Virtual ShopTalk - Creating a Mental Health Comic: A Multi-Year Journey

Sep 19, 2024

Online event

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Join cartoonist Cara Bean as she reviews the colorful history of making Here I Am, I Am Me: An Illustrated Guide to Mental Health. From her first comic about mental health to the publication of Here I Am, Cara explores the highs and lows of a lifelong dream project. A recording will be available to registered participants for one month after the event. PLEASE NOTE - You must register before the event in order to have access to the video.

Presenter Bio:

Cara Bean is a cartoonist and art educator living in Massachusetts with her husband and their dog Raisin. She is the author of Draw 500 Faces and Features, and her work has been featured in Pen America Illustrated, The Women’s Review of Books, and Teaching Arts Magazine. Here I Am, I Am Me: An Illustrated Guide to Mental Health is her first book for adolescents. Find her online at carabeancomics.com.