Drawing Community: Creating Comics from Shared Stories

From the simplest stick figures to the flashiest modern manga, cartooning and comics have long offered us powerful ways to look at and define ourselves and our communities. What does it mean to “draw together” in community, and how does the act of creating art help us move from “MY story” and “YOUR story” to “OUR story”? Join New Hampshire cartoonist Marek Bennett as he shares lessons from his award-winning work on graphic novels and webcomics like The Most Costly Journey (El viaje más caro), the long-running series The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, and more. Through sample artwork, historical source materials, and live cartooning demonstrations, this program looks at how collaborative cartooning — “drawing together” — helps us explore identities, share perspectives, and deepen connections in our communities.

You may also like the following events from Durham Public Library:

• This Friday, 7th November, 10:00 am, Friends of the Library Book Sale - Adult, Children, & Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction in Durham
• Next Wednesday, 12th November, 05:00 pm, K-Pop Demon Hunters Party in Durham

Also check out other Arts events in Durham, Fine Arts events in Durham.