If you’re aged between 14-19 and you’re interested in drawing, graphic novels and the stories you can tell through them head over to one of the free one hour workshops at the Wellcome Collection. Alex Demetris will teach you the fundamentals needed for creating your own comic or graphic novel in workshops inspired by medicine and health. Workshops will take place at 2pm, 3pm and 4pm at Wellcome Collection on Saturday 16th September. For more information https://wellcomecollection.org/events/saturday-studio-comics-and-graphic-novels-workshop These workshops are for young people aged 14-19. There are 20 spaces in each session – first come, first served. You’ll have the best chance… Read More
Dad’s not all there anymore: Lewy Body Dementia comic
Alex Demetris got in touch recently. He’s working on a comic about Lewy Body Dementia. It looks very interesting and I can’t wait to see more (there is a printed copy in the post to me!). This is what Alex has to say about his project: ‘Having produced numerous cartoons and short comic strips over the past six years, last autumn I decided to enrol on an MA in Illustration at Camberwell College of the Arts in order to explore fully my interest in producing a longer narrative comic. In 2007 my father had been diagnosed with Lewy body dementia,… Read More