MoCCA Comic and Cartooning Classes Start 4/19

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art – MoCCA is proud to announce two new classes:

ANATOMY FOR CARTOONISTS WORKSHOP with R. SIKORYAK and KRIOTA WILLBERG
and HOW TO WRITE COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS with DANNY FINGEROTH

About the classes
ANATOMY FOR CARTOONISTS WORKSHOP
Instructors: R. SIKORYAK and KRIOTA WILLBERG

4 sessions, Mondays April 19 & 26, May 3 & 10.
6:30-9:00 pm
$275 tuition | $250 for MoCCA members

How many times have you said to yourself, "I'd love to make my drawing more realistic-but anatomy is hard!"?

Well, this is your chance to take the most exciting, informative drawing course you'll ever find, taught by the accomplished teaching team of R. SIKORYAK (RAW magazine, The Daily Show) and KRIOTA WILLBERG (The Swedish Institute). Here's what the duo says about their workshop:

"A lot can be communicated about a person or animal through their physical appearance. Understanding the way the body looks and works helps illustrators draw their characters so that the artwork conveys personality. This course will teach students how to create real or imaginary characters-in any style-that are consistent and believable."

Through PowerPoint presentations, in-class exercises, and at-home assignments, students will learn to see and draw the structures and tissues that give the body shape and character. Willberg will-literally!-draw on live models to trace muscle groups and bony landmarks. Sikoryak will demonstrate the application of anatomical understanding to any cartooning style. Students will practice drawing from live models in class and learn to apply the lessons to their own characters.

NOTES:
(1) Students will need to bring drawing materials-charcoal, pencils (colored or not), erasers, paper [11x14 (recommended) or 18 x 24, but not bigger]. No markers, please. Students should work with inexpensive materials they are most comfortable with. The class isn't about creating finished drawings as much as it is about sketching.

(2) As this is a life-drawing class, nude models will be employed.

R. SIKORYAK is the author of the recently released Masterpiece Comics. His cartoons and parodies have appeared in RAW, Drawn and Quarterly, Nickelodeon Magazine, the New Yorker, and MAD, among many other publications; on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and in The Daily Show Presents America (The Book); and in the upcoming Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth. He's drawn for Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse. Sikoryak is in the speakers program of the New York Council of the Humanities and teaches in the illustration department at Parsons School of Design. Since 1997, he has presented his cartoon slide show series, Carousel, around the United States and Canada.

KRIOTA WILLBERG teaches anatomy for cartoonists and illustrators at The Center For Cartoon Studies, anatomy in the dance department of Marymount Manhattan College, pathology and massage therapy at the Swedish Institute College of Health Sciences, and has taught at Bard College, NYU, and The School of Visual Arts. She has studied personal training and exercise. Willberg is an interdisciplinary artist, a lecturer and blogger about film and medicine (thecinematologist.blogspot.com), and a filmmaker. Her films include the dance mockumentary, The Bentfootes (2007).

HOW TO WRITE COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Instructor: DANNY FINGEROTH
4 sessions, Tuesdays April 20 & 27, May 4 & 11
6:30-9:00 pm
$245 tuition | $225 for MoCCA members

YES! YOU CAN WRITE A COMPLETE COMICS SCRIPT IN 4 WEEKS! COMICS VET DANNY FINGEROTH WILL SHOW YOU HOW!

DANNY FINGEROTH will lead a hands-on workshop in writing comics and graphic novels. This is a four-week class whose aim is to teach students, in a supportive atmosphere, how to structure and write comics and graphic novel stories of professional caliber. Combining lectures, assignments in class and at home, and roundtable critiquing, the class will cover writing for all kinds of comics, including autobiographical, historical, "indy" and superheroes. ***NOTE: PLEASE COME TO CLASS WITH THREE SHORT "SPRINGBOARDS" (STORY IDEAS) SO WE CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING!***

DANNY FINGEROTH, MoCCA's Sr. VP of Education, was the longtime group editor of Marvel's Spider-Man line and the writer of comics including Darkhawk and Deadly Foes of Spider-Man. He has taught comics writing at NYU, The New School, and Media Bistro. Danny created and edited Write Now magazine, the only how-to publication dedicated to comics writing and writers. He is the author of The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels and co-author (with artist Mike Manley) of How to Create Comics from Script to Print. He's also written the books Superman on the Couch and Disguised as Clark Kent. Danny serves on MoCCA's board of advisors and on the board of directors of the Institute for Comics Studies.

For more information on all these courses, and to register, call
212-254-3511 or go to www.moccany.org

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through May 30, 2010

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through May 30, 2010

Upcoming Events at MoCCA

Thursday, April 22, 7 PM
The Brothers' Keeper: An Evening with Jackson Publick and The Venture
Bros.
Admission: $5 | Free for MoCCA Members

Thursday, April 29, 7 PM
Puppet Masters of the Macabre: a night of spooky stop-motion
presented by MoCCA and Small and Creepy Films
Admission: $5 | Free for MoCCA Members
Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
594 Broadway, Suite 401, New York, NY 10012
www.moccany.org
212-254-3511