Howard Wong

  Kids Creating Comic Books Our goal is to teach you everything you need to know to turn your idea into your own comic book! You'll learn how to write a comic book script to comic lettering, how to do page layouts to cover design, and more as you make your own comic from comic book professionals who’ve worked for and published their comics with, Marvel Comics, Image Comics and others! Ages:  10 to 16 Location:  Richmond Hill Public Library - Richmond Green Branch, 1 William F. Bell Pkwy, Richmond Hill, ON L4S 2T9 Course Lessons:  3 Total Duration:  10 hours Lesson Dates and Times: Lesson One:  In-person, February 17 (Saturday), 1 pm to 5 pm Lesson Two:  In-person, February 24 (Saturday), 1 pm to 5 pm *Lesson Three:  Virtual, February 25 (Sunday), 1 pm to 3 pm *Meet-and-Greet :Return of participant's physical comics date and time TBA Course Goals:  Participants will make their own 5-paged comic story and cover that will be **scanned, digitally...

Join me, Keith Grachow and Jason Lapidus at Creating Comic Books: Idea to Page at Richmond Hill Public Library - Central for this two session comic book creating workshop for teens to adults! Wednesday, Jan. 24 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Wednesday, Feb. 7 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Ages: Adults (teens welcome) SIGN UP HERE! "Ever thought about creating your own comic book? Jumpstart your comic writing during this workshop series, where participants will go from idea to a first draft of a one-page comic story. No art experience required. Led by artists and published comic creators Howard Wong, Keith Grachow, and Jason Lapidus. No previous experience needed. This program will take place in Room A.

  Happy holidays! I hope this finds you doing well! As some of you may know, I have been busying working on creating comic book workshops with a micro-grant from the York Region Arts Council , which helped to jumpstart this endeavour I had in mind for quite some time. I started designing them for beginners, as there is much interest from young creators looking at making their own comic books! I have completed workshops that provide an overview of what a comic book consists of that includes going from idea to story, and story to script. I have hosted a bunch of these workshops with various aged participants with much success. For the last little while, I was looking at furthering the development towards my long-term goal of having a set of workshops that would stack skills and perhaps lead to full lessons. The last workshop for 2020 I put together was a 3-day workshop for Figment Toronto where I invited artist Jason Lapidus to be a part of. Figment Toronto's usual 2-day in the park ...

How to Make a Comic Book for Beginners Workshops: Things to Get You Started! Join Unlocking the Secrets in Creating Comic Books ' Howard Wong (Iron Man: Hong Kong Heroes) and special guest, artist Jason Lapidus (Group of 7) for this FREE three-part workshop where you will learn the overall basic skills to make your own comic! They will cover how to turn a story into a comic book script, a comic book script into a comic book page layout, and more! Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/how-to-make-comic-book-for-beginners-tickets-132196797179 *Remember to sign up for all three workshops! They cover different stages in creating a comic book! This event is hosted by FIGMENT Project . Dates and Times:  Workshop 1 - Story to Script part 1 of 2 Thursday, December 17, 4 - 5 PM Host: Howard Wong Learn how to turn your story into a comic book script by understanding how to use visuals and text to tell your story. The basic technical aspects of comic book scripting, page layouts that inv...