Comic Book Workshop with Author Matthew K. Manning

Comic book writer Matthew K. Manning will lead a crash course in making a comic book page. The session will detail the process of crafting an initial pitch for a story, outlining the work, writing a script, penciling, inking, coloring, and lettering the artwork, and editing the finished product. Basic storytelling will be discussed, as will various approaches to comic book art. Attendees will then either work from their own story idea or from a page of one of Manning's published scripts. They will thumbnail, layout, pencil, and ink their own comic book page. The finished results will be critiqued by Manning, offering novice comic creators insight into how to professionally craft their stories. The workshop will be followed by a Q&A period and a book signing. Books and comics will be available for purchase at the event.

Matthew K. Manning is the author of hundreds of comics and prose books. Some of his favorite comic book projects include Pause, a creator-owned thriller for John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction from Storm King Comics, the popular crossover Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures that is now in its seventh printing, the 12-issue series Marvel Action: Avengers, a guest run on the Dick Tracy syndicated comic strip, and recent Black Lightning stories in the pages of DC vs. Vampires: All-Out War and DC vs. Vampires: World War V. Several of his prose books have reached best-seller status, including Batman: A Visual History, Avengers Encyclopedia, and the DC Comics Encyclopedia. Manning’s work has received acclaim in Entertainment Weekly, People Magazine, and Publisher’s Weekly, among other publications. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife Dorothy and their two children, Lilly and Gwen. Visit him online at www.matthewkmanning.com or subscribe to his newsletter at www.matthewkmanning.substack.com.