Mandy Ord is a Melbourne-based comic artist. She has published two books, a graphic novel called Rooftops (2007) and a book of short stories called Sensitive Creatures published in 2011. Mandy has self-published her work and contributed stories to a wide variety of international anthologies, literary journals and newspapers.
Reading and Writing Comics (Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 workshops)
Mandy will talk about her own development as a published cartoonist and a variety of art practices, as well as various genres within the medium that influence her work. She'll take you through a brief history of comics as a literary form and some of the fundamental components that make up writing stories with words and pictures combined. You'll also get the chance to write and draw your own comic stories.