One of the extra added bonuses of being at SPX was seeing former cartooning students. I knew a few of my recent students would be there but I also ending up running into one of my older former students, Ira Marcks. We chatted and exchanged books and it was really terrific. To sound like a completely softie, it warms my heart to reconnect with my former students. When I introduced Ira to one of my more recent former students, Serge Ragno, he said, “Hello, Second Generation.” (I’ve been teaching off and on for -gasp!- 15 years at Gettysburg College and before that at the Rochester Institute of Technology.) Most of the x-students I’m in contact with took both of my cartooning classes (“Intro to” and “Sequential Art”) and a couple did independent study with me.
Below are links to their recent work. (I’ll take credit for all the great stuff they’ve done.)
Tags: cartoons, comics, convention, Teaching
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