The Sedona Arts Center, in partnership with the Northern Arizona Cartoonist Association, will host its second comic book crash course boot camp Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 26 and 27, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The course fee is $149 and supplies will be provided.
This crash course is for the child who has always wanted to make a comic book or be the next Stan Lee or Jack Kirby. Learn the ins and outs of how to write, pencil, ink and letter a comic book.
The course is taught by Sedona-based comic book artist and cartoonist Jan Marc “The Janimal” Quisumbing. After a successful summer comic book boot camp, Quisumbing is ready to help teach the next generation of budding comic book artists and writers.
The end goal will be for students to produce a fully drawn page of sequential art as well as a cover for their comic book. Quisumbing, former art director with New York City-based comic book publisher Pronto Comics and current president of the Northern Arizona Cartoonist Association, will be teaching the class with DC and Marvel Comics veteran Dave Beaty, whose credits include Justice League, Batman Incorporated, Wonder Woman and X-Men.
Class size is limited but space is still available. Interested parties may enroll online or by calling the Sedona Arts Center’s Administrative Offices in the Art Barn toll-free at (888) 954-4442 or locally at 282-3809. Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express are accepted or students may pay with cash or check by registering in person during Art Barn office hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Quisumbing can be reached at holla@thejanimal.com. Students ages 12 to 15 years old are encouraged to enroll, but Quisumbing welcomes students of all ages who have the drive and discipline to create comics.
