Leah Moore
Arvon are running a five-day residential Graphic Novel course with Leah Moore (Sherlock Holmes), Kate Charlesworth (Sally Heathcote: Suffragettes) and Isabel Greenberg this June at The Hurst in Shropshire.
All three creators are experienced graphic novelists who have a mass knowledge to share with aspiring Graphic Novel writers.
Do you aspire to collaborate on a comic or go solo with a self-drawn project? Check out this five-day Graphic Novel course and see how Arvon’s tutors can help you generate and flesh out your ideas, write for visual narrative, and lay out pages. They’ll help you explore graphic styles and techniques to realise your vision on the page.
Kate Charlesworth
Kate Charlesworth has written and drawn strips and comics for many different publications. Her books include a recent collaboration with Mary and Bryan Talbot – Sally Heathcote: Suffragette. She is currently scripting a graphic memoir.
Isabel Greenberg
Isabel Greenberg is a London-based comic artist and illustrator. Her first graphic novelThe Encyclopedia of Early Earth was published in 2013.
• Graphic Novel: Writing Pictures and Drawing Stories (13th – 18th June 2016) | Price: £750 (single room), £700 (shared room) | The Hurst, The John Osborne Arvon Centre, Clunton, Craven Arms, Shropshire SY7 0JA | Tel: 01588 640 658 | thehurst@arvon.org
John Freeman
The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Star Trek Explorer (previously known as Star Trek Magazine) and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War and “Dan Dare”. He’s the writer of "Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies" for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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