SAW Pro-Call with Tess Banta October 14
SAW PRO-CALL
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When, Where, & Who?
✹ When: Wednesday October 14 , 2026 @ 2PM Eastern/11AM Pacific
✹ Where: Online on Zoom! Appropriate standards of speech and imagery will be adhered to. No hate speech, bullying, harassing, will be allowed.
✹ Who Can Join: Artists of all levels interested in comics!
About Tess Banta
Tess Banta is an editor who began working with First Second and 23rd Street in 2021. She kicked off her career in story development at LAIKA animation studio in 2016—every day since, she’s marveled that “help creatives tell their stories” is a real job, and one she gets to do. She’s currently on the lookout for adult graphic novels with unique hooks and character-driven plots, with a particular interest in genre fiction. Born and raised in Brooklyn, in her spare time Tess enjoys drawing, writing, and interrupting conversations to point out particularly magnificent trees.
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Why You Should Join Comics Flow + Publish for Pro-Calls
If you’ve never been to a SAW Pro-Call before, here’s the deal: every month, we bring in working professionals from across the comics and publishing world to share their stories, answer your questions, and offer insight into making a sustainable, expressive life in comics. Past guests include folks like Kim Krans, Jamar Nicholas, Matt Madden, Sophie Yanow, Wendy Pini, and so many more.
These sessions are real, relaxed, and rooted in lived experience. But here’s the thing… you could be accessing these calls EVERY MONTH as part of a comics practice support group that’s built to keep you drawing, publishing your work, and connected to a creative community.
What You’ll Have Access to
✔ All Monthly Pro-Calls (not just this one!)
✔ Extensive sequential art resource package
✔ Self-paced learning that actually fits your schedule
✔ Opportunities to be published in SAW anthologies
✔ Ongoing creative accountability + prompts to keep you drawing
✔ Supportive comics community
Comics Flow + Publish is our most affordable and robust online membership where folks are making serious progress on their comics!
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