Reading with the UW Comics Club
Central Library 201 W. Mifflin St., Madison, Wisconsin 53703
press release:
July 14 & 21 7pm Reading with the UW Comics Club (Ages 16 and up) :
Come and meet the UW Comics Club and gather inspiration for your own drawing and designs! See demonstrations of different cartooning techniques and share in our artists' latest work. Artist in residence Josh Duncan and his partners in crime (or um, cartooning) take you on a journey of visual storytelling while providing space and materials for you to tinker, doodle, and interact. Comics may contain material unsuitable for children.
During his residency, Josh will be exploring the library and all its workings through his comics. His drawings and drawing exercises will encourage visitors, particularly kids, to explore and make discoveries. By the end of the residency, he is excited to produce a series of zines unified by the theme of showcasing the valuable information one can discover in a library.
Josh Duncan, known online as “Josh The Cartoon Guy,” got started by drawing superhero adventures with his best friend. Inspired throughout his career by incredible teachers and faculty like Mrs. Wilson, Professor Reinhold Marxhausen, Professor Lynda Barry, and through his tenure with the UW comics club, Josh has had a lifelong love of cartooning. He discovered how to use cartooning to become a better student in every class he took. In addition to working as an art teacher, Josh hopes to write fictional and non-fictional comics which will demonstrate their potential as an educational tool in multiple fields.
Join Josh and the UW Comics Club for Hands-On, family friendly workshops throughout June & July in the Bubbler!
July 1st 4pm What I learned drawing with the UW Comics Club
July 8th 4pm Great Works of Literature with Cartoon Characters