Howard Wong

Last week I had my first virtual version of my workshop, Writing Comic Books for Beginners , at Richvale Public Library. There were many participants that were made up of local kids and apparently a few from England!  I usually do these in person, but due to the new normal we are in with COVID-19 this was the way to do it.  Before I dove into my first virtual workshop for kids I looked at what changes I had to look into from my live version, to see what new and exciting challenges needed to be addressed that come with doing workshops online. One of the focal points of this workshop is applying what is learned through a hands-on approach. I used many of the techniques I found that worked from trials I picked up from the development work on Unlocking the Secrets of Creating Comic Books.  I'm glad that everything worked out as planned, but there is the aspect of participants having various levels of technology available to them at home; internet speeds, older laptops or mobile phones,

I am doing an online workshop on how to write comic books for beginners with Richvale Public Library on August 19th from 2pm to 3:30pm. This will be a fun and informative workshop where we will dive into the overall elements you will need to put a comic book together. I may even share some secrets and show some interesting things from home. Can't wait to see you all there! Sign up here:  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/how-to-write-comic-books-for-beginners-tickets-108999424212 Ages 11-14. Teens will learn about the fundamentals of comic book creation including page layouts and how to turn ideas into a script. About this Event Teens will learn about the fundamentals of comic book creation including page layouts and how to turn ideas into a script from presenter Howard Wong, a published comic book creator who has worked for Marvel Comics, Disney, and more. Please note - any participant  under the age of 18  must have a parent register them and give consent. Parent must also be present a

  Last week and this week are busy times for me, which took away what I had planned for Unlocking the Secrets of Creating Comic Books. I have an announcement coming in a few weeks about something I've been working on for a while now, a live virtual workshops this month and preparing for a webinar for video game industry company (no public access for that one, sorry). The good thing is that these engagements will help further improve the workshops for Unlocking the Secrets of Creating Comic Books.  Here are details for the online comic book workshop I'm doing with the Richvale Public Library on August 19th, 2pm to 3:30pm:  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/how-to-write-comic-books-for-beginners-tickets-108999424212

This week was pretty much what I excepted it to be. Following up with the work that I mentioned I missed last week, but with the added delay with my laptop taking a little longer to get back to running properly. Not much to talk about for progress this week, but have some fun announcements coming up later this month that I will be sharing that is related to this.