Comic Art

With Teaching Artist Christopher Wayne Griffin
Sundays, 5pm–6:30pm, Ongoing

Cover of a comic art magazine with digital illustrations of two ravens and one flying eagle, illustrating comic strips and a bottle of ink on a grey background.
Four-panel comic strip. In the first panel, a woman with glasses and tied-back hair asks if she switched off the boiler this morning. In the second panel, a person with glasses and long hair, sitting on a bed with a cat on their lap, responds that they didn't and that the baby bat on the bed has bled on it, and they will deal with it when they get home, feeling ashamed. In the third panel, a black car parked under a bare tree. The caption says, 'Aw. Poor baby bat.' In the fourth panel, a black cat on a snowy ground watches a puddle, with a spider web in the background. The cat is thinking, 'I was going to spend the afternoon napping here'.
A four-panel comic strip with a black background and white cloud-like shapes. Each panel contains a person lying or floating, with text bubbles expressing thoughts about life, focus, and purpose.
A comic strip with multiple panels featuring characters, including a blue bird, as they discuss drawing techniques and comic creation.

All art on this page is original work by Christopher Griffin.

We’re excited to host local artist Christopher Wayne Griffin for his popular Comic Art classes.

Learn the essentials of visual storytelling while working with a range of traditional tools and materials. You learn to design fully realized comics, comic books and graphic novels. A twelve-session series specifically addressing the fundamentals of creating comic art on paper using traditional methods.

No prior experience? No problem. All drawing styles are welcome and experimenting is encouraged. Ideal for teenage and adult beginners, you can sign up for a single class, or take a full series of 12 classes at a discounted rate. Class size is limited to 8 students to ensure individualized attention and a focused learning environment.

Sundays, 5–6:30pm
Single session: $20
12-session series: $200

Register at Willard Art & Frame
Location: Willard Art & Frame

For questions, or to view the Comic
Art supply list,
please visit Christopher’s website.

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A black and white drawing of a snarling cat with sharp teeth and whiskers.

Meet Your Instructor: Christopher Wayne Griffin

Your host, Christopher Griffin, has been published in the San Diego coffeehouse newspaper The Espresso and The Casco Bay Weekly in Portland, Maine.

Chris has done illustration for print and private commissions, logo design, airbrushed display art and during the 2000s, edited and contributed to the Seattle comics zine FUM, now archived in the ZAPP zine collection in the Seattle Public Library. Chris is always up for starting another comics zine ... hint, hint ...

A person wearing glasses, a black hat, a striped shirt, and a patterned scarf standing in a store or office with shelves and various items in the background.