Comic-Making Workshop

Love graphic novels and comics? Here’s your chance to make your own! Join award-winning cartoonist and illustrator Lara Antal (Ronan and the Endless Sea of Stars) on Thursday, February 22 at 5:30 PM as they guide the class in creating a mini-comic that distills an individual memory into a single page of 8 comic panels. Rather than a focused plot, the class will explore memory as sights, sounds, feelings, thoughts, etc. Participants will be able to keep their comic as a memento or share it with another as a gift!

This workshop is free(!), but online registration is appreciated as class size is limited. All supplies will be provided, along with a pizza dinner. This class is open to teens and adults! Please note the event will be held at the LGBTQ+ Center at 124 W Piccadilly Street in Winchester!

This workshop is brought to you through a partnership between the LGBTQ+ Center and the Peter Bullough Foundation. PBF events this season are sponsored by First Bank and the Marion Park Lewis Foundation for the Arts.

About the Artist

Lara Antal (she/they) is an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator who loves black humor, black coffee, and colorful characters. Their debut graphic novel, Ronan and the Endless Sea of Stars, was the recipient of the  2023 Graphic Medicine Award and a finalist for both the Ringo Comic Awards and Pop Culture Classroom's Book of the Year. They regularly contribute comics to The Washington Post in their news, opinion, and travel sections and were included in the Best Illustrations of 2022. Their clients include Google and Dotdash-Meredith, and they've been featured in The Wall Street Journal, WNYC-NPR, Kirkus, and more. If you dine in NYC you might see one of their infamous Choking Victim posters. They are also a creative producer on the Witch Wave Podcast, hosted by Pam Grossman. Hailing from Wisconsin, they currently live in Brooklyn with their almost-toothless chihuahua, Chuck.