Doodling Comics Workshop is a one session experience where we’ll talk about the ins and outs of the comics-making process through a series of fun, easy prompts. Cartoonist Cara Bean will offer prompts that will have you quickly filling panels with narration and imagery that will let your imagination come to life! 

This workshop offers:

-A presentation about the comics creation process

-A conversation about our favorite comics

-Inspiring comics prompts

-Worksheets for character design and page layout

-The satisfaction or completing a short comic

This workshop is suitable for ages 9+, teens, and adults.

Join us for Spooky Doodles, a playful drawing workshop where Halloween fun comes to life on the page! We'll explore eerie imagery, sketch silly monsters with big googly eyes, and invent surprising characters that pop out from your imagination. Whether you're drawing ghosts in roller skates or pumpkin-headed creatures with secret powers, this session is all about creativity, laughter, and a little bit of spooky magic.

This workshop offers:

-a slideshow about cartooning skills that increase spookiness

-an exercise of turning innocent food into wacky monsters.

-a creature challenge that begins googley eyes

-a haunted house display for our invented characters

This workshop is suitable for family groups, ages 7+, teens, and adults.

Shine a light onto mental wellness in your community with a library visit from author Cara Bean!  Learn about your brain and what goes into making her book, Here I Am, I Am Me: An Illustrated Guide to Mental Health. This visit is designed to inspire creativity, promote mental health awareness, and foster a love for drawing and storytelling among participants of all ages. 

Consider collaborating with your local bookstore and have Cara draw in / sign books for attendees.

(Keep in mind that the subject matter in Here I Am, I Am Me: An Illustrated Guide to Mental Health is reccommended for ages 12+.)