Courses
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Complete YA and MG Course Bundle
Add to cartThis bundle contains all classes from the Introduction to YA and MG Storytelling course and the Advanced YA and MG Graphic Novel course, covering everything from writing for teens and tweens to creating a professional pitch and getting your story idea published.
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Introduction to Comic Book Writing Bundle
Add to cartIf you’ve ever dreamt of writing your own comic or wanted to improve your existing skills – this class bundle is for you. Learn from renowned comics writers Andy Schmidt and Paul Allor, who have worked for Marvel, IDW and BOOM!, Aftershock and Vault Comics, on both licensed and creator-owned work!
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Introduction to Comic Book Coloring Bundle
Add to cartLearn how to color comics from a pro! This bundle contains a discounted price for the first three courses in our series to teach you how to color comics from the ground up! PLUS, you get the bonus course on Special Effects FOR FREE!
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Introduction to Comic Book Lettering
Add to cartA clean, effective, and powerful-looking comic with professional lettering and production work is just around the corner!
Join pro Sean Rinehart for a course on lettering and production work. There’s a lot more to lettering than digitally pasting words onto the page. Avoid the pitfalls of unprofessional lettering by training with Sean!
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Introduction to Perspective
Add to cartIf you’re not familiar with perspective, you’ve probably at least seen it before and maybe you even felt intimidated by it—and for good reason, because it can be scary looking! Perspective is a vital skill for any artist. It’s often the main difference between a good drawing and a bad drawing—a drawing where you guessed everything and felt confused and frustrated the whole time you were working on it, or a drawing where you knew exactly how to make what you wanted, from beginning to end! This course is an introduction to the functional basics of perspective drawing, and will show you that perspective can be easy!
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Advanced YA and MG Graphic Novels: Pitching and Publishing
Add to cartYoung Adult and Middle Grade graphic novels are not only a booming industry, but also a great way to introduce younger readers to comics and ignite a love of reading. Building on the Introduction to Young Adult and Middle Grade Storytelling course, instructor Sarah Davidson dives into the business side aspect of being a YA/MG creator.
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Introduction to Young Adult and Middle Grade Storytelling
Add to cartYoung Adult and Middle Grade graphic novels are not only a booming industry, but also a great way to introduce younger readers to comics and ignite a love of reading. Creating comics for teens and tweens comes with its own set of challenges and standards, and instructor Sarah Davidson is here to share her knowledge of the market with you.
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Comics Writing: Story Arcs & Ongoing Series
Add to cartAcclaimed comics writer Fred Van Lente takes you through the necessary steps to craft compelling story arcs and ongoing comic book narratives exactly like professional comic book writers do it.
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Comic Book Editing & Project Management
Add to cartFind collaborators, manage budgets, timetables, bring the best out of your writers and artists, problem solve, and make a professional-level project!
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Master Seminar with David Finch: Drawing Awesome
Add to cartLearn the craft of drawing popular art from David Finch, master comics artist and best-selling penciler of such massive franchises as Batman, The Avengers, The X-Men and many more!
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Master Seminar with Greg Pak: The Pak Process
Add to cartAfter writing over 475 comic book scripts over fifteen years, Greg Pak continues to learn with every new project and has developed a system of incredibly practical storytelling principles and moment-to-moment problem solving techniques that he’ll share in this seminar. No one can simply give you a perfect process for you, but by breaking down his own writing process, he’ll cracking open some incredible insights that will give you the tools to start building your own!
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Master Seminar with James Tynion IV: Team and Ensemble Writing
Add to cartJames Tynion IV (Justice League, Detective Comics) is ready to divulge the secret tricks to writing dynamic, exciting team books!
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Comics Writing: Finishing a Script and Next Steps
Add to cartThe most overlooked part of creative writing education is rewriting and what to do after your finished! Here, we’ve dedicated a course to reviewing your work, how to attack a rewrite to make sure that your work improves. Doing so without destroying the good work you’ve already done, and using a scalpel instead of a sledgehammer.
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Comics Writing: Writing for a Visual Medium
Add to cartIn the Foundations course, you learned how to build a story. In this course, you’ll learn how to develop any story for a visual medium. What is it about comics specifically, that’s going to effect how you tell your story? How do you script so that your artist will get the most out of your script–or just as importantly, that you don’t tie one of your artist’s drawing hands behind their back.
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Comics Writing: Story Foundations & Development
Add to cartYour story starts here! Learn how to methodically build a story from the ground up, narrative structure, character building, and much more.
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Coloring: Lighting & Rendering
Add to cartOne of the most important aspects of comics coloring today is paying attention to and establishing light sources. That also means understanding how they affect the true color of objects and figures. Master color artist Chris Sotomayor has been rendering comics since the 1990s and was one of the pioneers in digital coloring. Now he’s going to teach you the best techniques in the book–a book that he wrote, by the way.