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SAW is one of the premiere places for dedicated study of #comics in-person & online. Founded by @hutchowen, run by SAW artists.

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FREE COMICS WORKSHOP!! Join us for our next online *WE BELIEVE IN COMICS* Friday Night Comics Workshop: Highlight in the Dark with Hannah March Sanders

Join in December 19 @ 7PM Eastern/4PM Pacific. Link in bio!

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December 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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We’re REALLY excited to bring you DRAWING HEALTH, a new podcast focusing on comics and wellness.

Hosted by acclaimed comics artist and teacher Georgia Webber, Drawing Health is a podcast about the intersection of comics and health, also called Graphic Medicine.

Subscribe now!
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December 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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UPCOMING ONLINE PROGRAM: Begin Your Graphic Novel with Carly Shooster!
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Begin Your Graphic Novel with Carly Shooster promo image. Picture of the instructor and lion statues. Text: Starts Friday, February 20, 2026. 12PM-1:30PM Eastern/9AM-10:30AM Pacific. online on zoom. TEXT: What's involved: The Begin Your Graphic Novel course is a 3-Month guided exploration of the graphic novel-making process led by Carly Shooster with the help of Hyena Hell. Through live weekly calls, curated small peer groups, week-to-week course materials, dedicated online community and access to extra resources and events, students come out the other side with new skills to tell their story. This course is great to take before our 6-Month Graphic Novel Intensive or after for extra assistance with a project. Saw logo at bottom of image. Main instructor Carly Shooster (she/her) is a Jewish-American cartoonist based in Gainesville, Florida. She graduated from the California College of Arts (CCA) with an MFA in Comics in 2022 and has since been working on her debut Graphic Novel, Mamita, to be published by Fieldmouse Press in Fall 2027. Carly teaches kids and adult comics programs online and in the SAW studio and around Alachua County. SAW online promo. Featuring 3 classes coming up. 1. Graphic medicine 3 month deep dive with maureen burdock starting January 25, 2026. 2. Begin your graphic novel starts February 20, 2026. 3. queer comics with Sarah Maloney coming soon.
December 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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According to Solomon: "SAW helped build my confidence to a place where I felt like I could make a book project, and the SAW community were some of the first readers of Heavyweight and gave the best feedback, that I was able to keep in mind as I finished the book."

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December 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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MICE 2025 RECAP!
Our Assistant Director, Carly Shooster, recently got back from an incredible weekend at MICE in Boston! So many great comics, creators, and conversations.

Read the full recap on our blog!

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December 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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UPCOMING ONLINE PROGRAM: 3-Month Graphic Medicine Deep Dive with Maureen Burdock!

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promo image with picture of maureen burdock, 3 books (menopause a comic treatment, covid chronicles, and queen of snails by maureen burdock featured). TEXT: Graphic medicine 3 month deep dive with maureen burdock. TEXT: WHAT’S INVOLVED: In these twelve weeks, the members of this intimate class will explore the processes of creating graphic medicine. Maureen designed this course to inspire you; to give you a solid sense of community and sharper knowledge of context for your Graphic Medicine project; to untangle any snags you might encounter regarding content, form, and technicalities; and to help empower you to get that short comic or long-form work out into the world, where it can do some good! Meeting SUNDAYS Sessions on Zoom Starting January 25, 2026 11 AM - 1 PM Eastern / 8 AM - 10 AM Pacific TEXT: INTRUCTOR: Maureen Burdock was born in the Black Forest, Germany, and grew up on a steady diet of fairy tales and classic children's literature. She moved to the Chicago area with her mother after first grade. Burdock won her first prize for an illustrated short story about two hot dogs who bravely escape from a frying pan… only to be carried off by a stray dog! The award included a personal meeting with a published children’s book author. Burdock knew then that her destiny was to become a writer and illustrator. Questions? Contact us on our website. SAW online promo. Featuring 3 classes coming up. 1. Graphic medicine 3 month deep dive with maureen burdock starting January 25, 2026. 2. Begin your graphic novel starts February 20, 2026. 3. queer comics with Sarah Maloney coming soon.
December 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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For our end-of-year fundraiser, we want to highlight SAW students and faculty, and the incredible work they make. SAW could not exist without them!!! To support students and faculty alike, consider donating to SAW's end-of-year fundraiser!

