Level Up Your Comics This Summer!

Our annual Teen Summer Camp at SAW is back—two dynamic weeks designed to fuel artistic growth through the world of comics! Whether your teen is an aspiring cartoonist or just loves to draw and tell stories, this immersive, hands-on camp is the perfect place for them explore their voice and expand their narrative skills.

Join us for one week or both! No prior experience necessary.

Tom and Jess talk about what we do or don’t Keep to Ourselves!

Scribble Bot Workshop May 1 at SAW!

Tom and Jess about making memories and habits in your art!

Tom and Jess about making detours in your art!

Tom and Jess about making bad decisions early on, and how to get out of them…

Tom and Jess about art budgeting, and making your graphic novel without feeling bad...

We had a wonderful time meeting lots of you, and connecting one another, at MOCCA NYC 2026! Thanks for coming out!

Word of Mouth Art Show And Social April 10, 2026

Join us for our biannual Word of Mouth sequential art show + social! Inspired by storytelling events around the US, Word of Mouth is SAW's performance spot for all your comic and sequential art needs.

Please RSVP!

In-Person donations are welcome.

Join us live on Wednesdays at 2 pm Eastern / 11 am Pacific, as Tom Hart and Jess Ruliffson talk about how to make a graphic novel, and take your questions!

GAZE: Gainesville Arts and Zine Expo April 11, 2026 The aim of this comics and zine festival is to bring folks together from all over Florida and beyond to enjoy SAW's incredible location, library, and community.

Do you know you’re still an animal? How do you care for your animal? Listen and settle into sensation, instinct, quiet observation. Your body knows how to be animal, just listen, and draw it out.

Make a comics website March 24 at SAW!

Character Design Workshop March 22

This one’s gonna hurt. And that’s okay, pain is part of life. We all feel it, so let’s give it the grace of our attention.

The facts: Kickstarter suspended our campaign for Young in Iran, on Feb 18, 2026, a few days before it’s completion, and after it was more than 200% funded.

We respect their decision.

You can order here, now.

Zareen is relatively new to the comics scene, but her clear ambitions and community-building projects are a beacon for artists living with chronic health and disability experiences. As a person with chronic pain and disabilities myself, I was so excited to connect with Zareen, and you’ll hear me reaching with my words toward things I haven’t yet imagined, because our shared experiences allow me to try.

I’d been told I need unwinding for my drawing parts, after years of habits and strain have wound me tight. What it means may be different for each of us, and this practice is a method to find out for yourself. Unwinding, for a long and happy life in drawing ✨