Making Comics: Writing Fiction as Comics

WITH KYLE VINGOE-CRAM

April 14, 2022, 6–8pm EST
Free + virtual program





Image: Comic illustration by Kyle Vingoe-Cram | Photo: Courtesy of artist



This hands-on workshop will explore the art of comics, with a particular focus on writing fiction in a graphic novel format. We will investigate how literary ideas such as point of view and non linear narratives may be explored through the visual media of comics. We will be doing some comics-drawing exercises, so come prepared with a few ideas for what you want to write about.

You will need pencil and paper. Optional materials include felt pens, ink and brush, rulers, and whatever else you like to use to create.


Kyle Vingoe-Cram
Image: Comic illustration by Kyle Vingoe-Cram | Photo: Courtesy of artist






Kyle Vingoe-Cram


Kyle Vingoe-Cram is a painter and emerging cartoonist from K’jipuktuk/Halifax who now lives in Ottawa. Their first graphic novel, Kettle Harbour, a slightly eerie queer drama set in rural Nova Scotia, is slated for release in 2023. Kyle studied Fine Art at NSCAD University, graduating with a BFA in 2010 and completed an MA in Art History at Queen’s University, studying Nova Scotian folk art and museum representation.



THANKS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Making Comics: Writing Fiction as Comics is generously sponsored by the Departments of Art History & Conservation, English, and Gender Studies at Queen’s University.