Featuring work by Olivier Ballou.

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December 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Join us for our next free, online *WE BELIEVE IN COMICS* Friday Night Comics Workshop: Keeping a Sketchbook Changed My Life with Mike Lowery!

Join in December 12 @ 7PM Eastern/4PM Pacific.

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December 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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The SAW End of 2025 Fundraiser is LIVE! This fundraiser is an invitation to support the art of storytelling through comics. By contributing, you're fueling spaces where creativity thrives and communities connect.

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Text: SAW END OF YEAR FUNDRAISER. top images decorative drawing of Florida nature by Carly shorter. bottom image the SAW team standing in front of a gator cartoon mural in front of SAW. 4 individuals standing are Carly, Karlo, Tom Hart, and Meg.
December 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Join us for our next free, online *WE BELIEVE IN COMICS* Friday Night Comics Workshop: Draw Fire and Things on Fire with Ellen Forney!

Join in December 5 @ 7PM Eastern/4PM Pacific. Link in bio!

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Flyer for Friday Night Comics event on zoom. Decorative drawings of things related to fire like dragons, making s'mores, a rocket ship, and a baton on fire. Text: Sequential Artists Workshop Presents: Draw Fire and Things on Fire with Ellen Forney. Friday 12/5 7pm et / 4pm pt
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Upcoming In-Person Workshop: Comics and Crafts! Blend the magic of visual storytelling with the freedom of art journaling! In this playful, hands-on class, we’ll turn journals into vibrant multi-media worlds—filled with comics, collage, and color.

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Decorative collage flyer for in person event. Collage is random. Features some cat images, couple images, a book with a SAW logo sticker in it, a hand with a pen, scissors. etc. Text: Comics & Crafts Trust the process and bring your Hero's Journey to life in this layered multi-media workshop with Sam No experience necessary! All supplies provided • Where: SAW Studio 1314 SW Main St. • When: Dec. 19th 6-8PM • Bring: Your Journal • Sliding scale $20-$40
December 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Join us for our next free, online *WE BELIEVE IN COMICS* Friday Night Comics Workshop: Funny Creature Comics with Carlos Sánchez!

Join in November 28 @ 7PM Eastern/4PM Pacific. Link in bio!

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Please note, this is a Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW) online event.
Flyer for Free Friday Night Comics on Zoom for Sequential Artists Workshop. Drawings of creatures of different shapes and sizes. Text: Friday Night Comics with Carlos Sanchez. Friday November 28 7PM ET/1AM CET. Online for SAW.
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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In-Person Workshop! Join Falen Spade at SAW to make photo cards! Photo cards are like celebrity/anime trading cards. The workshop involves decorating “toploaders” which hold photocards.

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📅 Saturday, December 13, 2 PM-4 PM
📍 In-Person 1314 S Main St Gainesville, FL
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November 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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The Drawing Health Podcast is coming!! Join host Georgia Webber for the very first episode: a live conversation with Tom Hart.

Why this podcast—why now?
What can Drawing Health bring to the world?
What questions do you have for us?

📅 Thursday, November 21 –

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November 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Drink ‘n Draw is back! Today, 11/20 from 7-9PM!

This Drink 'n Draw will also be a fundraiser mini-market where you can purchase small wares, stickers, prints, and other merchandise donated by the amazing artists in our community!
Drink and Draw decorative flyer with drawing of person at a table with merch and stickers. Person is holding up a piece of paper that reads text: Prints, Stickers, Zines. Person also holding up a drawing of an alligator. Text top of flyer: Drink and Draw mini mart. Text bottom of flyer: November 20, 2025 at Boxcar in Gainesville, FL form 7PM-9PM. Drink and Draw T-Shirt Fundraiser.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Make Visual Art Together! Join Frankie D. in-person for Working Group.

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Gradient light green to white background with blue text reading: SEQUENTIAL ARTISTS WORKSHOP WORKING GROUP come to saw and work with like-minded individuals on short- or long-term projects in the same place. December 4-January 24 Saturdays 4-7 PM
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Our next free, online *WE BELIEVE IN COMICS* Friday Night Comics Workshop: Build Your Own Labyrinth with Matt Madden!

