Studio Co-ordinator Terry Anderson will provide part of the programme at Stirling Libraries' Off The Page Festival next week, his third appearance at the event. Terry will deliver his popular "Heroes & Villains" workshop for children at Cowie … Read More →
Kids’ workshop at Bridge of Allan Mini-ComicCon
Bridge of Allan library, Stirling launches a new online comics resource next week and to celebrate are holding a Mini-ComicCon on the afternoon of Saturday the 26th of November. During the event our Studio Co-ordinator Terry Anderson will conduct a … Read More →
Gorbals Vampire – Halloween 2016
We’ve been delighted to participate in the Citizens Theatre’s Gorbals Vampire multi-strand arts project this year. In the spring Terry conducted workshops with P4 & 5 pupils at Blackfriars Primary School, developing a Gorbals Vampire character … Read More →
Comics Workshops : Gorbals Vampire
We're often asked about participatory workshops for young people so please take note of the opportunity detailed below and organised by our friends at the Citizens Theatre. We'll have more to say about this exciting project closer to … Read More →
Comic strip workshop with Diabetes Scotland
Chris and Terry will be on hand at Diabetes Scotland's Glasgow Family Group drop-in session at the Silverburn Shopping Centre this Saturday afternoon, conducting a comic strip workshop suitable for children aged 7 and over. Please contact the … Read More →
Comic strip workshops at Story Fest, St. Enoch Centre
Throughout the October school holidays the St. Enoch Centre, Glasgow will host Story Fest, a programme of events featuring some of the most popular characters from children's books. As part of the festival we will be conducting comic strip … Read More →
Cartoon workshops at Off The Page festival
Once again this year we'll be working with primary school pupils at Stirling Libraries' Off the Page book festival, details here. The event was very successful last time and we look forward to seeing the youngsters in Bridge of Allan and … Read More →
The Auld Acquaintance Private Views, 22 & 27/08/14
The Auld Acquaintance exhibition is now fully underway in its two UK venues; Leiper Fine Art on West George Street, Glasgow and the News & Media Gallery at the head offices of The Guardian & Observer newspapers, part of the Kings Place arts … Read More →
Batman Day
It seems this year is a milestone for several pop culture mainstays. Between Hellboy's 20th anniversary and the Ghostbuster's 30th, fans all over the world are going bats for The Dark Knight's 75th. Today is "Batman Day". The character is … Read More →
“The Art of Drawing”, Fizzers caricatures
Update: see images from the show in a Facebook post by Stranraer Museum. A new exhibition of cartoon artwork by young people opens this weekend at Stranraer Museum. The Art of Drawing- Our Heroes & Villains features graphic novel and animé … Read More →
Hellboy Day
March 22nd is Hellboy Day, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the character. He's popular at the Studio, Derek and Terry in particular are big fans. Here's a bit of fan art Terry did in tribute. "Hellboy" is © Mike Mignola, ™ & ® Dark … Read More →
Best wishes from Will Eisner
Cartoonists and comics fans everywhere are marking Will Eisner Week in memory of the late, great graphic storyteller, godfather of modern graphic novels and creator of The Spirit. While going through some files lately we came across a lovely … Read More →
Cartoon Workshops, February & March 2014
Upcoming cartoon workshop fixtures include a day at Morrison's Academy, Crieff as part of their annual "Book Fortnight" which this year focuses on graphic novels. The lucky pupils will also be getting a visit from our friends John Chalmers & … Read More →
Merry Christmas 2013
Merry Christmas to our customers and friends from all at the Scottish Cartoon Art Studio! It's been an amazing year at the Studio. We've been doing a great deal of work in the public sector, providing cartoon strips, character designs and … Read More →
JUST.DUK.1T UPDATED!
We are delighted to be part of JUST.DUK.1T the new website from Diabetes UK (Scotland). The site has been devised and will be run by and for people aged 16 to 25 who have Type 1 diabetes. JUST.DUK.1T will feature a variety of media including … Read More →
Cartoon case study: factual comic
In April this year new reforms will affect the amount of housing benefit received by hundreds of thousands of people living in social housing across the UK. In particular the so-called "bedroom tax" is a potential source of discord between housing … Read More →
Cartoon Workshops, January & February 2013
We will be working with pupils at Moorpark Primary, Kilbirnie, on the Making an Exhibition of Yourself project in January and February, concluding our current run of events with North Ayrshire Council's Children's Literacies & Arts service. We … Read More →
From our archives: The Dandy
Like most comics fans we were saddened to learn that after a 75 year run the final issue of The Dandy will be released tomorrow. It was always a point of pride that the longest-running comics title in the world was a Scottish product, something not … Read More →
Cartoon case study: workshops
2012 has been a record-breaking year for kids’ workshops at the Scottish Cartoon Art Studio. Two of particular note were our contributions to the Every Picture Tells a Story project, run by North Ayrshire Libraries Children's Literacies & Arts … Read More →
More Cartoon Workshops, Autumn 2012- UPDATED
In September we will be working with young people across Scotland: at Ardeer Primary in Stevenston as part of North Ayrshire Libraries' Every Picture Tells a Story project at Fallin Library and Queen Victoria School, Dunblane as part of … Read More →
LGBTYS National Gathering
We're pleased to be delivering a comics workshop as part of the LGBT Youth Scotland's National Gathering at the University of Stirling on Saturday the 18th of August. The theme this year is Act Yourself! and the workshop will form part of a … Read More →
Squaxx dek Thargo
Today 2000AD celebrates 35 years in print. The comic emerged when most of us here were kids and so looms large in the imagination. Of the various strips and characters featured over the years Strontium Dog and Nemesis the Warlock are particular … Read More →
