A Comics Workshop with Ajuan Mance

Election 2020, but Make It Funny: A Comics Workshop with Ajuan Mance

This election season has been… A LOT. Let’s use art and storytelling to have some fun with it!

Join us for a comics workshop led by renowned artist, writer, and Mills Professor, Ajuan Mance. Learn the secrets to creating an engaging comic, then draw your own election experience and share it with the group.

No special tools or experience required! All you need is a piece of paper, something to draw with, and your memories from Election 2020.

This workshop is free and open to the public.

Ajuan Mance is a Professor of English and Ethnic Studies at Mills College in Oakland, California, and a lifelong artist and writer. She is the author of the books Inventing Black Women: African American Women’s Poetry and Self-Representation, 1877-2000; and Before Harlem: An Anthology of African American Literature from the Long Nineteenth Century. Ajuan’s comics have appeared in several anthologies, including Alphabet and We’re Still Here, both from Stacked Decked Press; Menopause: A Comic Treatment, from Penn State University Press; How to Wait, edited by Sage Persing; Drawing Power, from Abrams Press, winner of the 2020 Eisner Award for Best Anthology; and the upcoming COVID Chronicles: A Comics Anthology, from Penn State University Press. Discover more about Ajuan’s work at ajuanmance.com

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