HQ Course Description: Do you love drawing your favorite superheroes and supervillains? Is your imagination full of strange creatures and spectacular landscapes? If the answer is yes, pick up a pen and join artist Suzanne Goldenberg on a journey into the artistic aspect of comic books, with special attention given to line, color, and visual storytelling. You’ll take a close look at outstanding examples of comic book art and spend time developing your own story with characters, backdrops, and complete panels. Improve your skill as an artist, be creative and dive into the world of comics! Each student will self-publish their comic book and share in our collective book launch at our final class.

Every student’s comic book story will have a narrative arc. Through shared low key discussion, kids will explore the history and the culture of heroes in everyday life – while drawing on the ideals of social justice themes. Students will keep journals as they explore and sketch story development. In each class students will share with each other and exchange positive critique and or inquiry. We are all in it together.

HQ Instructor Bio: Suzanne Goldenberg is an artist and educator working in a wide variety of venues in NYC schools - including the afterschool program at CRCS, as well as at community gardens and centers. She was an art education mentor at the Saturday School at Pratt institute teaching young educators in the Pratt Art Education program and directed the #1 ranked art program at summer camp for nine years. In addition to programming art workshops, Suzanne taught English, environmental science and literacy for over a decade in NYC public schools. She’s currently an adjunct professor at Hunter College teaching Media Studies to undergraduates. While doing this she maintains a studio practice and curates a very popular reading series in poetry. She loves playing pickup basketball on her birthday and serving chocolate mousse to her friends in the local community garden.