Join in November 21 @ 7PM Eastern/4PM Pacific. Link in bio!

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Please note, this is a Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW) online event.
Flyer for free Friday night comics class. Text: A free comics workshop presented by SAW Friday Nov 21 7pm set on zoom! Build Your Own Labyrinth with Matt Madden. Comic drawing in the center of flyer with 4 panels. Each panel shows a squished character. Panel 1 text: I can't seem to say more than a few words at a time. Panel 2 text: My words keep getting cut off. Panel 3 text: thought balloon with 2 exclamation points "!!" and character looks cramped and angry. Panel 4 text: I can't even hear my self think.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Repost! Let's get all the local SAWsters together to eat pizza, waffles, and delicious sodas!

All Pizza nights are at 7 PM on the following dates:
11/19
12/4
12/17

BE THERE AND BE SQUARE!! ☠️

#gnvlocal #gnvflart #pizzanightfl #gnvfl #gainesvilleflart #gainesvilleart #cartoonists #cartoons
Pizza background drawings. Flyer for SAW Pizza Nights and SquareHouse Pizza in Gainesville, Florida. SqaureHouse Logo and SAW logo on top of flyer for decoration. Text: Join SAW for Pizza Nights All Pizza nights are at 7 PM on the following dates: 11/19 12/4 12/17 at 7PM - SQUAREHOUSE PIZZA - 406 SW 4TH AVE
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Low Pressure Comics Systems with Fionn McCabe is SOLD OUT! Thank you!!

Swipe to see what other online workshops and programs are coming up, or head to our site for the current lineup. And don’t miss this week’s Friday Night Comics with Matt Madden!

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Flyer for comics workshop. Text: SOLD OUT! Low Pressure Comics Systems with Fionn McCabe.Text: 2 Week Online Course. Starts December 8, 2025. When: Online on Zoom from 7PM-9PM Eastern Time/4PM-6PM Pacific Time. Learn more at learn.sawcomics.org Ongoing Memberships flyer. Text: Join our Exclusive membership and mentoring groups to discover your unique path. Enrollment is always open! Featuring memberships: SAW Comics Flow + Publish, SAW Graphic Memoir + Medicine Monthly Working Group, Monthly Mentoring Memberships with instructors like Vanessa Davis, Hyena Hell, Josh Bayer, Derek Ballard, and Katherine Woodman-Maynard. SAW logo at bottom of flyer. Text: SAW ONLINE. WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU STOP DREAMING & START MAKING COMICS. SAW is a non-profit comics school and creative hub, led by award-winning cartoonists. We’re dedicated to helping you discover your path and bring your story to life through intensive workshops, a vibrant community, and free resources. Classes listed: Low Pressure Comics Systems with Fionn McCabe (SOLD OUT over image square) starts December 8 online, Graphic Medicine 3-Month Deep Dive starts January 20, Begin Your Graphic Novel Starts February 16. Learn.sawcomics.org. SAW logo at bottom.
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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NEW ONLINE WORKSHOP: Low Pressure Comics Systems with Fionn McCabe! Starts Dec 8!

Expand your autobiographical comics practice and understanding of visual storytelling through two weeks of guided comics play and experimentation.

