Curious about the professional process of creating a graphic novel? Join Wendy Xu and Chris Kindred for a weekend intensive where they take you step by step through the craft of combining script writing and art direction, with forays into the history of the medium and their own work experiences in comics as well as games for a comprehensive and holistic understanding. No drawing skill or experience required.

Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for assistance if you are able to join but the registration price is prohibitive.

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Wendy Xu is a bestselling, award-nominated Brooklyn-based illustrator and comics artist. She is the creator of INFINITY PARTICLE (2023, HarperCollins/Quilltree), TIDESONG (2021 HarperCollins/Quilltree) and co-creator of MOONCAKES, a young adult fantasy graphic novel published in 2019 from Oni Press. Her work has been featured in various places on the internet including Catapult, Barnes & Noble Sci-fi/Fantasy, and Tor.com. She loves obsessing over the perfect line, making matcha lattes, and art history. You can find more art on her instagram: @artofwendyxu; on twitter: @angrygirLcomics; or bluesky: @wendyxu

Chris Kindred is an author, illustrator, and game designer based in Brooklyn, New York. Their work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Nib, the History Channel, FIYAH literary magazine, and an upcoming graphic novel with First Second Books. Kindred also writes and consults for video games, contributing narrative consultation to over ten indie and AAA titles in the past few years. In 2020, they received their MFA from NYU Game Center, with a focus in storytelling for analog and digital games.

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