Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Announces New April & May Classes

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art - MoCCA is proud to announce
two new offerings from its Education Department. Organized by Senior
Vice-President of Education, DANNY FINGEROTH, and hot on the heels of
the MASTER CLASS SERIES IN COMICS WRITING, the department's next
amazing classes will be:

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

ANATOMY FOR CARTOONISTS WORKSHOP

Instructors: R. SIKORYAK and KRIOTA WILLBERG

4 sessions, Tuesdays 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 difficult!"?

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
<http://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

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. This class
will contain no nudity, but will encourage naked truths and uncovered
emotions in students' work.

DANNY FINGEROTH 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.

And there are still a few spaces available in the

MASTER CLASS SERIES IN COMICS WRITING

3 sessions, TUESDAYS, March 23 & April 13, 6:30-8:30 pm

• March 23: TOM DeFALCO

• April 13: Dennis O'Neil

Individual sessions: $40 | $35 for MoCCA members

Now, more than ever, if you've ever wanted to take your ideas for
comics and learn to focus them to create actual stories, then these
courses are the perfect place to explore and expand your skills!

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

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arts education organization dedicated to the preservation, study and
display of all forms of comic and cartoon art. The museum promotes
greater understanding and appreciation of the artistic, cultural and
historical significance of comic and cartoon art through a variety of
events, exhibitions, and educational programs. The museum is located
at 594 Broadway (between Houston and Prince Streets) in New York City.
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