Queer Comics
with Sarah Maloney
Queer Comics Course Description
Queer storytelling has always pushed the boundaries of form, genre, and visual language.
In Queer Comics, students will explore how queer perspectives take shape across multiple genres like memoir, science fiction, nonfiction, and horror comics. Each week focuses on a different genre, encouraging experimentation and play while supporting each student’s unique, personal voice.
This workshop is designed as a space for queer, questioning, and allied artists to explore storytelling through comics while discovering which genres and approaches resonate with them the most.
By the end of the course, students will complete a 1–2 page finished comic inspired by one of the genres explored in class.
What’s Involved:
Starting February 2026
Week 1: Memoir Comics
Week 2: Sci-Fi Comics
Week 3: Nonfiction Comics
Week 4: Horror Comics
Calls will include live instruction, time to work on exercises and feedback on work.
Class videos, audios, chats, and transcripts will be saved and archived for the duration of the course and 4 weeks afterwards.
There is a small Mighty Network component for this course. Sharing in the Mighty Network will be encouraged but most instructor feedback will be in the live classes.
Meeting Times
Sundays, February 22 - March 15, 2026
4 Live Online Classes, 2 hours per session
Sundays 1 PM – 3 PM Eastern / 10 AM – 12 PM Pacific
February 22
March 1
March 8
March 15
About the Instructor
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Sarah Maloney
Sarah Maloney (they/them) is a queer cartoonist and educator. Their work has appeared in The Believer, The Stranger, The SF Examiner, Razorcake Magazine, Crucial Comix and The Rumpus and they have self published over 12 comics and zines. They have MFA in Comics from California College of the Arts.