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Low Pressure Comics Systems with Fionn McCabe flyer. Text: 2 Week Online Course. Starts December 8, 2025. When: Online on Zoom from 7PM-9PM Eastern Time/4PM-6PM Pacific Time. Learn more at learn.sawcomics.org Text: What's Involved: This short series of workshops will explore visual storytelling principles through written and visual experimentation and hands-on comics making. Each student will engage with numerous short story experiments over the course of the four sessions, resulting in 10-15 rough comic experiments. At the end of the two weeks, students are encouraged to pick one of their experiments and create a more complete and finished version before sharing their work at the fifth and final class. MEETING TIMES MONDAYS and THURSDAYS 4 Sessions on Zoom Starting December 8, 2025 7 PM - 9 PM Eastern / 4 PM - 6 PM Pacific Monday, December 8th Thursday, December 1ith Monday, December 15th Thursday, December 18 Optional post-holiday sharing session to be determined... Text: Instructor Biography: INSTRUCTOR Fionn (pronounced Finn) McCabe is a print maker, comics maker and comics educator living in Sydney, Australia on Gadigal and Wangal land. Fionn teaches in the Animation and Visual Communications degrees at the University of Technology Sydney and has run comic workshops for City of Sydney, The Sydney Opera House, the Sequential Artists Workshop, California College of the Arts, and many other organisations. Questions? Reach out to us! hello@sequentialartistsworkshop.org. SAW logo at bottom of text flyer. Text: SAW ONLINE. WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU STOP DREAMING & START MAKING COMICS. SAW is a non-profit comics school and creative hub, led by award-winning cartoonists. We’re dedicated to helping you discover your path and bring your story to life through intensive workshops, a vibrant community, and free resources. Classes listed: Low Pressure Comics Systems with Fionn McCabe starts December 8 online, Graphic Medicine 3-Month Deep Dive starts January 20, Begin Your Graphic Novel Starts February 16. Learn.sawcomics.org. SAW logo at bottom.
November 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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BIG THANK YOU to everyone who came out to Word of Mouth Fall 2025 edition! We are eternally grateful to get to create such a fun-filled, educational, and riveting event right here in Gainesville, Florida.
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Our next free, online *WE BELIEVE IN COMICS* Friday Night Comics Workshop: Nonfiction Comics with Vanessa Davis!

Join in November 14 @ 7PM Eastern/4PM Pacific. Link in bio!

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Please note, this is a Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW) online event.
Our next free, online *WE BELIEVE IN COMICS* Friday Night Comics Workshop: Nonfiction Comics with Vanessa Davis! Join in November 14 @ 7PM Eastern/4PM Pacific. https://buff.ly/1x2QTXC Please note, this is a Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW) online event.
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Join us for our annual Word of Mouth comics reading and performance! Inspired by storytelling events around the nation, Word of Mouth is SAW's performance spot for all your comics needs.

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When & Where:
🗓 November 7, 2025, 7PM-10PM
📍 SAW Studio
Join us for our annual Word of Mouth comics reading and performance! Inspired by storytelling events around the nation, Word of Mouth is SAW's performance spot for all your comics needs. Please RSVP (link in bio): https://sawcomics.as.me/WOM-Show-Social-2025 When & Where: 🗓 November 7, 2025, 7PM-10PM 📍 SAW Studio 1314 S Main Street (in-person event) This year, we are featuring the incredible stylings of: Cam Lopez, Eric Wolfgang, Lisa Klug, Elli Rhodes, Dori Griffin, Ross Cortéz, Thomas de Groff, Maria Cruz, and JoJo & J!
November 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Our next free, online *WE BELIEVE IN COMICS* Friday Night Comics Workshop: Art and Activism with Maureen Burdock! @maureenburdock

Join in November 7 @ 7PM Eastern/4PM Pacific. Link in bio!

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Please note, this is a Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW) online event.
Our next free, online *WE BELIEVE IN COMICS* Friday Night Comics Workshop: Art and Activism with Maureen Burdock! Join in November 7 @ 7PM Eastern/4PM Pacific. https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/freefnc Please note, this is a Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW) online event. To access and register for this workshop via the Acuity Scheduling link, please select the date you’d like to attend. You will then be sent a zoom meeting link. Registrants can only access from one device. This workshop is for adults but rated PG, and kids and teens are welcome with their parents. Appropriate standards of speech and imagery will be adhered to. No hate speech, bullying, harassing, will be allowed.
November 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Squarehouse Pizza at 4th Ave Food Park has chosen SAW to be their partner for the Quarter 4 Rise up for Charity (RUFC)!

All Pizza nights are at 7 PM on these dates:
11/5
11/19
12/4
12/17

SEE YOU THERE AND BE SQUARE!! ☠️

#gnvlocal #gnvflart #pizzanightfl #gnvfl #gainesvilleflart #gainesvilleart
Squarehouse Pizza at 4th Ave Food Park has chosen SAW to be their partner for the Quarter 4 Rise up for Charity (RUFC)! We are super honored. To show them our gratitude, let's get all the local SAWsters together to eat pizza, waffles, and delicious sodas over the course of the next couple months. All Pizza nights are at 7 PM on these dates: 11/5 11/19 12/4 12/17 SEE YOU THERE AND BE SQUARE!! ☠️
November 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM