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--Stan Lee
(Creator of Spider-ManX-Men, Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, and The Avengers)

 
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ANDY SCHMIDT—Senior Editor at IDW PUBLISHING, freelance writer, and former Editor at MARVEL COMICS—has assembled some of the comics industry’s best and brightest to share insider’s tips, tricks, and knowledge that’ll help you start your career in comics!
 
UPCOMING EVENTS:
 


9/6/10 - 10/11/10 Online Course
INTRODUCTION TO COMIC BOOK ART

Join Andy and talented penciler Robert Atkins (G.I. Joe, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Amazing Spider-Man) as they take you through everything you need to know about comic book storytelling. You’ll improve your penciling and storytelling skills and strategize on how to achieve your comic career goals! No other class offers the insights and the expertise that this one does!
Enrollment is limited! Find out more!


9/9/10 - 10/14/10 Online Course
INTRODUCTION TO COMIC BOOK COLORING

Be a comic book colorist! Developed by Andy and popular colorist Chris Sotomayor (Avengers, Captain Marvel, Batman, X-Men, and many more), this six-week intensive class for colorists teaches you all the necessary tools and tricks for not only coloring with Photoshop, but also how to tell great stories through color. You’ll get access to all the tools of the trade, tips on how to break in, and you’ll be working with Chris on the pages you color for the class.
Enrollment is limited! Find out more!


Next meeting: 9/14/10 Online
COMICS EXPERIENCE BOOK CLUB
Join Andy and the rest of the club for discussion and analysis of a new comic collection or graphic novel every month! Each online, two-hour session reveals insights into what works, what we love, and what could be improved. Andy leads the discussion personally, and every quarter a creator of one of the comics under discussion will join the club for a day! The next discussion features special guests CHRISTOS N. GAGE and CHRIS SAMNEE!
Enrollment is limited! Find out more!


9/22/10 - 10/20/10 Online Course
COMIC BOOK LETTERING AND PRODUCTION

Join letterer Dave Sharpe and Andy for a five-week course on lettering comics and production work. In today’s digital world in which anyone with a computer can letter their comics, having good lettering and understanding how it works effectively is even more important than before. Dave and Andy will take you through the programs, the thought-process, and the decision-making skills to create comics with slick, professional lettering. As if that wasn’t enough, you’ll also learn the production work associated with publishing comics!
Enrollment is limited! Find out more!


11/1/10 - 12/6/10 Online Course
INTRODUCTION TO COMIC BOOK INKING

Learn from the best in the business! Join Jonathan Glapion (Green Lantern—Spike TV Scream Award Winner, Batman and Robin, Final Crisis: Revelations—NYT Best-Seller) for an intensive six weeks course and project designed to teach all the skills and tricks of the trade for you to learn not just how to put ink on a page, but more importantly, the thought process that goes behind it. In just six weeks, you’ll learn about the tools of the trade, the technology involved in today’s inking, techniques to put ink on the page, how to approach the pencil work, and how to communicate effectively with your penciler, colorist, and editor.
Enrollment is limited! Find out more!


11/4/10 - 12/16/10 Online Course
INTRODUCTION TO COMIC BOOK WRITING--just added!

In Andy’s six-week intensive class for writers, you’ll learn all the necessary tools and tricks for telling great stories in the comics medium, and meet a working comic book writer and an editor! By the end of the class, you'll have written and workshopped a comic book short story and learned the ins and outs of creating comic books and graphic novels professionally!
Enrollment is limited! Find out more!

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