February 2012
41 posts
The Drive Home
Vancouver to New Mexico.
LAST DAY TO APPLY
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO APPLY TO MY CORRESPONDENCE COURSE FOR COMIC BOOK MAKERS. DON’T HAVE THE MONEY? I WILL WORK OUT A PLAN WITH YOU - JUST APPLY! CHECK OUT MY TUMBLR FOR DETAILS! THANKS EVERYBODY FOR ALL THE HELP GETTING THE WORD OUT. - FRANKIUS
WatchSANTORO CORRESPONDENCE COURSE
APPLICATIONS DUE TOMORROW FRIDAY FEB 24th!
March 1st - 8 week course - Full course - layouts, color, figure drawing - you will make a 16 page comic over the 8 weeks. 500$
April 9th - 3 week course - Color Workshop. 200$
April 23rd - 1 week course - Landscape / Figure drawing intensive. 100$
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If you are serious about taking the...
Format Fever
Click here to see list of relevant sizes for comic book makers in 2012.
West Coast Tour Finale
Seattle and Vancouver tour report! Brandon Graham has gotta be one of the funniest people in the known zooniverse. Check it out!
Course Application
Santoro Correspondence Course for Comic Book Makers
2012 spring course schedule
March 1st - 8 week course - Full course - layouts, color, figure drawing - you will make a 16 page comic over the 8 weeks. 500$
April 9th - 3 week course - Color Workshop. 200$
April 23rd - 1 week course - Landscape / Figure drawing intensive. 100$
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Application deadline for all...
Vancouver BC
I will be doing my Layout Workshop at Lucky`s in Vancouver tomorrow Thursday Feb 16th at 6 pm. Please come on down. FYI Brandon Graham will be in attendance if that helps motivate you...
Tour Diary
I went ice skating with Snoopy.
Portland Oregon
I will be doing my song and dance at Floating World Comics in Portland tomorrow! Please tell your friends in Portland to come on down for a laugh. I am here to amuse you and to get you to think about why some comics read better than others.
THURSDAY FEB 9 - check out details here
Watchfolkloreshed:
excerpts from frank santoro’s comic book layout workshop at MISSION COMICS & ART, friday nite, february 3, 2012. frank is very well-versed in the technique of making comics, which read well and his enthusiasm to share his knowledge was very apparent and entertaining during his san francisco visit. video by chris anthony diaz
www.franksantoro.tumblr.com
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Correspondence Course update
For those interested in taking my Correspondence Course - the application deadline is February 24th. Check out the details here. Thanks.
West Coast Tour Diary
I did two comic book layout workshops in the Bay Area and wrote about it for The Comics Journal. Check it out here.
January 2012
22 posts
For All My Friends With DeadEnd Jobs
I always looked up to the ones who walked away
choosing themselves over preset
ways of looking at a future that had no room for the
questions they lived for
always knew I never could have walked away myself
my self worth was beyond any help
and I didnt care to test it against the rejection I had seen before
but those I loved so much they underwent this change
they’re working forty...
I posted a short comic about my parents over at the Comics Journal - its at the end of the tour diary post - just scroll down.
TOUR SPIEL
Tour Press Release
Frank Santoro’s Comic Book Layout Workshop
Why do some comics read easier than others? Is it the story, the cartooning or the page design? Frank Santoro will demonstrate how some cartoonists such as Hal Foster and Herge used visual harmonies and structures in their page designs much like classical oil painters. Discover the similarities between visual and musical...