Howard Wong

  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

It has been an interesting week. Since the announcement of being a recipient of the York Region Arts Council's Mirco Grant Program, I've been digging into all the workshops and talks I've done at conventions to festivals to consolidate all the materials and topics I have covered. I found myself having mixed feelings over particular topics on story development I've covered. This is the first time that I'm looking over everything as a whole. Fascinating looking back at all the particular topics I have covered, and thinking back to what worked and what needs improvements. Kind of like finding pieces to a puzzle you're not sure what it will really look like until you get closer to completing it. This also made me think of my own story development process and how I could improve it. In any creative endeavour, there are always challenges you have to meet and overcome. For some, it's seeking inspiration to create, while for others it's the act...

I am honoured to announce that I am one of the recipients of York Region Arts Council's   Micro Grant Program ! Congratulations to my fellow recipients, Alex Karolyi, Bindu Shah, Glenn Marais & Mimi O'Bonsawin, Parthiban & Myuri Jeyabalachandran, Matthew Morales, and Tanya Besedina. I can't wait to see and experience all their wonderful projects! My project,  Unlocking the Secrets of Creating Comic Books , is a series of skill stacking comic book creating workshops for 12 to 18-year-olds, where they will be learning all the steps  from concept to completion. There is a lot of work ahead of me and new challenges due to COVID-19, but with the help of the York Region Arts Council's grant it's great to be able to move forward with this project.  I look forward to working with local professional and indie comic book creators, and businesses to make this project a success!  The goal is to inspire and expose young creative minds to th...