Led by acclaimed graphic novelist Karrie Fransman, this course covers the technical aspects of planning and producing a graphic novel, as well as the business of getting your work into print. Through a mixture of talks and practical exercises, you’ll learn how to ensure your story connects with an audience, and how to create a brief for a project and pitch it to industry professionals.
Course content
- The process of creating a graphic novel
- Exploring the definition of comics – and what they can do
- Beyond simply ‘words’ and ‘pictures’
- Creating a comic in 15 minutes
- Examining your USP
- Choosing your target audience
- How to attract the attention of audiences and publishers
- Advice on how to engage with the industry
- How to establish goals for your career and comics
- Dissecting the real-life pitches behind two published graphic novels – and how Karrie sold them to publishers
- Ten tips for turning professional
- Q&A
This course is for you if...
- You’re an aspiring graphic novelist who wants to learn how to plan and complete a project, as well as how the comic industry works and what it’s looking for
- You’re an experienced comics artist looking for new ways to devise and finesse original ideas
- You’re an amateur comics artist who wants to know more about turning your hobby into a completed project, or a career
Tutor profile
Karrie Fransman’s comics strips and graphic stories have been published in The Guardian, The Times, Time Out, The New Statesman and for the Red Cross. She has published two graphic novels with Penguin Random House ‘The House That Groaned’ and ‘Death of the Artist’ which was published last month. She has spoken at TEDx, Hay festival, Guardian masterclasses, The British Library and the Institute of Contemporary Arts and presented her work in Bangladesh, Spain, France, Belgium, Russia, Croatia, Corsica and Lebanon. You can see more of her work at www.karriefransman.com.
Details
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Returns policy
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