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Meltdown University Expands! Webcomics and Kids Comics Classes Offered!

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May 242011

As it nears its third anniversary, Meltdown University is about to more than double the amount of classes offered! In addition to our Creating Comics and Drawing Basics classes, we’re announcing two new classes and will be adding two more in just a couple of weeks.

First up is The Webcomics Workshop. The class will meet for eight weeks and will cover developing your comic idea, designing the page, marketing, and more. It will be taught by Geoffrey Golden, who has written for National Lampoon, Warner Bros., and Comedy.com. Geoffrey is also the writer of the popular webcomic Leetstreet Boys, and is the Editor-In-Chief of the bold, exciting… dare I say, brash? anthology of comics and comedy called The Devastator. The class will meet on Saturdays from 12 to 3pm and starts June 4th so sign up now!

The second is Drawing Comics For Kids. Moms, Dads, caretakers, if you’ve got kids between the ages of 7 and 10 years old, we’ve got a place for them to learn about drawing and to practice making their own comics. It will be fun and a great way for them to express their creativity and ideas. The class will be taught by Donna Letterese, who has taught kids how to make comics for years, is a comics editor, a tutor, and a talented artist herself. Donna’s art has appeared in juried exhibits and gallery shows all around the city. The class will meet on Tuesdays from 4 to 6pm and starts July 5th.

For more information & to sign up, click the link below. Tell your friends and pass it on!http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/meltdown-university/

New Class On Writing and Drawing Comics Starts This Monday!

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Feb 022011

Meltdown University’s next 13-week series of Creating Comics classes starts this coming Monday at 7pm. Students from previous classes have gone on to form a fledgling comics making studio, have sold their minicomics at conventions like the Alternative Press Expo (APE) in San Francisco, and have had them on sale in stores all across the country. The question is, why aren’t YOU doing this?

If you want to learn how to write a comics script or to write and draw an eight-page minicomic, sign up now! Writers and artists are both welcome. Follow the link below for more details about the class and to sign up.

http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/meltdown-university/

The Meltdown U Drawing Class Is Still Taking New Students

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Jan 122011

The new Drawing Basics Class had it’s first session this past Saturday and is off to a great start. The class learned a bit about the difference between thinking you know what you’re looking at and actually drawing what you see. There were some mindbending but fun exercises and they dug right in and enjoyed it.

But it’s not too late to jump in and sign up for this series. Twelve classes each devoted to some area of fundamentals including: figure drawing, composition, anatomy, perspective, inking, light and shadow, as well as some techniques specifically for the aspiring comics artist.

All this for only $20 a class! Class meets from 3 to 6pm on Saturdays.

For more information and to join, go here and click the link to sign up:

http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/meltdown-university/

New Creating Comics Class is Still Taking Students! This Week Only!

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Dec 062010

Hail and hello future comic book artists and writers! The new Meltdown University series on Creating Comics met for the first session last week but you can still jump in if you sign up now and come this Wednesday, December 8th. The class teaches writers about story structure and how to do a comic book script. Artists who join will complete an 8-page minicomic while learning all about visual storytelling and writing, too.

Go here to sign on: Meltdown University

Write a Superhero Screenplay – Meltdown University Shows You How! @meltdowncomics

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Oct 112010

The interest and demand for superhero stories in movies and TV is only increasing. As I write this, the show No Ordinary Family is on ABC which is about a family of superheroes, Stan Lee is putting together a super-web series that they plan to bring to TV, and people are buzzing in anticipation about the Green Lantern, Thor, and Avengers movies. Not to mention, the recent Spider-man, Brave and the Bold, Iron Man, Avengers, and Marvel Superheroes cartoons. Superheroes are all the rage.

Come to this special one-day Meltdown University workshop, Screenwriting and Superheroes, and learn how to write your own original script with super people, or know what to do when you get that job writing for an existing character. For budding scriptwriters and pros alike!

This workshop is being taught by Jim Higgins, formerly of DC Comics editorial, who has 17 years in the comic book business and years of teaching experience at places like CalArts, Otis College of Art and Design, and The School of Visual Arts Cartooning program.