With my upcoming Writing For Comics online continuing education class starting Jan 30, I'm continuing to highlight exemplary student work form my nearly 10(!) years of teaching at SVA @mfavn. Next up is the wonderful @susannemreece. As a student Susanne started pushing the boundaries of the comic form immediately, creating a "visual essay" in comics form during her first year, I believe the first ever in our grad program. Since then, she has become a prolific comics creator, both in print and digital. Susanne's focus has been on vivid comics poetry and poignant memoir. It's amazing what she can convey in just a few short panels, and her Instagram comics posts are often the highlight of my day. Scroll to see a mere sliver of her output. Just as impressively, Susanne has joined me as a graduate level instructor at SVA, and it's been a pleasure teaching with her. She's also teaching "Comics Poetry: Experimenting with Text and Imagery" as an @svacontinued class this semester. Link to sign up for that class is in her bio (link to sign up for my class is in here). If you're a former or current student of mine and you'd like me to share/boos your work please DM me and I'll be happy to). #comics #poetry #comicspoetry #writing #writingforcomics #writingcomics https://www.instagram.com/p/CnkWngpPPtb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Ready for a zineswap? Cute little zine I resurrected from my vaults ! DM me your details if you’d like a copy, it’ll only cost you a zine or a note! A6 size #abstract #art #abstractart #minimalism #comic #makingart #artzine #zine #minicomic #smallpress #selfpublishing #mademine #comicspoetry #makingcomics #comicpage #漫画 #комикс #artabstrait #komiks #quadrinho #zineswap #freezine (at Brighton)

The Lost Girls Book of Divination has stolen our heart #corazon #illustration #poetry #comicspoetry

Lost & Found, 2017

Short Hop

For that eye-opening anthology Over The Line from 2015. There was some amazing work in this book (plus, er, my Brussels sprouts thing). Edited by Chrissy Williams and Tom Humberstone.

Ink Brick: The Journal of Comics Poetry #8, ed. @versequential, with a Baby, There’s Cold Brew Inside cold brew coffee infused milk stout from @sketchbookbrew and @btlsandcans. . . . #readingdrinking #inkbrick #comics #poetry #comicspoetry #anthology #alexanderrothman #beer #babytherescoldbrewinside #sketchbookbrewing #bottlesandcans #bookstagram

I've printed copies of The First Anniversary, my comics celebrating my one year anniversary of being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. #drawing #comic #comics #altcomics #comicspoetry #comix #diabetes #type1 #type1diabetes #zine #book #zines #books #bookart #handmade #handbound #illustration

Check this out! Get 10,- for free on your first order. https://share.society6.com/x/HmoNaE 🎼On the ninth day of Tolsun, my true love gave to me...Nine variations, Eight divinations, Seven days of prose poems, Six newborn authors, FIVE GOLDEN TEES! Four breaths to calm, Three senses, Two Ostrowskis, and a Jackalope under the tree🎼 #12daysoftolsun #12daysofchristmas #penultimatehumanconstellation #smallpress #publisher @benjamin_ostrowski @steven.ostrowski #vanessacoutojohnson #pungentdinsconcentric @sisyfs #nobodyisevermissing #tshirtdesign #newauthor #newauthors @jessesensibar @jennbatt3 @jawkneesalas @musabeeeee @chadam74 #emergingauthors #emergingwriter @howiegood #prosepoetry #prosepoems @lesinfin #comicspoetry #tarot #majorarcana #divination #carolynguinzio #howmuchofwhatfallswillbeleftwhenitgetstotheground #avantegarde #avantegardephotography

I have a comic in the new issue of Ink Brick about my uterus and the universe. Check it out!

xox

This is a piece I did most of the drawings for last winter. It’s a visual prose poem - a “cut-up” is how I’ve been referring to it. Even though I drew it nearly a year ago, it still feels very close.

All 10 panels waiting for the added tracks #linneatransformation #abstract #colour #art #brushandink #abstractart #artbook #minimalism #transformation #comic #process #makingart #artzine #zine #minicomic #smallpress #selfpublishing #mademine #comicspoetry #wip #pencil #pencilart #comicpage #layout #process #makingcomics #remix #abstractlandscape #abstractdrawing #lineart (at Madison, Wisconsin)

“The Lost Girls Book of Divination” Original Illustration Contest! From now until April 1st, like @tolsunbooks on instagram or Facebook and tag a friend by @ their name. Then on 4/1, we will choose a winner of one of the original 22 tarot card illustrations signed by @lesinfin #tarotcards #comicspoetry #poetsofinstagram #smallpress #illustrationartists (at Tolleson, Arizona)

Rabbit

The art for this one was made by Thilini Perera and published by the amazing crew at INKBRICK 

More progress made, coming in well I think. #linneatransformation #texture #hue #abstract #colour #layering #art #brushandink #abstractart #inspiredbycolour #artbook #detail #minimalism #transformation #comic #process #makingart #artzine #zine #minicomic #smallpress #selfpublishing #mademine #comicspoetry (at Madison, Wisconsin)

Page all finished! Swipe for process (and some pictures of paint on a plate!?!) I’ll post page and panels later! . . #linneatransformation #abstract #colour #art #painting #abstractart #inspired by colour #artbook #detail #minimalism #comic #process #makingart #artzine #zine #minicomic #smallpress #selfpublishing #mademine #comicspoetry #pencilart #wip #makingcomics #comicpage #漫画 #комикс #artabstrait #komiks #quadrinho #quadrinhosindependentes (at Madison, Wisconsin)

Also made some #progress with #linneatransformation This #red looks more promising #texture #hue #abstract #colour #layering #art #brushandink #abstractart #inspiredbycolour #artbook #detail #minimalism #transformation #comic #process #makingart #artzine #zine #minicomic #smallpress #selfpublishing #mademine #comicspoetry (at Madison, Wisconsin)