APE 2013

Linguist and cartoonist Danièle Archambault (Stairway Stories, Quèbec-California, Life on Their Own) shares her experience of self-publishing her first multitouch E-book. Get tips on conversion tools, file formatting, publishing options, pricing, and navigating the process without losing your mind or spending a lot of money.

Cartoonist and arts educator Gabrielle Gamboa will guide you through the process of creating an expressive character mask in under an hour. All materials will be provided. Families are especially encouraged in this fun workshop.

Hard work and talent will get you only so far as a professional artist. Nidhi Chanani will tell you how to balance a freelancer's lifestyle -- and income -- in the contemporary art and comics scene. 


Poems can make great comics. Author and cartoonist Cara Goldstein's workshop will discuss famous poems that have been adapted into comic form and teach you how to create your own PoetryComics, with a look at David Morice's book of the same name. Cara is a regular workshop presenter at the San Francisco Public Library and Sharon Art Studio. Her curriculum on PoetryComics is published online through Yale University Press. She is currently writing and illustrating two children's books and creating an animated web series called Whispertown.