TIVOLI – Bringing Your Character to Life: A Comic Book Workshop

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Bringing Your Character to Life: A Comic Book/Graphic Novel Workshop for Teens/Tweens with Comic Creator, Barbara Slate

Do you have a comic book or a graphic novel character that you want to bring to life? Then don't miss out on this exciting workshop with comic creator, Barbara Slate. In this 2-hour workshop you will learn:
• Character bible: age, background, fears, etc.
• Beginning, middle, end and twist of a story
• Plotting
• Panels, balloons
• Layouts

Bring along your sketchbooks and any materials you like to use. We will have some supplies and paper on hand as well.

For ages: 8-17. Sign up with the library; space is limited! Happens in the East Room.

Barbara Slate’s work was praised as “emphatically of our time” by The New York Times and “titanically talented” by comics legend Stan Lee. She created, wrote and drew for DC Comics and Marvel, wrote over a hundred Betty and Veronica stories, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Pocahontas, and many Barbie comics. Barbara is a teacher, panelist, guest lecturer, and keynote speaker at Comic Cons and universities across the country.