From The Drawing Board to Pitching Your Story:
4 Weekly Zoom Talks with Rob Clough
Explore what editors look for when reading compelling visual stories, how to pitch your comics to publishers, and more.
Join Rob Clough this July for a 4-part Zoom series to turn your comic ideas into published works. Learn how to move from the drawing board to pitching your comics with confidence!
6PM Eastern/3PM Pacific on Thursdays, starting July 6.
Students are invited to purchase any one or more seminars.
A 4-Week Package is also available here!
Rob Clough s Executive Editor of Fieldmouse Press and has edited hundreds of books including these
BUY 4-Week Package
Spend Thursdays in July and August exploring all of Rob Clough’s topics from creating compelling visual stories to pitching comics with this 4-Week Lecture Bundle!
Talks will take place on Thursday July 16, July 23, July 30, and Aug 6 @ 6PM EST/3PM PT
Meeting Times
Thursdays, July 16 - August 6, 2026
4 Live Online Classes, 2 hours per session
6 PM - 8 PM Eastern / 3 PM - 5 PM Pacific
July 16 - The 3 narrative questions in building a story
July 23 - Memoir is a genre
July 30 - How to make magic at the drawing board
August 6 - How to write a pitch to an agent or publisher
Week 1: The 3 narrative questions in building a story
This seminar emphasizes character and motivation as the most important elements and offers advice on how to structure stories with regard to plot and world-building. This will be especially useful for those who are too focused on plot/world-building.
Talk will take place on Tuesday July 8 @ 6PM EST/3PM PT
Buy Week 2: Memoir is a Genre
This seminar is lecture with implications. We will explore concepts of honesty and truth, the difference between story and anecdote, and types of memoir strategies. Aimed at those who want to tell personal stories but don't quite have a grasp on how.
Talk will take place on Tuesday July 15 @ 6PM EST/3PM PT
Buy Week 3: Tips and ideas on how to make magic at the drawing board
An extensive talk about the dos and don'ts of diary comics, Lynda Barry's theories, reading and tracing other comics, etc. Finding the balance between intentionality vs intuition and using comics as stage magic metaphor.
Talk will take place on Tuesday July 22 @ 6PM EST/3PM PT
buy Week 4: How to Write a Pitch—
from the perspective of a publisher. This will not just a series of instructions, but a journey through concepts to distill the essence of your narrative in a way that's not only easy to understand, but is easy to write. Most artists have a REALLY hard time talking about their own work, and Rob Clough has strategies on how to make this easier.
Talk will take place on Tuesday July 29 @ 6PM EST/3PM PT
About the Instructor
Rob Clough
Rob Clough (he/him) is the Executive Editor of Fieldmouse Press, a professional comics critic, freelance editor, and the Programming Director for Small Press Expo (SPX). Clough is also an active instructor in SAW’s yearlong certificate program as a mentor and facilitator, specializing in comics history.
Clough currently resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.