panel Comic (a.k.a #relatable)
4-Panel Comic (a.k.a #relatable)
I was intrigued by Scott McCloud’s idea of people not having a definite idea of what they look like (even mirrors aren’t 100% accurate), so…
Art galleries are full of it.
Art galleries are full of it.
This is a one page comic I made that was a part of a friend’s art show at the Little Mountain Gallery. As a challenge, I laid out the…
Diary Comic
Diary Comic
Here’s one of the first diary comics I made in my first comics course at UBC. I had a blast making them and I now post comics occasionally…
Diary comics for students
Diary comics for students
Following the advice of the great Ivan Brunetti, I am once again making my students do diary comics, one 3 to 4-panel comic a day for one…
What superhero does the world need right now? A collaborative comics class exercise
What superhero does the world need right now? A collaborative comics class exercise
I made up this exercise for my 200-level Intro to Comics class in the UBC Creative Writing Program. It’s intended to be an opportunity for…