Have you ever wanted to produce your own comic or illustrated story?

Join published author / illustrator Kieron Black and learn how to fashion your concept or script into an illustrated format, be it superhero, manga or children's book. 

In this introductory session, participants will learn about the processes of creating a story and turning it into narrative art. Under Kieron's guidance they will then create their own character(s), environment, basic plot and illustrations. 

The session will give them the tools to create their own unique, illustrated comic book story. 

All materials provided! 

This Workshop is for 8+ and is most suited for 8-14 year olds.

Adults are not required to stay for Workshop duration, but must accompany young person into the Workshop space and collect. Use the comments box when booking to indicate, whether an adult intends to stay, or not. 

Meet the Tutor

Kieron Black has been an artist for as long as he can remember. ‘I was heavily asthmatic as a child and couldn’t play like the other kids... and I remember finding my own freedom then in drawing.’ Happily, Kieron has left the asthma behind but not the creativity; he has worked as a travel journalist snowboarding the alps for Whitelines Magazine, was the cartoonist for a New York syndicate, has been published in Private Eye magazine and is the author / illustrator of the popular children's book The Goblin’s Blue Blanket. He lives in County Down with his wife and daughter and a collection of small furry lunatics.