FUNNY DRAWERS: The Serious Art of Visual Humor
Humor is powerful. Funny books have an uncanny way of finding their way into our hearts and onto best selling lists. Deployed strategically, comedy also creates a safe space to broach sensitive topics, discuss scary emotions, and introduce unfamiliar concepts. In children’s books, it’s a playful and effective way to introduce windows and mirrors that may change hearts and minds. Levity provides the honey that helps “the medicine go down.”
In this half-day intensive, exclusively for Premium Members, three successful illustrators reveal how they create relatable characters, pin-point expressions and interactions, and use precise comic timing to set up and deliver visual punch lines. These masters of humor will help us understand what it takes to turn funny images into memorable stories with depth and resonance.
Sunday, August 3, 2025 - 11:30 to 3:45 Pacific (2:30 to 6:45 Eastern)
SCHEDULE:
11:30 pm to 11:40 pm PACIFIC (2:30 pm - 2:40 pm Eastern): Intro with Laurent Linn and Cecilia Yung
11:40 pm to 12:35 pm PACIFIC (2:40 pm -3:35 pm Eastern): Debbie Ohi - In conversation with Cecilia Yung
12:35 pm to 12:45 pm PACIFIC (3:35 pm- 3:45 pm Eastern): 10-minute break
12:45 pm to 1:40 pm PACIFIC (3:45 pm- 4:40 pm Eastern): Zacharia Ohora - In conversation with Pat Cummings
1:40 pm to 1:50 pm PACIFIC (4:40 pm - 4:50 pm Eastern): 10-minute break
1:50 pm to 2:45 pm PACIFIC (4:50 pm - 5:45 pm Eastern): Cece Bell - In conversation with Laurent Linn
2:45 pm to 2:55 pm (5:45 pm - 5:55 pm Eastern): 10-minute break
2:55 pm to 3:45 pm PACIFIC (5:55 pm - 6:45 pm Eastern): Q&A Panel moderated by Pat Cummings
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