Make a Mini Comic or Zine

Sunday, February 27, 2022, 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Location: Hopewell Valley Central High School, 259 Pennington Titusville Road, Pennington, NJ 08534
Presenter: Sharon Adarlo
Registration required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/make-a-mini-comic-or-zine-tickets-262107589857 

Recommended for ages 8+

COVID-19 Policy: Masking and Social Distancing Required

This is a short course on making a mini comic book or zine for kids! It can be wordless with pictures or just words or both! This will be an imaginative exercise where participants get to let their hair down creatively, so to speak. Creating comics/zines is a cross-disciplinary topic that merges different types of storytelling, and you don’t have to be artistically skilled to participate. All you have to bring to this course is a willingness to experiment and say something meaningful. 

About the Presenter
Sharon Adarlo is a writer, artist, illustrator and maker. She has studied at UVA, New York Academy of Art, School of Visual Arts and Grande Central Atelier. She is an accomplished artist, whose style ranges from cartoonish to traditional, classical art. She is keenly interested in how we can meld together art and writing into compelling storytelling. From this interest, she is currently collaborating on a webcomic about immigration, in addition to a solo project of a graphic novel. In another lifetime, she was a breaking news and crime reporter, covering everything from crime all over the New York City metro area to SuperFund sites and dognappings in New Jersey.

This program is part of the 2022 Big Read, which encourages the Pennington community to read the same book and participate in a wide variety of events. The Best We Could Do is an intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam. Please visit PenningtonLibrary.org/2022BigRead for a full calendar of events and more information.

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.