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Here’s the place to check out everything that’s been going on at SAW including what we're learning, reading and drawing.

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PRE-ORDER | The Shape of Comics to Come by Derek Ballard

SAW's teamed up with Derek Ballard as he returns to the comics zine format with The Shape of Comics to Come, a 36-page lashing of American contemporary culture. As if fueled by destitution rather than maimed, Ballard erects a makeshift tabernacle of rare sincerity with idiosyncratic Sunday funnies style and extends a cadence call hymn of welcome. These comics are just the MREs you need to keep on the firing line.

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October Visiting Artist Workshop with Tommi Parrish

We're so excited to announce that our next in-person Visiting Artist Workshop will be lead by award-winning cartoonist, Tommi Parrish (@tommi_pg). Join Tommi in the SAW space October 16 to 20. The class will be a combination of book making, playing with different DIY printing techniques, and painting with gouache based on writing exercises. Each part will draw on Tommi's own creative practice.

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Making Comics and Graphic Literature Roundtable Discussion - Hosted by Tom Hart and Kelcey Ervick

This will be a virtual roundtable discussing the possibility of graphic literature from the frame work of The Field Guide to Graphic Literature: Artists and Writers on Creating Graphic Narratives, Poetry Comics, and Literary Collage, Edited by Kelcey Ervick & Tom Hart

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We Believe in Comics Podcast: SAW's Friday Night Comics Archive

We’ve started a podcast! We're doing a soft launch of our Friday Night Comics Video Podcasts on Spotify. This is a new way to catch up, rewatch, or listen to archived Friday Night Comics Workshops.

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SAW Artist Resident Alumni, Mel Gillman Spotlight and recent success

Success from SAW Artist Resident Alumni, Mel Gillman (they/them)!

"Other Ever Afters" is a collection of QUEER FAIRY TALES and "Who Was a Daring Pioneer of the Skies?: Amelia Earhart" follows the story behind "aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart’s mysterious and fatal second trip around the world." Both published by Penguin Random House.

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PUNK COMICS WORKSHOP! JUNE 21, 2021!

We have the pleasure of having cartoonists Josh Bayer and Hyena Hell doing another SLIDING-SCALE virtual punk comics workshop!

in this workshop, we go over drawing techniques, inking, some comics history, what makes YOU punk, and getting INK on that page!

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Do You Ever Worry That You Won't Get it Right?

Do You Ever Worry That You Won't Get it Right? Here are some thoughts from NY Bestselling Graphic Novelist and SAW Founder, Tom Hart.

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What's Happening at SAW!

Check out what’s been going on at SAW recently! End of the 2020-2021 Year Long Program, Pro-Call Information, Friday Night Comics Reading, and more!

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