Model Building for Comics with Sacha Mardou
May 20, 2026

Course Overview

Our next SAWburst is with Sacha Mardou!

Build models to use as inspiration and reference for your comics!

Sign up to get involved in this interactive workshop with a cartooning great!

Price

Single-Session for $45!
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When, Where, & Who?

—-> When:
Wednesday, May 20, 2026‍ ‍6 PM Eastern/3PM Pacific.
—-> Where:
On ZOOM! This is a Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW) online event. You will then be sent a zoom meeting link after signing up. You will need a registered zoom account (free is perfectly fine) to join the zoom. Registrants can only access from one device.
—-> Who:
Anyone interested in comics, usually 18+.

What to Expect

This is a 2-hour single-session with a comics professional! Think of it as somewhere between a regular class and a Friday Night Comics workshop!

Watch Sacha’s Friday Night Comics Workshop

About the Instructor

Sacha Mardou was born in Macclesfield in 1975 and grew up in Manchester, England. She began making comics after getting her BA in English Literature from the University of Wales, Lampeter. Her critically acclaimed graphic novel series, Sky in Stereo was named an outstanding comic of 2015 by the Village Voice and shortlisted for the 2016 Slate Studio Prize.

Since 2019 she has been making comics about therapy and healing. Her graphic memoir Past Tense: Facing Family Secrets and Finding Myself in Therapy published by Avery/Penguin USA is out now. Since 2005 she has lived in St Louis, Missouri with her cartoonist husband Ted May, their daughter and two disruptive cats.